PE Playworks Kindergarten

PE/Playworks Brain Booster Lesson 30: K

Theme

Dance

Games and Activities

Practice Class Dances

I can… K: Perform locomotor skills in a dance.

Materials/ Space Needed HomeBase Large circle or rectangle shape Music and Speakers Class songs Vocabulary Locomotor: The way we move from one place to another. I use different locomotor movements like jumping and skipping when I dance.

Introduction

Begin class with a warm up procedure: ● Prepare students with daily expectations before entering the gym OR on Home Base. ● Warm up procedure may include several laps around the gym, stretching routine, or another quick, movement based activity. ● Back at Home Base, review rules/expectations of the school and

PE/Playworks with explicit examples when appropriate. ● Review any other specifc reminders needed for the day.

Before releasing students for the frst game, use a Sequence Touch to get them to the location you need them to be for the frst activity.

Class Dances

Show How How to Play:

● Check in with teachers/PTA about their song choice and routines that they need to practice. Review class expectations during the dance ● How students are respectful, safe, etc. while learning/practicing the dance routine.

Practice andPlay

Debrief

Return to Home Base and ask the following: ● What was fun about this dance today?