Elementary PE Brainbooster

PE/Playworks Brain Booster Lesson 8: K-2nd

Theme

Intro to PE and Recess

Games and Activities

Push Catch and Around the World (4 Square)

I can… K: Catch a ball tossed to me. 1st: Catch a ball tossed to me.

2nd: Catch a ball tossed to me with just my hands.

Materials/ Space Needed Home Base (Baseline, Sideline or Circle with paint or cones to mark boundary) Large circle 4 square courts (6-8 students per square) Playground rubber balls (1 per court) Vocabulary Catch: To get a hold of something thrown. I can catch the ball when my friend throws it to me.

Toss: To throw gently. When I toss the ball to my friend, I throw it softly.

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.

PushCatch

Show How How to Play:

● Students will stand in a large circle with you in the middle with a ball. ● You will toss a ball to each student, saying “Push” or “Catch”. ● If you say “Push”, the student will push the ball back towards you. ● If you say “Catch”, the student will catch the ball. They will bounce pass

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