Struggling to teach virtual physical education classes? Look no further than Detroit Physical Educations free no equipment virtual PE curriculum outline for grades 3-5.

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I have taken the SHAPE America standard 3, The physically literate individual demonstrates the knowledge and skills to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical activity and fitness, and created a full no equipment virtual curriculum outline for grades 3-5 PE teachers. With all of the resources out there, I wanted to take my favorite ones and compress them into a neat and organized layout.

You’ll be able to use this virtual curriculum outline as a guide to set your students up to understand the importance of health and fitness while having fun. All the videos included do not require equipment, making the content doable for ALL learners.

KEEP READING FOR YOUR FREE NO EQUIPMENT VIRTUAL 3rd-5th GRADE CURRICULUM OUTLINE PRESENTATION.

See how I set up my Google Classroom and layout my Google Meets for my K-8 students below:

What’s Included in Your Free No Equipment Virtual 3rd-5th Grade PE Curriculum

My 76 slide outline contains 6 units:

  1. Introduction & Virtual Expectations
  2. Fitness Knowledge
  3. Health Related Fitness
  4. Skill Related Fitness
  5. Interval Training
  6. Health & Nutrition

Below are 9 examples of what your curriculum guide looks like:

Each slide or unit touches on standard 3 of SHAPE America for grades 3rd-5th. The slides are a detailed outline, so assessment and physical activity outside of your PE class will have to be added on your own.

For me, I only see my students once a week for 30 minutes. Moving into trimester two (December 7th), I will see my 3rd-5th graders two times a week. So the days I do not see them, they have assignments in their Google Classroom (see here) that relate to the other SHAPE standards and Grade Level Outcomes.

You will notice the first unit is Introduction & Expectations. These are my expectation for my classes. Yours may differ, but I included mine specifically to give you an idea of what I expect and how I grade.

Please feel free to use my slides, or use them as a guide to create your own expectations!

Free No Equipment Virtual Grades 3-5 Curriculum Below:

Free Virtual 3-5 curriculum outline

Google Slide Curriculum Outline

You can set your virtual classes up however you’d like, but what has been working for me is I start at slide one and work my way down each class. When it comes to the workout videos, we don’t complete the whole thing. I normally cap the videos at 20 minutes if they are longer than that.

But as you can see my students are learning lifelong fitness knowledge to help them live healthy lifestyles. Once they know and understand the basics, they can improve their fitness and sport skill levels.


SHAPE America Grade Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education PDF is provided here to cross reference your GLO with your slides. Remember these curriculum slides are to be used as a guide, and to build off of them to enhance your student’s learning experience. Outside physical activity should be encouraged in order to hit those grade level outcomes.

Happy virtual PE teaching!!