Noelle and Angela's 3/11 Lesson Plan

by Angela Bragato, a project created Mar 11 2010 - 3:34pm

Instructor: Noelle Carstens & Angela Bragato
Grade Level: 1st
School Name: Central Elementary
Date: March 11, 2010
Objectives: Get students moving in different directions and keep students moving and having fun throughout the class.
Equipment:

  • 4 cones - for jail
  • 6 colored rings
  • Stop Watch
  • Parachute
  • Balls

Warm-up: (5 min)  Simon Says

  • Arrange students in scatter formation
  • Teacher is “Simon”
  • Teacher says: “Simon says ______”
  • Students follow by completing skill

Skills (examples):

  • Squatting
  • Jog in place
  • Calf raises
  • 5 push ups
  • Jumping jacks
  • Cherry pickers (arms extended out from sides and pretend to pick cherries with fingers)
  • Butt kickers in place
  • High-five a classmate
  • Touch a wall and run back
  • 5 sit ups
  • Arabesque
  • Touch your nose and foot at the same time
  • Hop on one foot in place
  • Over head claps
  • Sit down
  • Stand up
  • High knees in place
  • Do 5 lunges
  • Touch your toes
  • Twirl in a circle

Teaching CUE: Listen closely! Keep moving!

 

Skill Development Activities: (15 min) Cops & Robbers

Directions:

  • When the teacher blows the whistle to begin, the Cops attempts to catch Robbers by GENTLY tagging them.
  • If a Cop touches a Robber, they both hold onto the ring and the Cop brings to the Robber to "Jail"
  • The only way a Robber can get out of jail is by completing the designated activity for that game.
    • Game 1: 10 jumping jacks
    • Game 2: 10 one-legged hops
    • Game 3: 10 crunches
  • When the teacher blows the whistle, students should freeze. (Games should last 4 minutes)
  • Teacher gives students 1 minute to rest while explaining the next activity to get out of jail

Find out which students didn't get to be a captain last week. Pick 6 students to be Cops. Give each cop a ring (handcuff).
After every game have students who have not been a Cop raise their hands.  Have the current Cops hand the ring to a classmate raising their hand.

 Teaching CUE: Keep moving! Tag gently! Watch where you're going!

 

Concluding Activity: (10 min) Parachute Games

Have students sit in a circle and spread out the parachute

  • Have students make slow/fast, big/small waves
  • Put (soft) balls on the parachute - Objective: Keep all the balls on the parachute, then try to get all the balls off the parachute
  • Mushroom: Teacher says 1, 2, 3, Lift and student lift parachute, take a step in, bring the parachute underneath them and sit on it, creating a dome.
    • Practice a few times
    • Washing machine effect: have students move in a left, forward, right motion
    • Bring in balls and toss them each other underneath the parachute
  • Have students collect balls
  • Say "Goodbye"

 

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Comments

Cops and Robbers
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 9:20pm — MackenzieMWelch

Cops and robbers is a wonderful game especially to keep the students moving all the time. I like how you used rings for cuffs for the cops, this little addition usually allows the students to feel important or that their part is very important. I also like how you divided the games into four minute sessions, this is a great idea for mixing up the roles of the students which also keeps all students involved in the activity.

I like the cops and robbers
Thu, 03/11/2010 - 9:18am — Brian Nicholson

I like the cops and robbers games as well. It seems to be a game that works really well with the younger students! It seems like you had the class busy and on the move for nearly the entire period... this to me really helps make a successful PE class.

The class ran really
Thu, 03/11/2010 - 3:36pm — Angela Bragato

The class ran really smoothly! The kids were active and had a great time! Come to find out there were no rings for Cops/Robbers but we used scarves instead (cops and robbers held onto different ends). When playing with the Parachute, one student said it was the most fun he'd ever had in PE.

It was a GREAT experience teaching these first graders! It made me really look forward to being a PE teacher someday!

WOW! that's sooo
Fri, 03/12/2010 - 12:29pm — Kimberly Moore

WOW! that's sooo exciting...Not many people understand that feeling, But I do now and I can't wait for more times like these! Sounds like you guys did well too! See you next term! :)