PE Lesson Plan
Name: Gwendoline Wendy Koh
School: Dunwoody Elementary School
Skill Theme: Gymnastics
Lesson No: 1 / 1
PE1.1: Demonstrates competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of activities.
PE1.2: Demonstrates understanding of movement concepts, principals, strategies, and tactics as they apply to the
learning and performance of physical activities
PE1.5: Exhibits responsible personal and social behaviour that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
Class:
Class Size:
Venue:
Duration:
Equipment Required (Quantity):
1st Grade
42 - 46
Gymnasium
12.45pm – 1.35pm (50 min)
Music Player
(Ms Panullo
Polyspots
& Ms St
John)
Lesson
Objective(s):
Psychomotor
Students will be able to perform a sequence of a balance on a point, a pathway and a shape.
Cognitive
Students will be able to understand what “balance” means and the difference between a point and a
patch.
Students will respect their classmates’ personal space and show care for their classmates by moving
around the practice area safely.
Affective
Assumptions on
student
learning:
Date:
Oct, 17, 2014
Students are able to execute the basic locomotor skills of crawl, walk, hop, jump, skip, gallop and run.
Students are able to show points and patches.
1
Task Focus
Activity
Teaching Cues
Organisation
Practice
No.
(Space and Time)
Time:
Start: Introduction (3 min)
Teacher to remind students of routines (i) the whistle means “Stop and Listen”, (ii) “Eyes on Me”, and respect for others’ space for safety
reasons through perimeter run activity. Have students move to polyspot at the end of perimeter run activity.
Activity 1: Macho Duck
1
Warm-up with
Neck rolls
exercises to
Teacher will lead pupils in aerobics to
Basic march
5 min
music.
music.
Arm stretches – reach for
the sky; reach for the side
Teacher to get the two centre rows to
Side to side step
pick up their polyspots and place them
Arm curls
on top of the end polyspots nearest to
Bow and arrow
them.
Side and front lunges
Look out for your friends
Respect your friends –
don’t go into their personal
space
12 x 4 rows of polyspots
2
Revise basic
locomotor skills
and introduce
pathways.
Activity 2: Making Pathways
Teacher introduces the term pathway
and have students use walking,
galloping, sliding to do:
 straight pathway
 circular pathway
 zig zag pathway
 sideways pathway
Teacher to add directions and levels as
part of progression and spatial
awareness
Spiral pathway
Zig zag pathway
Sideways pathway
Straight pathway
Directions:
Forwards
Backwards
2 min
(instructions)
Random
places
between
polyspots
Levels:
High
Low
Extension: Do a “High 5”.
12 x 4 rows of polyspots
2
10 min
Task
No.
Focus
Activity
Teaching Cues
Organisation
(Space and Time)
Practice
Time:
Look out for your friends
Respect your friends –
don’t go into their personal
space
Be safe – don’t run into
anyone
3
Reinforce
pathways and
Incorporate
balance on
points and
patches
Activity 3: Pathways, Points and
Patches
Teacher to revise points and patches.
Teacher to have students demonstrate.
Spiral pathway
Zig zag pathway
Sideways pathway
Straight pathway
Students to move in pathways and stop
on the whistle to do balance according
to teacher’s instructions:
 1 point
 1 point and 1 patch
 2 points and 1 patch
 3 points
 4 points and 1 patch
 5 points
Balance means you can’t
move and have to hold it
for at least 3 secs:
One one thousand
Two one thousand
Three one thousand
10 min
Random
places
between
polyspots
Look out for your friends
Respect your friends –
don’t go into their personal
space
Be safe – don’t run into
anyone
3
12 x 2 rows of polyspots
Task
No.
4
Focus
Activity
Teaching Cues
Introduce
shapes, and
sequence
pathways and
shapes
Activity 4: Pathways and Shapes
Students to move in pathways and stop
on the whistle to do a shape according
to teacher’s instructions:
 Small shape
 Wide shape
 Fat shape
 Long and thin shape
Spiral pathway
Zig zag pathway
Sideways pathway
Straight pathway
Grouping by “X” and “O”
 Make an “X”
 Make an “O”
 1 “X” and 1 “O” on the polyspot
 1 “X” and 2 “O”s on the polyspot
 2 “X”s and 1 “O” on the polyspot
5
Introduce
sequences
Activity 5: Sequence
Teacher to introduce a sequence of a 2point balance (arabesque), pathway as
specified and shape as specified.
Shapes:
Small
Wide
Fat
Long and Thin
X in one person
Os are two people
Look out for your friends
Respect your friends’
personal space
Be safe – don’t run into
anyone
Organisation
(Space and Time)
Random
places
between
polyspots
12 x 2 rows of polyspots
4 students in each group
Spiral pathway
Zig zag pathway
Sideways pathway
Straight pathway
10 min
Teacher to introduce beat count (1 – 8)
Small shape
Students to do balance, pathway, shape Wide shape
as specified by teacher.
Tall shape
Teacher to stress on smooth transitions
between movements.
One-point balance
Two-point balance
Extension:
Teacher to extend to a 1-point balance
Make your sequence
smooth.
4
Practice
Time:
5 min
12 x 4 rows of polyspots
Task
No.
Focus
Activity
Teaching Cues
to pathway to shape
Additional
Task:
Introduce the
log roll.
Additional Task: Log Roll (if time
permits)
Teacher to ask students what a log
looks like and get them to show what
they think it looks like.
Teacher highlights key points and then
shows them a log roll.
Organisation
(Space and Time)
Polyspots to mark balance
point and shape point in
inner court (blue line) and
outer court (red line) is
wait zone.
Long and straight
Legs together
Hands together
Roll one round till you see
the ceiling again and stop.
Don’t roll until your partner
comes back to the spot.
Students to try to do a log roll.
Two students at each spot
taking turns.
Closing (5 min)
Teacher to administer survey on student learning and sum up the lesson for the day.
5
Practice
Time: