Aliens & Astronauts warm-up for grade 3

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 the skills required for a mini game of soccer. Directly following the game would be some practice passing and dribbling the ball before going on to play a mini game of soccer.

Grade: 3

Topic: Soccer

Lesson 4 of 10

Lesson focus: Working cooperatively, body movement, strategy implementation

Equipment:  6 pinnies, beanbags, cones (if no circle lines in the gym)

Learning outcomes:  The students will be able to…

1.      Focus on multiple goals at once (tag peers, stop beanbags) (stay free, slide beanbags to free peers) (keep self and others safe)

2.      Follow the rules of the game in order to be safe and play cooperatively

Introductory activity/warm up

Explanation (2 mins)

Play Time (4 + mins)

-Work together to “capture” or “free” peers

– 2-4 students will be astronauts (“it”)

-Astronauts will tag aliens, who will go to center circle (blackhole)

-aliens kick/ slide beanbags into the circle to free teammates

-Astronauts can block beanbags with feet

-Once free, aliens slide beanbag back out to gym

-Play for at least 3 minutes, then pause game to pick new astronauts.

Organization

Teaching Points

-Heads up and scanning for peers while running

-Working together to free peers from blackhole

-Encourage good sportsmanship

-Remind students to put hand up if they or someone else is injured

-Not about winning, finish game without determining a “winner”

Boundary line in place to prevent running into walls

Sliding beanbags on the ground rather than throwing through the air

Having students volunteer to be “it”

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