Elementary PE Brainbooster

PE/Playworks Brain Booster Optional Units: 3rd-5th

Theme

Frisbee

Games and Activities

Partner Practice and Oh, So Close!

I can… 3rd: Discuss how challenging it is to learn a new activity. 4th: Rate my enjoyment of trying a challenging activity. 5th: Identify my level of enjoyment with a challenging activity.

Materials/ Space Needed

Home Base Frisbees(1 per pair) Tall cones (1 per group of students) Hula Hoops

Vocabulary N/A

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 specific reminders needed for the day.

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

Partner Practice

Show How How to Play:

● Students will get into pairs, facing each other, to throw a frisbee back and forth to each other. ● To help with safety, students should have some space between themselves and the other pairs. ● Challenge them to see how many times they can throw and catch it in a row, encouraging accuracy and safety. Review proper frisbee throwing technique: ● Have students point their frisbee at their partner, holding it with their thumb rotated on top. ● Bring the frisbee back across their waist (like buckling up in the car) ● Smooth motion back towards their partner, keeping the frisbee flat, like a “plate of food” and release as they get it back to that “point”

Practice and Play

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