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PE & Health 5
A fifth-grade year of combined-skill games and fitness know-how (warm-ups, heart rate, nutrition, hydration, tracking tools), health topics including puberty, outside influences, judging health information, substance refusal skills, emotions and online safety.
180 lessons
One a day for a school year
10 units
Each opens to its lessons
12-day puberty unit
Can be switched off by parents
Standards
SHAPE America PE & health standards
What's taught, unit by unit
Health goal and three kinds of wellnessDays 1–9
Why real games combine skills, choosing a personal health goal and building a weekly tracker, using personal strengths, and the physical, emotional and social dimensions of wellness with one specific action to try for each.
- 1 · Welcome to PE & Health 5: This Year We Combine Skills
- 2 · Why Real Games Combine Skills
- 3 · Setting a Health Goal for the Year
- 4 · Building Your Weekly Goal Tracker
- 5 · Goal Kickoff Day
- 6 · Your Personal Strengths and Your Health
- 7 · The Three Dimensions of Wellness
- 8 · One Thing This Month: Physical Wellness
- 9 · One Thing This Month: Emotional and Social Wellness
Combination games and water safetyDays 10–30
Three combined-skill games built step by step: throw, catch and run; kick and dribble; and strike and field, each with a defender or family tournament. Also knowing your swimming ability, the buddy system, life jackets, two skills-festival days and a block review.
- 10 · Combo Game 1: Throw, Catch, and Run to a Target
- 11 · Practicing the Target Relay for Speed and Accuracy
- 12 · Adding a Defender: Throw-Catch-Run Tag
- 13 · Family Throw-Catch-Run Tournament
- 14 · What We Learned from Combo Game 1
- 15 · Combo Game 2: Kick and Dribble
- 16 · Design Your Own Dribble-Kick Course
- 17 · Kick-Dribble Keep-Away
- 18 · Family Kick-Dribble Challenge
- 19 · What We Learned from Combo Game 2
- 20 · Combo Game 3: Strike and Field
- 21 · Striking for Distance, Fielding for Accuracy
- 22 · Backyard Strike-Field Game: Around the Bases
- 23 · Family Strike-Field Round Robin
- 24 · What We Learned from Combo Game 3
- 25 · Know Your Swimming Ability
- 26 · The Buddy System and Water Safety Rules
- 27 · Life Jackets: When and Why
- 28 · Skills Festival Day 1: Mix-and-Match Stations
- 29 · Skills Festival Day 2: Family Field Day
- 30 · Block Review: Combining Skills, Goals, and Water Safety
The science of fitness, fueling and toolsDays 31–60
Warm-ups and cool-downs, finding pulse and resting versus active heart rate, benefits of activity, why breathing, sweating and heart rate rise, analyzing throwing, catching, running and kicking form, step counters and timers, carbohydrates, protein, meal timing and hydration.
- 31 · The Science of Warming Up
- 32 · The Science of Cooling Down
- 33 · Building a Warm-Up Routine, Step by Step
- 34 · What Happens When You Skip It?
- 35 · Finding Your Pulse
- 36 · Resting vs. Active Heart Rate
- 37 · Which Activities Raise Your Heart Rate Fastest?
- 38 · Keeping a Heart Rate Log
- 39 · The Benefits of Regular Physical Activity
- 40 · Why Do You Breathe Faster During Activity?
- 41 · Why Do You Sweat During Activity?
- 42 · Why Does Your Heart Pump Harder During Activity?
- 43 · What Makes a Good Throw? Analyzing the Critical Elements
- 44 · What Makes a Good Catch? Analyzing the Critical Elements
- 45 · What Makes Good Running Form?
- 46 · What Makes a Good Kick or Strike?
- 47 · How Step Counters Track Your Activity
- 48 · Using Timers for Interval Training
- 49 · Logging Your Activity With a Tool
- 50 · Choosing the Right Tool for Your Fitness Goal
- 51 · Carbohydrates: Fuel for Activity
- 52 · Protein: Repairing Muscles After Activity
- 53 · Timing Your Meals Around Activity
- 54 · Food as Fuel: Planning a Pre-Activity Snack
- 55 · Why Hydration Matters During Activity
- 56 · Recognizing Dehydration vs. Proper Hydration
- 57 · Planning Your Hydration Around Activity
- 58 · Water vs. Sports Drinks: When Each Makes Sense
Plus 2 review days, not listed.
Puberty and growing upDays 61–72
A factual, age-appropriate look at puberty as a normal stage: everyone's timeline differs, growth spurts and body shape changes, hormones as chemical messengers, stronger emotions and mood shifts, caring for a changing body, and who to ask questions.
- 61 · What Is Puberty? A Normal Part of Growing Up
- 62 · Everyone's Timeline Is Different, and That's Normal
- 63 · Your Body Grows and Changes Shape
- 64 · Hormones: Your Body's Chemical Messengers
- 65 · New and Stronger Emotions During Growth
- 66 · Why Moods Can Shift as Your Body Changes
- 67 · It's Okay to Feel Unsure Sometimes
- 68 · Taking Care of Your Changing Body
- 69 · Questions Are Normal — Who Can Help Answer Them
- 70 · Questions I Have About Growing Up
- 71 · Growing Up Looks Different for Everyone, and That's Okay
- 72 · You've Got This: A Growing-Up Recap
Influences and trustworthy health informationDays 73–90
How family, culture, media, advertising, community and friends influence health choices, strategies and support networks for handling influences, then judging health sources: red flags, who is behind the information, comparing evidence and how misinformation spreads.
- 73 · How Family and Culture Shape Health Habits
- 74 · Media and Advertising: Same Message, Different Effects
- 75 · Community Environment and Access to Health Resources
- 76 · Friends and Peers: Influence That Shifts as You Grow
- 77 · Putting It Together: Why Influences Affect People Differently
- 78 · Strategies for Handling Outside Influences
- 79 · Building Your Own Support Network
- 80 · Weighing Influences: Helpful or Harmful?
- 81 · Making a Plan When Influences Conflict
- 82 · My Personal Influence Action Plan
- 83 · What Makes a Health Source Trustworthy?
- 84 · Spotting Red Flags in Health Claims
- 85 · Checking Who's Behind the Information
- 86 · Comparing Sources: Does the Evidence Match?
- 87 · What Is Misinformation and Why Does It Spread?
- 88 · How Misinformation Can Hurt Your Health Choices
- 89 · Being a Smart Health Information Detective
- 90 · Unit Review: Influences and Trustworthy Health Information
Teamwork, perspective and disagreementsDays 91–105
Seeing a game from a teammate's or slower player's view, choosing positions, speaking up with a better plan, building a team plan quickly, and settling disagreements about calls respectfully, including a redo rule and a disagreement script.
- 91 · Seeing the Game Through a Teammate's Eyes
- 92 · Two Views, One Play
- 93 · What the Slower Runner Sees
- 94 · Sitting Out Isn't the Same for Everyone
- 95 · Perspective Check: A Game Story from Two Sides
- 96 · Choosing Positions Together Before You Play
- 97 · Speaking Up About a Better Plan Mid-Game
- 98 · When Two Teammates Want the Same Job
- 99 · Building a Team Plan in 60 Seconds
- 100 · Negotiating Roles: Putting It All Together
- 101 · When You and a Teammate See the Play Differently
- 102 · Disagreeing About a Call Without a Blow-Up
- 103 · The Redo Rule: Settling Close Calls Fairly
- 104 · Respecting the Rule Even When You Disagree
- 105 · Practicing a Respectful Disagreement Script
Substance safety and refusal skillsDays 106–120
Why some people try harmful substances, curiosity, peer pressure and things that look normal, going to trusted adults, short refusal phrases, changing the subject, walking away, practice scenarios, and a unit review.
- 106 · Why Some People Try Things That Aren't Good for Them
- 107 · Curiosity Isn't a Crime, But It Can Lead You Wrong
- 108 · When Friends Do Something You Know Isn't Safe
- 109 · When Something Looks Normal Because You See It Often
- 110 · Trusted Adults: Your Go-To When Something Feels Off
- 111 · Simple Words That Keep You Safe: Refusal Phrases
- 112 · "No Thanks, I'm Good" — Practicing Your Refusal Voice
- 113 · Changing the Subject: A Sneaky-Smart Refusal Trick
- 114 · Walking Away On Purpose
- 115 · Refusal Skills Practice Log
- 116 · Scenario: The New Kid and the Team Huddle
- 117 · Scenario: A Disagreement at the Free-Throw Line
- 118 · Scenario: The Backpack at the Bus Stop
- 119 · Scenario: Choosing Your Words at a Sleepover
- 120 · Unit Review: Teamwork, Respect, and Staying Safe
Skill goals, emotions and online safetyDays 121–150
A long-term movement skill goal with weekly steps and a practice log, finding movement strengths, getting feedback, staying active outside PE, managing frustration, a mid-year goal check-in, talking to trusted adults, coping with disappointment, and protecting personal information online.
- 121 · Setting a Long-Term Movement Skill Goal
- 122 · Turning Your Goal into Weekly Practice Steps
- 123 · Keeping a Skill Practice Log
- 124 · When Your Goal Plan Needs Adjusting
- 125 · Finding Your Movement Strengths
- 126 · Turning a Growth Area into a Practice Plan
- 127 · Comparing Your Strengths Across Different Activities
- 128 · Getting Feedback on Your Movement Skills
- 129 · Physical Activity Beyond PE Class
- 130 · Finding Activity Resources in Your Community
- 131 · Making Activity a Family Habit
- 132 · Building Your Personal Activity Menu
- 133 · What Happens in Your Body When a Game Gets Frustrating
- 134 · Finding Your Calm-Down Strategy
- 135 · Using Your Strategy When It Counts
- 136 · Emotion Management Skills Check
- 137 · Mid-Year Check-In: Revisiting Your Health Goal
- 138 · How Much Progress Have You Made?
- 139 · What's Getting in Your Way?
- 140 · Do You Need a Little Help Reaching Your Goal?
- 141 · Refining Your Plan for the Rest of the Year
- 142 · When a Feeling Is Bigger Than You Can Handle Alone
- 143 · Trusted Adults: Who to Ask and What to Say
- 144 · Healthy Ways to Handle Disappointment
- 145 · Bouncing Back from a Setback
- 146 · Building Your Emotional Toolkit
- 147 · Protecting Your Personal Information Online
- 148 · When Something Online Feels Wrong
- 149 · Taking Charge of Your Own Screen Time
Plus 1 review day, not listed.
Year-long showcase and reviewDays 151–170
Leading a game session, planning a water outing, building a workout and family fitness circuit, then reviews of wellness, influences, health claims, substances, refusal skills, fair play, emotions, stress, screen time and online safety. Largely revisits earlier lessons.
- 151 · Combination Games: Showcase Your Skills
- 152 · Leading Your Own Game Session
- 153 · Water Safety: What You Know, On Your Own
- 154 · Planning a Safe Water Outing
- 155 · Build Your Own Workout
- 156 · Lead a Fitness Circuit for Your Family
- 157 · The Dimensions of Wellness: Seeing the Whole Picture
- 158 · What Shapes the Choices You Make?
- 159 · Can You Trust That Health Claim?
- 160 · Comparing Two Health Sources
- 161 · Wellness, Influences, and Information: A Case Study
- 162 · Substance Abuse Awareness: A Factual Recap
- 163 · Refusal Skills: Saying No With Confidence
- 164 · Teamwork and Encouragement in Games
- 165 · Fair Play: Handling Disagreements During Games
- 166 · Cooperation in Action: Putting Social Skills Together
- 167 · Understanding Your Emotions: A Year in Review
- 168 · Healthy Ways to Handle Stress
- 169 · Screen Time Balance: What You've Learned
- 170 · Staying Safe and Kind Online
Family day plan and goal reflectionDays 171–180
Designing and double-checking a healthy, social family day, looking back at the year's goal, what helped and what got in the way, setting a next goal, a year summary and a finale.
- 171 · Your Mind and Your Screen: Making the Connection
- 172 · Plan a Healthy, Social Family Day: Step One
- 173 · Plan a Healthy, Social Family Day: Double-Check It
- 174 · Share and Reflect on Your Family Day Plan
- 175 · Looking Back at the Goal You Set
- 176 · What Helped You, What Got in the Way
- 177 · Celebrating What You're Proud Of
- 178 · Setting Your Next Goal
- 179 · Everything You Learned This Year in PE & Health
- 180 · Course Finale: Celebrating Your Health and Fitness Journey
By the end of the year, your child can
- Combine throwing, catching, kicking, dribbling and striking in small games
- Take and compare resting and active heart rate, and plan a warm-up and cool-down
- Choose foods and drinks to fuel and refuel for activity
- Judge whether a health claim comes from a trustworthy source
- Use refusal phrases and go to trusted adults when pressured to try something unsafe
- Set a personal goal, track it and adjust the plan