Life Skills:

• Thinking & Reasoning
• Communication
• Social & Civic Responsibility

Curriculum Tie:

• Kindergarten
  Content
  Standard 1
  Objective 2
• Kindergarten
  Content
  Standard 2
  Objective 1

Group Size:
Individual

Summary:
Students must listen and follow directions. They will perform locomotor movements based upon those directions.

Main Curriculum Tie:
Kindergarten - ContentStandard 1
Students will develop a sense of self.

Career Connections:

• communications, lifelong learner

Background For Teachers:
Complete knowledge of proper locomotor form and the ability to teach it to the children correctly.

Intended Learning Outcomes:
Understand rules of the activity, experience new challenges and comprehend the new vocabulary being introduced.

Instructional Procedures:
The teacher or the designated leader will give the class a variety of locomotor activities to complete, such as:

• walk on a line
• hop on one foot
• jump
• take a step for each month in the year
• run in place
• slide three steps

Strategies For Diverse Learners:
To challenge a child, offer them the chance to add to the locomotor movement, e.g. when you hop, turn in a circle with your arms outstretched.

Students that are struggling should try the basic locomotor movements only.

Author:
Utah LessonPlans

Created Date :
Jun 04 2003 15:15 PM