Adapted PE Track and Field Unit for Special Education | Grades 6-12

An adapted PE track and field unit for middle and high school: 7 lessons for running, jumping, and throwing at Levels A, B, and C, an event menu, and everything you need to run a class meet.

Why I made this: A class track meet is one of the best days of the year when every student has events they can do well. Guided running, seated throws, and short distances are written right next to the standard events, so nobody is just watching.

What's included:

• Teacher overview: what Levels A, B, and C mean, how I run the unit, and a 7-day calendar

• Equipment list (standard and modified) and a drawn setup diagram with the throwing sector away from the lanes

• Safety and inclusion notes with a student setup chart

• 7 one-page lessons: running form and starts, sprints and guided running, relay passing, standing long jump, throws, distance and pacing, and meet day

• Every lesson has an objective, warm-up, cue words, practice, a Level A/B/C table, a skill check, a teacher tip, and a cool-down question

• A 4-station track rotation, a skill check rubric, and a class record sheet

• An event menu at three levels and a safety spacing page

• Meet-day roles and a results sheet

• Student self-rate cards

How I use it: I teach the events over about a week and a half, run the station rotation as a practice meet, and finish with a class meet where every student enters three events and takes a job during the others.

Who it is for: Adapted PE teachers, general PE teachers with inclusive classes, and special education teachers who run PE, grades 6 to 12.

Every lesson, station, rubric, and game page in this unit is original to it. If you need a quick change on the fly, change the space, the task, the equipment, or the people, one thing at a time.

What you download: one printable PDF, 18 pages, US Letter.

Also in my Adapted PE series: the Basketball, Soccer, Bowling, Bocce, and Volleyball units, plus the Adapted PE IEP Goal Bank and Movement Break Timer Slides. Every sport unit uses the same Level A/B/C layout, so students know the routine when you move to the next sport.

Written by Jeremy D. Gooch, a transition coordinator with 20+ years in education. Part of the Adapted PE series from The Transition Cliff.

At a glance: grades 6-12, one-page lessons, Level A, B, and C on every lesson table, skill check rubric, class record sheet, and student self-rate cards. 18-page PDF, US Letter. Print and teach; equipment swaps are listed for gyms with very little equipment.