Appropriate Practices for Physical Education and Physical Activity
Social Skills
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Purposefully teach social skills to students.

  • Purposefully teach standards-based social skills to students
  • Clearly communicate the social skills standards to students
  • Keep very brief any periods of student inactivity during instruction
  • Establish clear expectations for student interaction
  • Provide enjoyable challenge activities for students to practice social skills
  • Debrief the lesson in relation to the social skills standards
  • Provide opportunities for students to reflect on social skills
  • Clearly communicate standards-based social skills objectives to students
  • Ensure a safe learning environment
  • Form groups maintaining the dignity of each student
  • Set clear expectations for student interaction
  • Provide enjoyable and progressive social skills challenges for students
  • Debrief the lesson related to the social skills objectives