Lesson Planning (Part 2) - Week 5

The Fifth lesson in Physical Education was a continuation of lesson planning of the previous class.

The lesson plan was detailed to include 3 major categories:

Movement Experience:

• Introductory/Warm-up Activity - to avoid cramps and injury
• Skill Development - progression linkages 1) simple to complex 2) Individual > Pair > Group
• Skill Application
• Closure

Organization:

• Groups of certain numbers
• Specific instruction for activity
• Space
• Equipment
• Progression - Individuals, Pairs, Group activities.

Teaching Points and Cues:

• Teacher has specific rules for activity
• Teacher give specific instruction to do skill or technique
• Use of Space

Practical Lesson:

The practical aspect of this lesson focused on: Bases, Shapes, Mirroring, Matching, Transitions.

Bases which were any parts of the body in contact with the floor to provide stability - hands, feet, back, knees, torso, tail bone.
Wide bases with feet placed wide apart - large space between them.

Shapes using the arms, legs and joints - wide shapes and small shapes. Bending joints and keeping them straight. Using This topic of shapes to teach asymmetrical and symmetrical shapes in Mathematics. Where the shape is asymmetrical the body is unbalanced and where the shape is symmetrical the body is balanced.

Pairs working together to mirror each other and match each others movements. It was easy to mistake the terms and use them interchangeably.

Small groups were chosen and 3 transitions of a sequence of the body using bases and shapes.

1. Base on the tail-bone legs in the air
2. Base on back into legs in air
3. Roll over to torso base holding ankles

This practical session required a lot of thinking and performing the bases and shapes in order to be creative in the higher level.