Iceberg/Penguin (PE)- Lesson Plan
Date: November 25th
Grade level: Grade 3
Duration: 30 minutes
Topic/Title: Physical education/Iceberg
Resources:
-Hula hoops
General Learning Outcome:
General Outcome C- Cooperation
Specific Learning Outcome:
Students will interact positively with others
Communication
Fair play
Leadership
Teamwork
Timing Procedure Organisation
5 Hook/Introduction
minutes Run 2 laps around the gym and sit in the middle
Have a student lead exercises while I put out 6 hula hoops around the gym.
20 Body of lesson
minutes Game instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WGUrdCIR_o Tell students
1. Kids (‘penguins’) move around the area, but stay off the hula hoops (‘icebergs’) instructions
2. After 1 minute, the teacher calls out a number (between 1-5)
3. Kids must quickly stand or sit down in a hula hoop (‘iceberg’) in a group of the number called-
ex: if the teacher calls out “4”, kids must sit down in hula hoops in a group of 4, no more no less
4. After 10 seconds, if you don’t have a group or the correct number of people in the hula hoop, Pull out 6 hula
you must do a challenge: hoops and
Challenge: spread around
o 10 jumping jacks the gym
o 5pushups
o 10 butt kicks
o 10 star jumps
o 5 wall jumps
I added some
o 5 burpees
extra
Change the method of movement:
o Skipping movements
o Hopping in red!
o Galloping
o Tip Toeing
o Stomping
o Walking slowly with BIG steps
o Walking quickly with little steps
o Sneaking
Playing the game!
5
Teacher Lesson conclusion
reflection (What went well? Why? Did this game work with this age group?)
minutes Have 3 students each grab 2 hula hoops to put them away, have the rest put their masks on and line up at the
The students LOVED this game! The instructions were quite simple, which allowed us to play the game for the whole 15
door.
minutes! About ½ way through the 15 minutes I asked if the students wanted a challenge…. So instead of just using
numbers 1-5 I said numbers 1-10.
This was a very engaging game for students! I ended it off by having them move around as quietly as they could, and I
whispered the final number, so they had to be very quiet to hear it!