#3751. Red Rover, Beach Ball Freeze Tag, Red Light Green Light

Phys Ed, level: Elementary
Posted Wed Apr 26 07:44:09 PDT 2006 by George Thorn (thorn2@tcnj.edu).
The College of New Jersey, Trenton, N.J.
Materials Required: 2 Beach Balls, 4 Cones, 2 signs (red&green)
Activity Time: 20 to 40 minutes
Concepts Taught: Movement Exploration

K & 3 Samuel Smith Elementary Lesson
Name George Thorn Date Feb. 10, 2006
Grade K & 3 No. of Students 25
Activity Movement Exploration Lesson Red Rover, Beach Ball Freeze Tag,
Red Light-Green Light, Challenges

Instructional Objectives

Psychomotor
• At the completion of the lesson students should be able to complete locomotor skills involved in lesson. Students should also be able to demonstrate spatial awareness.

Cognitive
• Students should be able to understand the locomotor movements used in lesson and understand the safety involved. Teacher observation will be performed during lesson to gather information on student's performance. Students will be asked to demonstrate each movement as they explain the movement. Teacher will use a checklist to record data.

Affective
• Students should be able to continue cooperative games and sportsmanship outside the school. They should demonstrate continuation of abilities performed. Students will take home a sportsmanship worksheet that will be signed by their parent, which will state that they participated in a game using good sportsmanship. This worksheet will be returned to the teacher.

Social
• Students should be able to play and interact among peers in a safe and healthy manner. At least 80% of students should be able to comply with behavior standards, which are evaluated by teacher during observation.

Material or Equipment

• Lesson Plan
• 2 Beach Balls
• Green Sign & Red Sign
• 4 Cones

Procedure

Introduction
• Today we will be having a lot of fun while playing and listening to directions. We will pay close attention to our personal and general space. We also use common courtesy while we interact with our fellow classmates during all of the activities. We need to follow directions when they are given the first time, so that we can participate efficiently. I will use freeze when I need you to stop or listen.

Warm up
• We will walk from end of the gymnasium to the other and switch directions on teacher cues given at this time.
• We will run in place forward and backwards.
• We will practice sliding from side to side.
• We drop to the ground and then stand up quickly.

Challenges
 Can we walk in place slowly?
 Can we walk in place fast?
 Can we run in place slowly?
 Can we run in place fast?
 Can we hop in place slowly?
 Can we hop in place fast?
 Can we slide to the left or side slowly?
 Can we slide to the right or side fast?
 Can we gallop forward slowly?
 Can we gallop backwards fast?
 Can we skip forward slowly?
 Can we skip backwards fast?
 Can we jump forward just a little bit at a time?
 Can we jump backwards just a little bit at a time?
 Can we stand on our right foot and balance ourselves for 10 seconds?
 Can we stand on our left foot and balance ourselves for 10 seconds?
 Can we hop on our right foot in a circle?
 Can we hop on our left foot in a circle?
 Can we jump from left to right?
 Can we hop from left to right?
 Can we bend over and touch our toes with our fingers?
 Can we reach for the sky with our arms?
 Can we lie on our stomachs and jump up as quickly as possible?
 Can we lie on our backs and jump up as quickly as possible?
 Can we stand in place and jump as high as we can?
 Can we slide to the left and jump?
 Can we slide to the right and jump?
 Can we stand on our left foot and hop forward?
 Can we stand on our right foot and hop forward?
 Can we stand on our left foot and hop backward?
 Can we stand on our right foot and hop backward?

Games
• Red Rover, Red Rover, if you have brown hair come over, which is what the teacher calls out to the students. At this time the students try to run to the other side of the gymnasium without being tagged by the person in the middle. If tagged, that student can help tag other students, or freeze until another student tags them to free them.

• Beach Ball Freeze Tag, which involves two students who are "it" with two beach balls. The remainder of the student's spread out in general space. The two students have to try to throw the ball at other students to freeze them up. Students who are dodging the ball can free the other students who are frozen by crawling thru their legs.

• Red light Green light, involves the teacher or student in the middle of the floor holding two signs. One sign is green and the other sign is red. The teacher holds up one of the signs and yells that command, while the other students try to reach the other end of the gymnasium. They can utilize any locomotor movement they choose.

Closure
• Today we learned how to incorporate different movements in activities, while exercising and having fun. I want to thank everyone for listening and behaving correctly. Movement is important because it keeps our bodies healthy. The more we move and play the more we are keeping our hearts healthy.

Evaluation

Did I meet my objective?
How was class control?
What did I do to gain control or correct behavior?
Did I have enough materials?
Was the lesson at their level?
Did students have to wait in line?
Did students enjoy themselves?

Cognitive Locomotor Movement Demonstration Assessment

Name: Dodging Running Jumping Hopping
Lisa S U S S
Johnny S NI S S
Megan S S S S
Anne S S S S
Charlie S S S S
Bob S S S S
George S S U S
Tiffany S S NI S
Chuck S S S S
Theresa S S S S
Albert S S S S
Luis S S S S
Leshawn S S S S
Tara S S S S
Doreen S S S S
Sally S S U S
Joe S S S S
Mike S S S S
Tony S S S S
Esther NI S S S
Moesha S S S S
Allison S S S S
Kyle S S NI S

*S=Satisfactory, U=Unsatisfactory, NI=Needs Improvement

Good Sportsmanship Participation Form (Affective Domain)

I ____________________ participated in an activity today where I displayed appropriate behavior towards my peers. I also followed the rules of the game.

Parents Signature________________________ Date_____________

Courtesy is free!