PHYSICAL EDUCATION LESSON PLAN

Activity: LEVEL # ___2_ WEEK # __13__

GRADE LEVEL & NUMBER OF STUDENTS: __2_, 39
TIME: 30 mins
EQUIPMENT:
Equipment for the Challenge Course (cones, hoops)
Music for games
Music for rhythmic activities
OBJECTIVES:
To perform a locomotor movement and manipulate an object simultaneously
To perform rhythmic movements in folk dances
To appreciate the origin of folk dances
To understand the cultural differences among students from different backgrounds

CALIFORNIA PE STANDARDS:
Introductory Activity:
1.5 Jump for distance, landing on both feet and bending the hips, knees, and ankles to reduce the
impact force
Fitness Activity:
1.5 Jump for distance, landing on both feet and bending the hips, knees, and ankles to reduce the
impact force
2.1 Define open space
Lesson Focus:
1.17 Demonstrate a smooth transition between even-beat locomotor skills and uneven-beat locomotor
skills in response to music or an external beat
2.1 Define open space
3.1 Participate in enjoyable and challenging physical activities for increasing periods of time
Game:
5.1 Participate in a variety of group settings without interfering with others
5.2 Accept responsibility or ones own behavior in a group activity
5.4 Encourage others by using verbal and nonverbal communication
5.5 Demonstrate respect for self, others, and equipment during physical activities
5.6 Participate positively in physical activities that rely on cooperation

PART 1: INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY (2-3 mins):

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Activity
Students jump or hop to a target area and return
with a different pattern. Many combinations can
be devised with the basic idea being to develop a
pattern to get to the target and another to return to
home spot. An example is: Jump in all directions
and hop back to place; or three jumps forward and
a half twist, three jumps back to place and a half
twist.

Teaching Hints
1. Encourage students to develop personal
combinations of movement.
2. Increase the distance of movement as the
patterns are developed.

PART 2: FITNESS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY (8-12 mins):

Activity
Teaching Hints
Design a course around the perimeter of the area
4. Move through the challenge course with
using the following ideas:
quality movements rather than speed.
5. Distribute youngsters throughout the
1. Run and weave through four wands help
course instead of starting them at one
upright by cones.
common point.
2. Hop on one foot.
6. Stop the class at regular intervals to
3. Alternate going over and under six
perform flexibility and strength
obstacles (cones or hoops)
development activities.
7. Change directions periodically. This helps
prevent a build-up of students at slower
moving stations.
PART 3: LESSON FOCUS (15-20 mins):
Activity
The Bird Dance (Chicken Dance)

Teaching Hints
1. Give simple, concise directions

Music Source: CD (Dance Little Bird)

Formation: Circle or scatter formation, partners
facing
Directions:
Measures Part I Action
Four snaps---thumb and fingers, hands up
Four flaps---arms up and down, elbows bent
Four wiggles---hips, knees bent low
Four claps
Repeat action of measures 1--4 three times
PART 4: GAME ACTIVITY (5 mins):
Activity
Arches
This game is similar to London Bridge. An arch is

Teaching Hints
1. Give simple, concise directions
2. Variation: Different types of music can be
used, and children can move according to
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played in the playing area. (To form an arch, two

players stand facing one another with hands
joined and arms raised.) When the music starts the
other players move in a circle, passing under the
arch. Suddenly, the music stops, and the arch is
brought down by dropping the hands. All players
caught in an arch immediately pair off to form
other arches, keeping in a general circle
formation. If a caught player does not have a
partner, he waits in the center of the circle until
one is available. The last players caught (or left)
from arches for the next game.

the pattern of the music