Nov. 1: FITNESS TESTING - Distance Learning Edition

FITNESS TESTING - Distance Learning Edition

by Ms. Eleina Santos

​Standards (Physical Education)

• S1: Students demonstrate movement forms to perform a variety of physical activities. 

  S3: Students participate in a physically active lifestyle.

  S4: Students demonstrate ways to achieve and maintain a health enhancing level of physical fitness. 

• S7: Students understand that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interaction.

​Learning Objectives

​I can... perform the 1 minute push-up assessment by choosing a variation that I am confident and/or comfortable doing.

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​I can... perform the 1 minute sit-up assessment.

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​I can do these assessments so that I will be able to measure muscular endurance as part of my health-related fitness.

​KEY WORDS / PHRASES:

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​One minute push-up assessment

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​Variation

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​One minute sit-up assessment

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​Muscular endurance

​Let's Review the Key Words / Phrases

​to check for your understanding :)

Multiple Choice

The ability to perform many repetitions before fatigue sets in is known as

• flexibility

• muscular endurance

• body composition

• agility

Multiple Choice

For the push-up assessment, choose your push-up variation means what?

• You can only do standard push-ups ("regular") for the assessment

• You can choose a type of push-up, such as "from the knees" push-ups OR "hands-elevated" (hands on a chair or bench) push-ups for your assessment

• The assessment is not counted towards a grade 

​Distance Learning: Fitness Assessments

Students will perform the 1-minute push-up and 1 min. sit-up assessments at home as part of regular physical fitness testing.

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​Directions: Video-record yourself performing the 1-minute push-up and 1-minute sit-up assessment. Submit one video recording for push-ups and one video-recording for sit-ups via email to [e-mail]

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Write your results and send it via Google Forms (see Google Classroom).

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​DUE FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2021 by 12:30 PM

​Cont'd: Additional Directions

​Siblings who are enrolled in PE, friends, and/or classmates can submit a "group recording" if this is more convenient.

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​For example, students A and B are siblings taking PE and student A submitted recordings of A and B performing their sit-ups and push-ups assessments.

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Groups should be no larger than 4 for recording purposes.

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​One recording may be submitted per group, but everyone needs to submit results individually via Google Forms.

​What if I am unable to record myself?

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• ​I will give you an alternative assignment to complete.

• ​It will involve research (reading and writing) with specific instructions on how to complete the assignment.

• ​It will be due Nov. 5, 2021 by 12:30 PM

• ​You need to email me so that I know why you can't do the fitness assessments ([e-mail])

Multiple Choice

The due date for the fitness assessments is 

• Nov. 4

• Nov. 5 by 12:30 PM

• Nov. 6

• when we get back from the shut-down

Multiple Choice

The due date for the alternative assignment (not doing fitness testing) is

• Nov 3

• Nov 4 

• Nov 5 by 12:30 PM

• when we get back from the shut-down

Multiple Choice

if I am not able to record myself, I have an alternative assignment to complete

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Groups can work together to submit one recording of push-ups and sit-ups

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Groups can have up to how many students in the video-recording?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Poll

I understand how to do the fitness assessments: distance learning tests

• YES

• NO

Poll

If I'm not able to record myself, I know what I need to do next to get my alternative assessment

• YES

• NO

​Check-list for SUCCESS

Understand that you have up to Friday, Nov. 5 at 12:30 PM to do the following:

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​Step 1 - Video-record your push-up and sit-up tests. Be sure to count your reps (# of push-ups and # of sit-ups).

​Step 2 - Submit the video recordings via email to [e-mail].

Step 3 - Fill out the Google Forms with your push-up and sit-up results.

​Step 4 - Re-visit steps 2 and 3 if necessary (make sure you submitted your work).

​Check-List for Success (Version 2)

​Step 1: Email teacher explaining that you need the alternative assessment because you are unable to video-record your assessment

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​Step 2: Do the alternative assessment. Follow the directions exactly as its written on the assignment.

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​Step 3: Email your assisgnment to [e-mail] no later than Nov. 5 at 12:30 PM

Questions? Concerns?​

​Please let me know.

​Thank you:)

Ms. Eleina