Gym Essentials

A cohesive school-wide Health & Fitness curriculum framework for grades K-5 at Hyde School. It establishes the program's athletic culture, school-year expectations, grading standards, and foundational physical safety protocols including body control, personal space, and respectful interaction.

This lesson contains the comprehensive standards alignment, key skills, and concept mapping for the K-2 and 3-5 Health and Fitness curriculum at Hyde Leadership Charter School, Brooklyn, NY.

A single-page, colorful classroom poster for elementary school students entering a health and fitness room. It features a bright PE theme with specific custom visual guides: athletic shoes for walking feet, a colorful seating spot with the label 'Name', a Black boy sitting criss-cross applesauce, and a Mexican girl showing a bubble in her mouth.

An 8-week physical education sequence specifically designed for middle school students to develop fitness concepts, modified team sport lead-ups, and cooperative strategies in highly constrained spaces (rooftop field, woodchip yard, cafeteria, and classrooms). Each lesson provides creative, high-engagement activities requiring minimal equipment and strict safety guidelines for small spaces.

A work-based learning unit where senior automotive students collaborate to manage, map, and inspect shop fire safety and emergency equipment. This lesson covers roles, step-by-step inspection protocols, and includes student templates and teacher grading materials.

A bold, high-contrast classroom rules poster for Health and Fitness, featuring core behavioral expectations, a mandatory gear checklist, and key safety guidelines in a clean, high-readability athletic style.

An intensive four-week unit connecting exercise science with practical weight training technique. Students master fitness principles, muscle biomechanics, and proper form.

Teaches students the physical protocols of safety in the gym, focusing on personal space, 'Soft Touches', and keeping 'Hands to Self' during active play.

A multi-week PE unit designed for classrooms, hallways, or limited spaces with zero equipment, focusing on cooperative movement, fast listening signals, and partner mirroring.