Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.5B Grade 12 CPI 1

 

Standard: 2.5 - Motor Skills

 

Strand: B -   Movement Concepts 

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 -  The student will analyze a movement performance and discuss how each part can be made more interesting, creative, efficient, and/or more effective.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        CREATE A GAME - Divide the class into small groups. Each group randomly selects 3 to 5 skills to be included in an original game (e.g., run, throw at a target, stationary catch, foot dribble, and jump). The group develops the game, including rules and strategies, and teaches the game to the class. The class votes on the best new game.

Variation: Students develop a booklet of original games for younger students.

 

·       AT THE STATION - For this activity, create a number of skill stations. At each station, require students to work through a progression of skills, from basic to more advanced. Students jog to the station, follow the directions for the skill, and attempt to perform the task correctly at each progressive level. At each station, provide students with criteria to evaluate their skill performance. After a prescribed time period, students record on a card the level they were able to achieve and then move to the next station. Examples of stations might include a catch/throw station that requires accurate target throws and rebounding or a juggling station that moves a student through one-object to multiple-object juggling patterns.

Variation: Divide the class into pairs. While one member of the team performs the task, the other observes and records information. The pairs perform a second time, using the observations to improve performance.