NAME: Colleen Mistler DATE TAUGHT: Week of January 23 SCHOOL: Munger Hill Elementary
TIME: 40 minute lesson CLASS SIZE: 18 students GRADE LEVEL: K,1
FACILITIES: gymnasium LESSON #: 2 / 4 PROFICIENCY LEVEL: control
EQUIPMENT NEEDS (#):
30 beanbags
Music and speaker
5 hula hoops
Leis
30 hot spots
5 Dome Cones
5 Bean Bag Disks
LESSON FOCUS: Balancing (wide, narrow, twisted) UNIT: Locomotor skills
STUDENT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES: By the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:
1.) Psychomotor: demonstrate any balancing technique with three correct skill cues while observed by the teacher during the
show and tell portion of the lesson (National # S1.E7.1, MACF 2.1)
2.) Cognitive: Identify one difference between balancing on two feet compared to on one foot when asked by the teacher
during the mini closure (National # S1.E8.1, MACF 2.4)
3.) Affective: Interact and communicate with peers during the circle activity by agreeing on one method of balancing as
observed by the teacher (National # S4.E2.1, MACF 2.7)
Teacher Performance Objectives: during the lesson the teacher will:
1. Provide feedback to five students, using their name correctly
2. Focus on intra-task variation style of teaching
REFERENCES:
SHAPE America, 2014, National Standards and Grade Level Outcomes. (Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics).
Springfield College 2016-2017 Physical Education Health Education Supplement for Practicum Handbook
Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Curriculum Framework, 1999
TIM SEQUENCE OF LESSON ORGANIZATION REFLECTIONS
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Introduction: Teachers will introduce themselves, and
1-5 handout name tags to the students
min. Stop and Go Signals: 3,2,1, Freeze! Ready Go!
Boundaries and Safety the students should stay within the
boundaries for the entire lesson, and need to be aware of
personal space.
Set Induction: Did you know standing on two feet is
technically balancing? We balance every day of our lives,
when we bend over on one foot to pick up a pencil, when we
hop over a puddle, and even when a waitress brings a tray of
food to your table at a restaurant!
5-10 Activity 1 Balance Freeze Tag
min Taggers will wear leis
-# of taggers dependent on # of students- use leis to identify
-students will travel at fast and slow paces as instructed by
the teacher until tagged- then freeze
- unfrozen when non tagger tags you
- students will practice balancing and freeze on one leg when
they are tagged
Transition back to circle
10- 12
min
Informing:
staying in one position freeze in place keep muscles
tight look at something on the floor to focus on
- Skill cues: muscles tight, arms extended,
steady body
- Can be done with many body parts or just one
- Demonstrate one way to balance
- Visuals
- Have student demo of a different way to
balance
- Review wide, narrow, and twisting shapes
when balancing
12-17
min
Activity 2 Freeze Balance
Teachers will play music
When the music stops the students will freeze and do a
balance when instructed by the teacher
Transition: place hot spots across the gym, then
have the students find a hot spot to stand on
17-23
min
Activity 3 Hot Spot Activity
On the hot spots, have the students practice
Wide, narrow, and twisted balances
Using command style teaching, as the teacher chooses the
type of balance
23-30 Transition: have the students pick up their hotspots and form
min two circles, one inside the other. Students will stand on their
hotspots. There should be the same number of hotspots in
each circle
Activity 4 Circle Activity
Inner Circle and Outer Circle
1. Face the person in front of you and make the
same wide shape
2. Face the person in front of you and make the
same narrow shape
3. Face the person in front of you and make the
same twisted shape
Have the students move in a circle to the music and stop
when the music stops to have a different student in front of
30-39 them
Transition: students will transition into one large circle
Activity 5 Show and Tell
39-40 The students will stand in a circle
Each student will have an opportunity to demo his/her
favorite balancing shape and the other students will try to
mirror the balance.
Closure: review the different types of balancing and
traveling. Debrief the show and tell activity and ask the
students questions about mirror balancing
