Month: <span>February 2020</span>

Aliens & Astronauts warm-up for grade 3

Laurel Apps The lesson that would follow this warm-up would be part of our soccer unit. The students will have been dodging, paying attention to location of taggers, freeing teammates and passing the beanbags with their feet/ blocking beanbags with their feet. All of these skills would be part of …

Warm-Up: Human knot for Grade 8

Brie MacDonald This warm-up would be followed by students, in groups of 4-5, passing a soccer ball between all the members while running down the length of a field. They will already have practiced several different easier passing skills in previous classes. This warmup activity is meant to get students’ …

Two’s company, Three’s a crowd warm-up for Grade 4

Sioned Seeley-Cavers TWO’S COMPANY, THREE’S A CROWD In basketball players are need to be able to dodge defensemen, navigate around moving players, and judge where to pass the ball. In previous lessons students practiced dribbling and shooting hoops. Today’s lesson in basketball, students will learn offensive and defensive skills and …

Sticky Parts warm-up for Grade 8

Katrina Crawshaw WARM-UP: “Sticky Parts” – bean bag balancing exercise This warm-up would precede a 90-minute lesson (or two 45-minute blocks) on balance. We would discover how to be aware of our center gravity when approaching balance poses. We would play with focus to explore why eyesight plays such a …

Cat & mouse warm-up for Grade 3

Samantha Einarson As the game Cat and Mouse requires quick movements with lots of directional changes, it is a great warm-up for a basketball lesson. This game involves players keeping their head up, paying attention to their surroundings, and maintaining body control, which are all important in basketball. The lesson …

Card Suit Relay warm-up for Grades 4/5

Tessa Webb This lesson could precede a racquet sport (ie badminton) activity, running activity, or a team sport activity (soccer, football, floor hockey, etc) as it warms up the leg muscles and prepares students for running and moving forward and laterally. Alternatively, it could be used before a low energy …

Throw & Catch Tag warm-up for Grade 4

Denee Nickel The lesson would focus on a team sport, preferably basketball, as it involves throwing and catching a ball. The focus would be on working as a team and movement concepts such as spatial awareness, effort awareness, and relationships with others and objects. This could fall under the Big …