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This lesson plan book can be picked up and used immediately to create lively, interesting physical education activities for students in grades 5-6. Here the activities focus on specialized skills and sport activities, adding football, basketball, softball, track and field, volleyball, and hockey to the sport offerings. A large percentage of instructional time is devoted to manipulative activity, while adequate time is set aside for the rhythmic program and for the program area involving apparatus, stunts, and tumbling. There's increased emphasis on physical fitness and developmental activities, and organized and structured fitness routines are also offered. Elementary Classroom Teachers and Elementary Physical Education Teachers. A Longwood Professional Book.