PE Playworks Kindergarten

PE/Playworks Brain Booster Lesson2: K

Theme

Intro to PE and Recess

Games and Activities

Everyone’s It Tag and Evolution

I can… K: Move with different speeds and ways of movement safely.

Materials/ Space Needed

Home Base (Baseline, Sideline or Circle with paint or cones to mark boundary) Tag boundary

Vocabulary Movement: The act of moving or changing positions. We change our movements when we walk in the hall and run outside.

Respect: A polite way of treating or thinking about something or someone. We respect our friends by playing by the rules.

Introduction

Begin class with a warm up procedure: ● Prepare students with daily expectations before entering the gym OR on Home Base. Quickly introduce yourself and let them know how much fun they’re going to have! ● 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. How will we be safe/kind/responsible in PE today? ● 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.

Everyone’s It Tag

Show How How to Play:

● Review the boundaries of where students can play tag (ideally big enough for safety and small enough for engagement) ● Because everyone will be “it” in this game, review how to tag safely with student volunteers ○ Using “butterfy fngers” and USA locations (Upper back,