Dowling College

Physical Education Instructional Lesson Plan

Unit_______Fitness_____ Grade__3-5_____ Lesson Activity__ Fitness Steps_________ Lesson #____1_________ Class
Size____14_________Date__10/18/15_______
Instructional Objectives: To be able to participate in active games
as I will emphasize the importance of fitness activity in each game
played.
Cognitive To analyze the level of fitness activity in each game
played.
Psychomotor Participate and be active in all games played.
Affective Appreciate the fitness level within different games.
Language Function- After activities we will discuss the usage of
the pedometers as a class.

NYS Learning Standard

__X____ 1a. Motor Movement Skills
__X__ 1b. Physical Fitness Wellness
__X____ 2. Safe and Healthy Environment
__X___ 3. Resource Management
NASPE Content Standard
___X____1. Motor Movement Skills
___X____2. Movement Concepts
___X____3. Maintains Physical Fitness
___X____4. Personal & Social Behaviors
___X____5. Values Physical Activity

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Academic language: Pedometer, activity level, steps

Equipment: Cones, kick ball, pedometer, foam balls

Teaching Approaches:
_X__ Direct __X_ Divergent _X__ Convergent
___ Peer Teaching ___ Cooperative Learning
___ Child Designed Instruction

Safety Considerations: Spatial awareness, head up, bumpers up

Learning Activity/Sample Task:

1. Introduction/Set Induction: How to use pedometers, what
we use them for
2. Fitness Concepts: (Put a check next to all that apply)
Cardio-Respiratory Endurance X____
Muscular Endurance
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Muscular Strength
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Flexibility
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Other
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Modifications /Adaptations: I f students demonstrate a low skill

level I will use a foam ball for kickball. Foam ball will also be
larger which would make it easier to strike.

Lesson Focus;
Task 1 Instructor will split up class evenly into two teams to
conduct a short kickball game while wearing pedometers.
Task Extension After kickball game is finished, we will
discuss the game and how active we thought we were then
looking at the pedometers and logging our steps
Culminating Activity Instructor will then split the class up
evenly into two teams and conduct a short tag game. We will
then gather as a class after the tag game and once again discuss
the activity level of the game and log the steps from our
pedometers. As a class we will then discuss and compare the
activity level of the two games.

Additional Information: keeping the students informed and

instructed to keep them on task at all times is very important.

Assessment Activity/Technique/Item- In conclusion of each

game we will discuss the usage of the pedometers and the
activity level of each game as a class.

Unit _Fitness___________ Grade ___3-5____ Lesson Activity ____Fitness Steps_______ Lesson #_1_____ Class
Size___14________ Date ______10/18/15__________
Time

Activity Segment
Introduction/ Warm up/Fitness
Development

Jog around the gymnasium while music is playing, students will stop and
sit in their assigned floor spots when music stops.

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1min

Transition

Students will stay in their floor spots.

Assigned floor spots.

4min

Instructional Phase

I will introduce the class to a pedometer, how they work and

what they are used for. I will ask questions such as how many
steps do they think they would play in a soccer game? Or a

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4min

Task Presentation/ Teaching Cues

Class Organization

baseball game? Discuss activity level.

2min

4min

Kickball Game

I will split students up in to teams by using numbering. I will

then have them receive pedometers. While wearing the
pedometers I will conduct a short kickball game.

Transition

5min

Logging

5min

Transition

7min

Culminating Activity

4min

Closure:

After the kickball game concludes I will have them gather in

the center of the gym. I will ask them what they think the
level of the activity game was on a scale of 1-5 and guess
how many steps they took.
I will then have the students come up and retrieve a index
card and a pencil and each student will log the number of
steps they took.
After returning their pencils and index cards to me I will have
them sit in the center of the gym where they can listen to
further instruction.
Students will then play tag game called fire and ice while
wearing the pedometer ( a form of freeze tag) 2 students will
receive blue foam balls and 2 students will receive a red foam
ball. The rest of the students must avoid getting tagged with
the blue foam ball, if they are tagged by the blue ball they are
frozen at that point and cannot move. However, the students
with the red foam ball can help a friend by giving them that
red ball and unfreezing them which now their job is to help a
friend.
Once the game has concluded they will receive their index
card and a pencil and log the amount of steps they took. At
that point we will compare the two games and how many
steps were taken in each game. We will discuss the difference
in activity levels which they should be able to identify after
logging their steps in each game.

Floor Plan:

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Reflection: What went well? What did not go well? What will you change next time?
_I thought the lesson went very well, the students were interested throughout the whole lesson because we were playing fun games and they also like
new equipment such as the pedometer which most have never used before. I will not change much next class maybe try to keep as organized as possible
every time, lesson went very
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Resources: Books, websites, handouts, other _____PEcentarl.org
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Research: Why did you do what you did based on proven research strategies and principles? CITE THE RESEARCH
STRATEGIES AND WHO WAS THE RESEACHER. ___PEcentral.org
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