Eliza Beaudry
The lesson that would follow this warm up would be some sort of team sport like basketball or soccer that incorporates sprinting, stopping, and pivoting, as well as cooperation. We will review what an athletic stance is and how this stance makes you 1) have better balance 2) be able to stop and start quicker than if you stop standing up straight.
| Grade: 3
Topic: Amoeba Tag Lesson 1 of 5 |
Lesson focus: Cooperation, physical fitness in a team sport
Equipment: None |
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| Learning outcomes: (2)
1. The students will be able to work cooperatively with classmates to tag team mates or dodge team mates in a game of tag within the line parameters of the gym. 2. The students will be able to participate in a vigorous level of physical activity immediately after instruction from the teacher in the gym. |
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| Introductory activity/warm up (include time)
The teacher will select two students to be the amoeba. These students will be instructed to link arms for the duration of the game.
Within the blue line boundary of the gym, the two taggers will chase other students around the gym (arms linked) trying to tag others. Once a student is tagged, they must link arms with the “amoeba” and help the amoeba tag other classmates.
An amoeba must be comprised of an even number (2,4,6,8..) and more than 2 classmates. An amoeba can therefore break apart when it meets this criteria. The game ends when all classmates have been tagged into an ameoba or the 5 minutes are up. |
Organization
– This will be a warm up game of tag before we enter our basketball/soccer unit. – Immediate activity – Working with team mates to tag other classmates in arm in arm chain fashion – If not the taggers, classmates must sprint, dodge, duck, stop, pivot to avoid being tagged. – Physiological warm up (muscles) – Team building activity – 5 min including instruction and activity – Amoeba (taggers) must be comprised of an even number of 2 or more people before breaking off into another amoeba. – No equipment |
Teaching Points
– Stay inside the boundary of the blue lines in the gym – Students must be moving at all times – Check for understanding: Ask students what the boundary is? Ask the students when an amoeba can break into another amoeba? Ask the students what proper and respectful tagging looks like? What is an even number? |
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I would ensure that there are no obstacles in the area that my students are playing tag in (move benches to the side, any other gym equipment). i would also tell my students that when tagging each other it will be a tap, not a slap or a push.