Elementary PE Brainbooster

PE/Playworks Brain Booster Lesson 2: 3rd-5th

Theme

Intro to PE and Recess

Games and Activities

Ro-Sham-Bo Relay and Switch

I can… 3rd: Show respect by following the rules and combine movement concepts. 4th: Show safe and respectful behavior towards other students in PE/Playworks and combine movement concepts. 5th: Be responsible/respectful with peers and adults during activities. Home Base (Baseline, Sideline or Circle with paint or cones to mark boundary) Semi-circle shape (Painted three point line or cones every several feet in an arc) 4 Square Courts or Cone Courts (4 cones for corners, 1 cone in the middle) Vocabulary Movement Concepts: Ideas about how and where our bodies move. I use different movement concepts when I run between corners in Switch. Materials/ Space Needed

*5th: Movement Strategies: Plans created to achieve a goal while moving. I use movement strategies to get to the corner first in Switch.

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. ● 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.

Ro-Sham-Bo Relay

Show How How to Play:

● The game will be played on a semi-circle arc (painted line or cones) ● Two teams (each on the opposite sides of the arc) will line up in a single file line. ● The goal of the game is for each team to get one player to the other team's side. ● When you say the “Go Word”, one student from each team will begin walking (skipping, hopping, or running) along the arc, following the

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