Orientation Lessons

Lesson 1

Focus: Explore the fundamentals of movement: balance, locomotors, and object control. Identify the characteristics of the activity area, review safe moving skills through body control, and begin to outline protocols for the PE classroom.

Learning Domain

Psychomotor

Cognitive

Affective

Standard

S1

S3

S4

The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.

The physically literate individual demonstrates the knowledge and skills to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical activity and fitness.

The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.

Strand

S1.E1-E6

S1.E7-E12

S1.E13-26

S3.E2

S4.E5

Locomotors

Balance

Manipulatives

Physical activity knowledge

Rules & etiquette / Safe moving space

Equipment & Set-Up

Second Grade

Equipment Set-Up
Warm Up
  • Upbeat Music
  • Music delivery system
 None needed.
Skill Development: *Skill Development focuses on what to do at the Purposeful PLAY stations so, equipment and set-up are the same as outlined in the Purposeful PLAY section.
Purposeful PLAY
  • Upbeat music
  • Music delivery system
  • Selection of soft age-appropriate equipment (More than enough foam balls, noodles, hoops/tunnels, nylon scarves, etc. for each student)
  • Set-up can occur before class begins.
  • Distribute equipment across five to six stations around the perimeter of the activity space. 

Purposeful PLAY Reinforcing Activities

First Grade

Equipment Set-Up
Purposeful PLAY Equipment/Set-up
  • Upbeat music
  • Music delivery system
  • Selection of soft age-appropriate equipment (More than enough foam balls, noodles, hoops/tunnels, nylon scarves, etc. for each student)
  • Set-up can occur before class begins.
  • Distribute equipment across five to six stations around the perimeter of the activity space. 

Practice and PLAY, Go and Show

This activity reinforces classroom protocols and identifies areas of the activity space while exploring the Fun-damentals of moving (balance, locomotor, and object control) through promotion of choice and self-expression. Equipment and procedure were introduced and practiced in the Skill Development.

Procedure:

  1. When the music is playing, students can Practice and PLAY around the space using any equipment they choose. Tell them they can also switch equipment during this time.
  2. When the music stops you will call out a freeze position and then call out a Go and Show area that they will move to that they learned in the warm-up. (e.g., stop music, Stand and Freeze, center circle, Sit and Freeze)
  3. Explain that when the music starts again, they can choose whichever equipment they want to move with next.
  4. Start music. Continue the activity, encouraging Purposeful PLAY while walking around and interacting with students about their chosen equipment and moves.
  5. Pause music every 1-2 minutes and call out a Go and Show direction (e.g., Sit and Freeze, endline, Stand and Freeze).

Transition:

Instruct students to put equipment back to its starting position and move safely to the center circle and stand on it.