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Title: Locomotor Patterns and Combinations Author: Emily Nielsen Grade Level: Kindergarten or 1st grade. Integrated Disciplines: Physical Education NE Standards: Standard 1: Demonstrate competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities. Standard 2: Demonstrate understanding of movement concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics as they apply to the learning and performance of physical activities. Standard 3: Participate regularly in physical activity. Objectives: Students will: -demonstrate various locomotor patterns and at least on combination of two patterns. -distinguish between personal and general space. -cooperate while playing Partner Follow the Leader. Assessment: Teacher will: -keep a tally for each child on accuracy to slide, gallop, and follow directions. Materials: None. Procedures: Anticipatory Set (Warm-Up): Arrange the children in a scattered formation; stand at the front of the area facing the children. Have the children run through general space. Have the children continue to run in one direction until you signal for them to change directions. Call the children’s attention, and then use a hand signal to indicate a change in direction. Remind the children to not bump into one another. Learning Activities: Guided Practice Sliding: Keep the children in a scattered formation. Describe and demonstrate the skill: Sliding is a kind of walking in a sideways direction with a slight hop in the middle, in which the following foot never passes the leading foot. Independent Practice: Have the children practice sliding. Have the children practice sliding at various speeds in both directions. Guided Practice Galloping: Arrange the children in scatter formation. Ask the children: What is the name for the kind of running a horse does? (Galloping) Galloping is like sliding. Can you tell me how? Can you show me gallop? Independent Practice: Have the children practice leading with each foot. Guided Practice: Discuss and demonstrate right, left, front, and back. Independent Practice: Challenge the children with the following tasks: Slide right. Gallop forward. Run backward. Slide to the right. Gallop with your left foot leading. Provisions for Special Needs: If a child has difficulty sliding or galloping teacher may assist child. Teacher may also re-demonstrate sliding or galloping to any child having difficulty. Closure: Keep partners in scattered form. Have the partners alternate being leader every one minute. Direct the leader to use today’s locomotor patterns to move about the areas with the partner following using the same pattern: Leaders, you can walk, slide, or gallop. Change which foot you lead with. Partners, follow the leader! References: Physical Education Methods for Elementary Teachers Second Edition. By: Katherine T. Thomas, Amelia M. Lee, and Jerry R. Thomas. |
