Elementary PE Brainbooster

PE/Playworks Brain Booster Lesson 6: K-2nd

Theme

Intro to PE and Recess

Games and Activities

Ball Toss Race and Hula Hoops

I can… K: Toss underhand with my opposite foot forward.

1st: Toss underhand with my opposite foot forward and facing my target. 2nd: Toss underhand with my opposite foot forward, facing my target, and release the ball on time and catch a ball.

Materials/ Space Needed Home Base (Baseline, Sideline or Circle with paint or cones to mark boundary) One Gator Ball (or soft ball) Hula Hoops (1 per student or 1 per pair) Vocabulary Underhand: To swing your arm forward, palm up. I can toss the ball gently to my friend underhand.

Opposite: To be across from another. My left foot is on the opposite side of my body from my right hand.

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. How will we be safe/kind/responsible in PE today? ● 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.

Ball Toss Race

Show How How to Play:

● In this game, students will be standing in a circle, facing inwards towards each other. ● You will begin the game by throwing or rolling (depending on the skill

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