Healthy Heart Tag

Date: October 23, 2014

Teacher: Carly Lagerstrom

School: Spartan Elementary

Class: KIN 355

Equipment Used: Open gym area, 3-4 foam
Grade Level: 3-5
balls
Time: 10:20
Targeted NASPE Standard(s): 3, 4, 5
Specific Objective: By the end of the lesson, students will identify three negative
lifestyle habits that are bad for their heart and explain how to counteract those
habits.
Concomitant Objective: Students will remain physically active while
understanding factors of heart health.
Time
Procedures Followed
Warm Up: Not needed

Materials

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Transition: Have everyone stand with toes on the green

line.

Set Induction: Who here has been a part of some

Valentines Day activity? Who can tell me some common
colors or objects associated with Valentines Day?
Learnable Piece: Today, you all are going to describe at
__30___ least three things that would be bad for your heart and
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how you can fight those effects.
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seconds

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Minutes

Presentation of New Material/Directions:

Who can tell me a bad habit or activity that would be
bad for your heart?
-couch potato
-Junk food
-smoking
Today we are going to play Healthy Heart Tag
Taggers will represent an unhealthy habit and you must
do a physical activity when youre tagged in order to
fight the negative effects of that habit.
What are some things we could do in order to
counteract these habits?
Call on 2 students to give ideas.
In order to keep playing after you are tagged, you must
do 5 jumping jacks to maintain a healthy heart.
Each tagger will have a foam ball so you know who they
are.
The boundary is within this half of the gym
Safety: you may only tag others below their neck and
above their waist. Make sure you are looking up as you

Foam balls

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Seconds

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Minutes

are jogging
-Are there any questions?
-What do you do when you are tagged?
Choose taggers by asking whose birthday is close to
Valentines Day Give 3 taggers the foam balls
Transition: Have taggers come forward then ask
everyone to spread out in the playing area.
Activity: Students will be in half court of gym, jogging
and trying to dodge the 3 taggers.

Possible Modifications:
Add another tagger if only 3 is too easy.
Change what they do when they get tagged
Have everyone skip instead of jog.
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Lesson Review:
Seconds What were the three negative habits we focused on
today?
Make sure you are getting exercise and eating healthy
to maintain a healthy heart.
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Minutes

Notes:

Foam balls