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Brad White's Lesson Ideas
Beat The Clock -- Ready, Set, Hike -- Alley Soccer -- Twelve Days of Fitness -- Balloon Buster Purpose of the lesson: To incorporate math into PFA equipment exercises with a focus on cooperation with group members. Grades: 2-5 Prerequisites: Students must know the safety rules that they use when exercising on PFA Materials: 7 clip boards with all station names written on a sheet of paper to record the number of exercises completed during class. Lesson: Students will be split up into 7 equal groups among the PFA exercise station equipment. They will have 3 minutes per station to complete as many exercise as possible in that time period. Station rules are as follows: Step up -10 step-ups and switch with a group member, continue until time is called. Record your points and add your team's points together
Monkey Bars - For each step on the ladder a student can touch with 2 hands until they complete the ladder moving high to low they receive 1 point each. Record your points and add with previous station's points. Sit-ups, Modified pull-ups and vault - 10 and switch with a group member continue till time is called record your points and add with previous station's points. Pole Climb - Teachers station, 10 points each for reaching the top of the pole each time or 1 point each second a student holds themselves off the ground while holding onto the pole. Record your points and add with previous station's points. Have students work in their groups to complete totaling of their teams points. 4 and 5 graders have no trouble working these numbers out where as the 2nd and 3rd graders my need assistance or calculators for their groups work. This activity works extremely well and students love the competition with each group. Your students will not realize that the math is involved. This is my point system I use I suggest changing your point system to best meet your class and grade levels needs.
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Purpose of the lesson: To allow students to compete in a modified soccer game Grades: 2-5 Prerequisites: Soccer skills have been taught, passing, dribbling, throw-in, and field awareness Materials: Field or large gym, athletic field paint or floor tape, cones, soccer ball and colored jerseys to divide students into 2 teams Lesson: Field preparation and set up. See diagram below. Students are divided into 2 teams and are put on each end of the alley soccer field. Half of each team are goalies and must stay one step behind the goal line. If a ball is passed between the goalies on the goal line a goal in scored. The soccer ball must go between the line goalies and not over their heads. One player from each team will be placed in a alley and they can run the l ength of the field but not cross out
of their alley, This game prevents the group "swarming
bee effect" you get when trying to play regular soccer
Only 2 players can go after the ball at a time in an alley.
If a ball is kicked out of bounds players on the outside
alley throw the ball back into play. Goalies when a goal
is scored or a shot is stopped kick or throw the ball back
onto the playing Teaching Ideas: This soccer game allows everyone to get involve and is the safest form of soccer I have found. I spend 1 class period focusing on soccer skills and the skills needed to be successful at this game. I encourage passes from Alley to Alley and even modify the game some by adding the ball must be touched by all teammates in the different alleys before a goal can be made. Setting up the playing field takes time but this activity will be an instant success!! |
