Ten Physical Education Lesson Ideas
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1
Bean Bag Shuffle : Grades K-2
To have students practice and learn their locomotor skills...
2
Traffic Light Tag : Grades K-2
For students to demonstrate the ability to move at fast and slow speeds. For students to understand the speed associated with each of the three colors on a traffic light (red=stop, green=fast speed, and yellow=slow speed)...
3
Secret Handshake : Grades 3-5
To give students an opportunity to cooperate with each other in a physical activity setting...
4
Up and Under : Grades 4-5
Students will improve their ability to accurately pass and trap a soccer ball...
5
Move Your Feet : Grades 6-8
The purpose of this activity is for students to practice returning a volleyball serve, as a team...
6
Track and Field Olympics : Grades 6-8
This lesson is used as a culminating experience. The students are practicing perviously learned skills in a slightly competitive enviroment...
7
Card Sharks Basketball Passing : Grades 3-5
Divide students into pairs. Gather students in front of you and explain that they will be working on the basketball chest and bounce passes. Pinpoint two students to demonstrate a correct bounce and chest pass...
8
Freeze : Grades 6-8
Group students into pairs and have each pair get a basketball and go to a hoop. For an instant activity, have the students play one on one basketball to get warmed up...
9
Agility Ability Stars : Grades 4-5
Students will pair up with a partner. One partner times as the other partner traces the points of the star with the following movements; shuffle slide, sprint forward, jog backwards, fast pace walk...
10
Daytona 500 : Grades 3-5
Make an oval track in the gym using cones, on the front stretch of the track and leave 2 openings, one for entering "pit row" and one for exiting "pit row". Place poly spots marking the spots for the "pit crew"...
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