See computer science integration opportunities in middle school PE in this crosswalk of the two disciplines.

Video lesson intended for grades 3-5 with a mindfulness moment, warmup, instruction and practice of basic balance and transfer of weight movements, and a sequence of two movements. Video is 15:48 minutes in length.Video created by Virginia's Chief Movement Officers cadre in collaboration with Focused Fitness, Virginia Department of Health, and Virginia Department of Education.

Students will be able to use two-letter consonant blends to decode & spell one-syllable words.

CATCH Healthy Smiles is a program for grades Pre-K – 2 that is designed to improve the oral health of students by teaching about and encouraging proper toothbrushing and flossing techniques, a nutritious diet, and regular visits to a dentist.

Through the program, students learn about the major factors that cause tooth decay and develop the skills needed to maintain a healthy smile. The CATCH Healthy Smiles program is designed to help students:

* Discover the causes of tooth decay, including dietary choices and poor oral health habits in our oral health education programs;
* Develop skills for brushing, flossing, and choosing tooth-healthy foods & drinks;
* Recognize the importance of regular dental visits; and,
* Create personal oral health care goals.

CATCH Healthy Smiles was developed by researchers at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, with funding support from the National Institutes of Health.

Video lesson intended for grades 3-5 with a breathing activity, instruction about cardiorespiratory endurance, activities, and review. Video lesson is 18:23 minutes in length. Video created by Virginia's Chief Movement Officers cadre in collaboration with Focused Fitness, Virginia Department of Health, and Virginia Department of Education.

In this activity, students will learn to identify the 7 continents by name and location through song activity blending active learning.  Students will learn facts pertaining to each continent and practice syllable breaking strategies. 

This is a 6-day unit focusing on Components of Fitness and Skill Related Components.  Students will rotate through each station (1 per class block).  Days 4-6 students will be involved in creation an exercise video using the information.

The student will create & solve single-step story and picture problems using addition and subtraction

Following a brief warm-up routine where students pretend to be a plant reacting to sunlight and water, students learn motions representing a period, question mark, and exclamation mark. As our narrators read ten sentences, students perform the motion that matches the appropriate end punctuation for each sentence.

The nine tick and tick-borne disease prevention activities in this package align with the Virginia Standards of Learning for Health and Physical Education for 3rd to 5th grade. Topics include, but are not limited to: how to identify a tick, proper tick-borne disease prevention techniques, and safe tick removal. These active learning activities are presented in a lesson plan-type format and can be used alone or in combination to easily create lessons or a unit. They can be easily modified for use with older school-age students and adult populations.These educational resources were developed by a Health and Physical Educator and a Master Certified Health Education Specialist in support of Virginia House Bill 850. The bill requires the development of school-age-appropriate educational resources for schools and public libraries by 2028 to protect children from Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.  

Video lesson intended for grades K-2 with a mindfulness moment and instruction and movement practice for the five food groups. Video is 8:31 minutes in length. Video created by Virginia's Chief Movement Officers cadre in collaboration with Focused Fitness, Virginia Department of Health, and Virginia Department of Education.

See computer science integration opportunities in K-5 PE in this crosswalk of the two disciplines.

Video lesson intended for grades K-2 with a mindfulness moment, review of jump and hop, and instruction and movement practice for skip and gallop. Video is 12:20 minutes in length. Video created by Virginia's Chief Movement Officers cadre in collaboration with Focused Fitness, Virginia Department of Health, and Virginia Department of Education.

Students will be able to find patterns in nature using different sounds and also have the opportunity to observe and find their own patterns in nature.