ALEX Classroom Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] LS2 (9-12) 1 :

LS-1.1) Demonstrate necessary components of physical fitness to achieve a desired level of individual success while participating in individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Model proper skills and components for the specified individual, dual, and team sports.

Quick-Serve Tennis is a fast-paced game used to introduce the basic play of tennis without the requirements of serving into the service box. Particular emphasis should be placed on the pace of play and the players being ready for balls put in play.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] (8) 9 :

8-1.9) Execute a proper serve for distance and accuracy for net and wall games in modified game play.

APE accommodation suggestions: Use larger ball, smaller or shorter net, bigger target. Hand over hand assistance and modeling.

[PE] (8) 10 :

8-1.10) Strike with proper form in modified game play.

Examples: overhead volley in tennis, pass in volleyball, drive/putt in golf, pass in soccer

APE accommodation suggestions: Use longer or shorter implements for student success in controlling the implement.

[PE] (8) 11 :

8-1.11) Forehand- and backhand-volley with a mature form and control using a short- or long- handled implement during modified game play.

APE accommodation suggestions: Use a balloon or beach ball.

[PE] (8) 12 :

8-2.1) Apply the rules, techniques, and strategies for a variety of games and activities to play a modified game.

APE accommodation suggestions: Make accommodations in the areas of rules, sporting behavior, and safety for the student to participate in the activity.

[PE] (8) 36 :

8-4.6) Apply rules and etiquette for a variety of physical activities, fitness exercises, and games.

Examples: creating dance routines within a given set of parameters, officiating modified games

APE accommodation suggestions: Verbal prompting and redirecting; peer assistance to model proper personal and social behaviors

[PE] BK2 (9-12) 1 :

BK-1.1) Exhibit competency in activity-specific movement skills in two or more lifetime activities.

Examples: outdoor activities, individual-performance activities, net games, target games

APE accommodation suggestions: hand to hand; hand over hand; develop the rules to accommodate each student's needs; adapt equipment to meet students' needs.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Identify skills and components for the individual to participate successfully in individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Model proper skills and components for the specified individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 7 :

LS-4.1) Adhere to rules pertaining to individual, dual, and team sports, showing sportsmanship and personal responsibility.

PaddleZlam has become widely accepted into Physical Education programs throughout the country. Physical education professionals have embraced the game and have quickly found ways to modify the game to encompass even the youngest of age groups. PaddleZlam is an action-packed game where 4 people, 2 teams of 2, compete with one another by hitting a pickleball into or against a plastic gaming cone. PaddleZlam is the perfect indoor/outdoor activity to create some friendly competition and to get your students to enjoy exercising again.

This is a free resource from PE Kansas. 

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] (6) 9 :

6-1.9) Perform a serve using correct technique with control for net and wall games.

Examples: volleyball, pickleball, racquetball, handball

APE accommodation suggestions: Use larger ball, smaller or shorter net, bigger target. Hand over hand assistance and modeling.

[PE] (6) 10 :

6-1.10) Strike with proper form in a stationary environment for a variety of games.

Examples: overhead volley in tennis, pass in volleyball, drive/putt in golf, pass in soccer

APE accommodation suggestions: Use longer or shorter implements for student success in controlling the implement.

[PE] BK1 (9-12) 4 :

BK-2.1) Explain the terminology associated with exercise and participation in selected individual-performance activities.

Examples: dance, net and wall games, target games, outdoor activities

APE accommodation suggestions: peer assistance and modeling

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 1 :

LS-1.1) Describe physical activities that contribute to the improvement of specific fitness components gained from participating in individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Identify skills and components for the individual to participate successfully in individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 6 :

LS-3.2) Explain skills required for playing individual, dual, and team sports activities.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Model proper skills and components for the specified individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 6 :

LS-3.2) Participate in challenging activities requiring the utilization of newly acquired skills.

[PE] VA1 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Identify skills and components for the individual to participate successfully in varsity athletics.

The resource provided is a sample lesson plan/guide for grade 6-12 that will help you make the most of your time.  This resource shares different ideas for activities when teaching skills for volleyball.  The information is very detailed.  It provides several options for taking roll in classes while keeping the students active. 

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] LS1 (9-12) 3 :

LS-2.1) Recognize unsafe situations related to participation in individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Identify skills and components for the individual to participate successfully in individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 6 :

LS-3.2) Explain skills required for playing individual, dual, and team sports activities.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 7 :

LS-4.1) Research and interpret the rules of individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 3 :

LS-2.1) Demonstrate safe and appropriate use and care of equipment and facilities during individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Model proper skills and components for the specified individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 6 :

LS-3.2) Participate in challenging activities requiring the utilization of newly acquired skills.

This resource is a soccer lesson plan for high school students.  It includes 10 lessons for teaching soccer.  The lessons are detailed and pictures are included for instruction. 

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] LS2 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Model proper skills and components for the specified individual, dual, and team sports.

This activity leads up to Speedball. It uses the skill of throwing and catching while working on the concept of teamwork. The students will be separated into teams of five to six and will have a quadrant to defend. The area is coned off into a square with four quadrants. Each quadrant will have a hula hoop with four balls, one of each color inside the hoop, and a jail. The goal of the game is to get all four of your team's colored gator balls in their hoop before the rest of the other teams are able to do so (eg. The red team has all of the red balls inside the hula hoop before the yellow, blue, and purple teams).

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] LS1 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Identify skills and components for the individual to participate successfully in individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 6 :

LS-3.2) Explain skills required for playing individual, dual, and team sports activities.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Model proper skills and components for the specified individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 5 :

LS-3.1) Apply skills learned to execute a higher level of physical fitness while participating in individual, dual, and team sports.

Soccer is a sport that is enjoyed by children, men, and women of all ages. In order to be a successful soccer player, it is important to master the many skills involved in the sport. This resource will provide a lesson working on three major skills: passing, trapping, and heading in soccer.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] ACA1 (9-12) 1 :

AC-1.1) Describe physical activities from individual, dual, and team sports that contribute to the improvement of specific fitness components.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Identify skills and components for the individual to participate successfully in individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 6 :

LS-3.2) Explain skills required for playing individual, dual, and team sports activities.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 7 :

LS-4.1) Research and interpret the rules of individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 3 :

LS-2.1) Demonstrate safe and appropriate use and care of equipment and facilities during individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Model proper skills and components for the specified individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 7 :

LS-4.1) Adhere to rules pertaining to individual, dual, and team sports, showing sportsmanship and personal responsibility.

This resource is a one to two-week badminton unit teaching philosophy to get students playing as soon as possible.  Skills are added in a slow progression during the unit. The lesson plan provides activities for each day of the week. 

This alignment results from the Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] BK2 (9-12) 4 :

BK-2.1) Explain and discuss the historical and cultural roles of games, sports, and dance.

APE accommodation suggestions: peer assistance and modeling

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 1 :

LS-1.1) Describe physical activities that contribute to the improvement of specific fitness components gained from participating in individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Identify skills and components for the individual to participate successfully in individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 6 :

LS-3.2) Explain skills required for playing individual, dual, and team sports activities.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 7 :

LS-4.1) Research and interpret the rules of individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Model proper skills and components for the specified individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 6 :

LS-3.2) Participate in challenging activities requiring the utilization of newly acquired skills.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 7 :

LS-4.1) Adhere to rules pertaining to individual, dual, and team sports, showing sportsmanship and personal responsibility.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 8 :

LS-4.2) Identify and describe examples of positive and negative behaviors in individual, dual, and team sports.

Korfball is a Dutch game that is rooted in both netball and basketball. A team game, it is played with eight players on each side, played with four females and four males. Scoring points (goals) is done by putting the ball through the opposition’s raised basket.

Korfball is a co-ed game that teaches cooperation, sportsmanship, and teamwork. This game can be used to enhance basketball skills.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] LS1 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Identify skills and components for the individual to participate successfully in individual, dual, and team sports.

[PE] LS1 (9-12) 6 :

LS-3.2) Explain skills required for playing individual, dual, and team sports activities.

[PE] LS2 (9-12) 4 :

LS-2.2) Model proper skills and components for the specified individual, dual, and team sports.

This free resource from PE Central is an assessment for the volleyball underhand serve. The purpose is to assess the students' ability to underhand serve a volleyball trainer over a net and the presence of the critical elements of the skill. The resource includes a downloadable and printable Underhand Volley Serve Checklist.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.