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Stretching

Learning Outcomes: The student will be able to:

Physical Education IRP'S

Grade 3:

·        Participate in warm-up and cool-down activities

·        Select and perform locomotor and non-locomotor skills involved in a variety of individual and dual activities

Grade 4:

·        Participate in warm-up and cool-down activities

·        Demonstrate a willingness to participate in a variety of activities from all movement categories

·        Demonstrate the activity-specific motor skills involved in individual, dual, and group activities

Objectives: The student will be able to:

• Warm-up for the activities
• Learn how to do a crunch properly through review
• Do stretching exercises

Materials:

• Mats for each pair of students
• Gym Strip
• Ball (If Necessary)
• 2 Handouts: One from last class and the Stretching Hand-out
• Pencil

Lesson Implementation:

Hook:

“We are going to continue are activities on fitness today.  How do athletes prepare and warm-up for rigorous physical activities?”  Discuss with students about stretching.

Procedure:

• Have the students help bring the mats out
• Tell students to run around the gym at least three times
• Gather the students on the floor
• Review with the students about crunches and the proper form.  Point out that doing the exercise properly is more effective then the amount they each do.
• Show the students incorrect ways and correct ways of doing a crunch.  Show the students the sheets from last and to write their numbers horizontally instead of vertically
• Hand-out the sheets to the students
• Discuss about stretching and have one student come up with you to demonstrate the stretches they can do for the period in pairs.  Do Neck, shoulders, upper body, and legs for stretches
• Show how to do new sheet.  If they finish the stretches then let them know that you will be walking around and will show them how to do a v-sit.  They can use their old sheet to record their data.  Ask if they have any questions
• Tell students to form in their pairs from last week and that each pair grab one mat
• Observe the students doing the activity and help when they need assistance
• Wrap-up lesson and tell students to put their equipment away, hand in their sheets and change
• This time at the end of the class let students know that they have to go back to the classroom before they drink water or go to the washroom

Conclusion:

• Have them do laps around the gym and wrap-up the lesson if there is time
• Tell them to hand in sheets, put equipment away, and change

Extension:

• Play the game exercise tag
• Four players are “it” and they go around with balls and tag people to eliminate them from the game
• When a person is tagged they must do at least five repetitions on a mat of the exercise the tag person chooses
• They are then eliminated from the game and must stand by the stage

Assessment:

• Level of participation
• Behavior during the lesson
• Data on their worksheets

Justification for the lesson:

• Stretching is an important skill that students need to learn for rigorous physical activity
• Learning the stretches through cooperative learning
• Documentation of participation on the data table
• The children learn to practice physical activity safely
• Recognize how people can become physically active
• Learning a variety of stretches

Name:                                                             Date:

Stretching: The Key to Safety and Exercise

        Last class you learned how to do crunches for an abdominal exercise.  It is important for professional and amateur athletes to not only keep in shape, but to prevent themselves from injury.  The best way for athletes to not injure themselves is to do stretching exercises.  Your task today is to learn stretching exercises shown by your trainer for your neck, shoulders, arms, back, and legs.  In the table below, check off the areas you have stretched.  Let your teachers know when you need assistance and when you are finished.  Hand in your sheet at the end of the lesson.  Have fun and stretch safely.