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Personal Fitness Plan

Ninth graders learn to build a personal fitness plan — setting a goal, choosing activities they enjoy, scheduling them with the FITT principle, and tracking and adjusting — to stay active for life.

Grade 9Fitness50 minutes1 class periodSHAPE / Skills-BasedExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Build a fitness plan.
  • ✓Choose enjoyable activities.
  • ✓Order the steps.
  • ✓Track & adjust.
Essential Question

The best fitness plan is one you’ll actually stick to! How do you build a personal fitness plan around your own goals and interests?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Fitness-Plan Steps

Project this and have students put the personal-fitness-plan steps in order.

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The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

50 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — A Plan You’ll Keep

5 min

The best plan is one you’ll stick to — how do you build it?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask about their activity.
  • Ask what they enjoy.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share.
  • Reflect.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — The Plan

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Explain setting a goal.
  • Explain choosing activities.
  • Explain FITT scheduling.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Learn goal.
  • Learn choose.
  • Note FITT.
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Practice — Order the Steps

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order the Fitness-Plan Steps.
  • Order them.
  • Draft a goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order them.
  • Draft it.
  • Explain.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Write your fitness goal.
  • Choose activities.
  • Schedule your week.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Write it.
  • Choose them.
  • Schedule it.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a plan step.
  • Explain tracking.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Explain it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to SHAPE America National Health Education & Physical Education Standards.

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PE.3

Design a personal fitness plan.

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HE.6

Use goal-setting for fitness.

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PE.5

Value lifelong activity.

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HE.7

Practice a fitness plan.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Plan-step cards.
  • Sentence frame: “My plan is to ___.”
  • Use a plan template.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with goal and choose.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Draft one goal.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Build a full 4-week plan.
  • Track progress.
  • Adjust after 2 weeks.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Projector / board
  • 📋A plan template
  • 💻Order the Fitness-Plan Steps
  • 📅A calendar
  • ✏️Pens
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

fitness plana personal activity plangoalwhat you aim to achieveFITTFrequency, Intensity, Time, Typeactivityexercise you doschedulewhen you’ll do ittrackto record progressadjustto change the planlifelongfor your whole life
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What is a good FIRST step in a fitness plan?
Set a specific, realistic fitness goal.
QUESTION 2
Why choose activities you enjoy?
Because you’re more likely to stick with them.
QUESTION 3
What should you do as you improve?
Track your progress and adjust your plan.

Cool-Down: make a plan.

Have students write a fitness goal and pick two activities they enjoy that fit it. A printable fitness-plan sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: activity, adjust, fitness plan, FITT, goal, lifelong, schedule, track
  1. to change the plan
  2. what you aim to achieve
  3. exercise you do
  4. for your whole life
  5. when you’ll do it
  6. to record progress
  7. Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type
  8. a personal activity plan

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is a good FIRST step in a fitness plan?
  2. Why choose activities you enjoy?
  3. What should you do as you improve?
Answer key — Part A: 1) adjust · 2) goal · 3) activity · 4) lifelong · 5) schedule · 6) track · 7) FITT · 8) fitness plan
Part B: 1) Set a specific, realistic fitness goal. 2) Because you’re more likely to stick with them. 3) Track your progress and adjust your plan.