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Primary Subject Area: Health Education |
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Grade Level: K
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Overview:
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Physical activity (exercise) is important for personal health and well-being. Physical activity gives us energy, builds strong muscles and bones, and keeps us in shape. Students will participate in the Musical Hoops activity as a means to increase physical activity. This lesson can be used to teach nutrition, health and physical activity-related topics. |
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Approximate Duration: 1 class period (50 minutes each) |
Content Standards:
- Standard 1
Students will comprehend concepts and strategies related to health
promotion and disease prevention.
- Standard 3
Students will demonstrate the ability to practice positive health
behaviors and reduce health risks.
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Benchmarks:
- 1-E-2
demonstrate personal health habits that promote optimal health;
(i.e., good nutrition, brushing teeth, washing hands, exercise, etc.)
(1,2,3)- 3-E-1
identify personal health needs; (1,4)- 3-E-2
demonstrate responsible personal health behaviors; (2,4)
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Interdisciplinary Connections:
- Arts : Creative Expression
Students develop creative expression through the application of knowledge, ideas, communication skills, organization abilities and imagination. - Physical Education : Standard 3
Exhibits a physically active lifestyle.
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Educational Technology Standards:
- Use a variety of developmentally appropriate resources and productivity tools (e.g., logical thinking programs, writing and graphic tools,digital cameras,graphing software) for communication,presentation,and illustration of thoughts, ideas,and stories.
( 1, 3, 4 )
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Objectives:
The student will:
- identify the benefits of daily physical activity,
- demonstrate physical activity that promotes positive health behaviors,
- recognize the relationships between physical activity and weight control,
- recognize that different activities move different body parts, and
- discover that physical activity can be enjoyable.
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Lesson Materials and Resources:
- CD or cassette player
- CD or cassette tape with children’s favorite songs
- If a digital camera is not available, use magazines such as Nickelodeon, National Geographic for Kids, or Sports Illustrated for Kids that have pictures of people doing physical activity.
- One hoop per student
- Four cones
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Technology Tools and Materials:
Hardware:
Digital Camera (optional)
Software:
Other:
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Background Information:
Young people can build healthy bodies and establish healthy lifestyles by regularly participating in physical activity. Children should participate in 60 minutes of physical activity daily, including 30 minutes of moderate physical activity, most days of the week. |
Lesson Procedures:
- Introductory Activity: Ask the students what it means to be physically active.
- Tell the students that physical activity:
- Gives us energy
- Builds strong muscles and bones
- Keeps us healthy and in shape
- Keeps the heart strong
- Makes you feel good
- It’s fun!
- Encourage students to participate in some type of physical activity (exercise) daily. For young children it is more beneficial for physical activity to be done in short spurts—10 minutes here, 20 minutes there to add up to 60 minutes. Approximately 30 minutes should be moderate physical activity.
- Activity 1: Teachers should lead the activity for the students. The students should follow the teacher’s movements. Play a cassette or CD of lively music. Have the students stand and slowly start to march in place. Time the students for about 1 minute. Have the students march faster for another minute. Now have them dance or jump in place for another minute. Tell them to stop and sit down. Ask the students to identify how they began to feel and describe some things that happened to their bodies as they increased activity.
- Breathing harder
- Face becomes red
- Begin to feel warm
- Heart begins to beat faster
- Begin to sweat
Explain to the students that, as they participate in physical activity, they should begin to feel these body changes.
- Ask the students to name different types of physical activity that may make them feel these body changes. Some answers might include: walking, running, jumping, skipping, hopping, dancing, playing basketball or soccer, skating, and riding a scooter or skateboard
- Activity 2: Musical Hoops
Equipment:
- 1 plastic hoop per student
- 4 cones to designate activity area
- Music
Directions:
- Students place the hoop on the floor and stand inside.
- Designate a movement (hop, skip, jump, etc). Begin the music and instruct the students to begin traveling randomly without their hoops throughout the activity area.
- Stop the music after 30-45 seconds. Students have five seconds to find a hoop and stand inside.
- Designate another movement and resume the music. Remove 4-5 hoops while the students are traveling.
- When the music stops, students again have 5 seconds to find a hoop. Encourage students to share a hoop with someone nearby.
- Continue the activity, gradually removing a few hoops each round. The activity ends when all the students have squeezed into 2-3 hoops.
- Redistribute the hoops and repeat the activity.
- If a digital camera is available, take digital pictures of students hopping, jumping, running, etc. and have the students organize the pictures according to different types of physical activity, hard or easy, moves arms, moves legs, jumps, hops, etc. If a digital camera is not available, this activity also may be done with cutouts from magazines of people doing physical activity.
- Closing Activity: As a review, ask the students:
Why is it important to be physically active?
Were you physically active today? Why?
Encourage the students to be active in school and outside of school. Allow the students to participate and enjoy activities such as running, jumping, dancing, and moving their whole bodies. Any movement will do—just get them moving.
- Enjoy and have fun!!!
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Assessment Procedures:
Participation in the class activity based on the class checklist.
Correctly identifies movements of people in pictures.
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Accommodations/Modifications:
Adapt physical activities for each child’s specific limitations. Teacher must follow special needs student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) or 504 Modification Plan.
----- written by Division of Nutrition Assistance
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Reproducible Materials:
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Explorations and Extensions:
Display pictures of students and teachers being physically active on bulletin boards around the school. Make the title of the Bulletin Board: “Physical Activity is not just sports… It’s walking, dancing, running, jumping rope, etc.” Scatter the pictures all over the bulletin board. Discuss with the students the type of physical activity that are shown in the pictures. |
Lesson Development Resources:
Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health(CATCH). "Physical Education Curriculum, Go For Heath Series" 2002 |
Reflections:
The lesson was well planned and effective. The students were motivated and enjoyed the activities. |
Contact Information:
Division of Nutrition Assistance
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/nutrition/1667.html
Louisiana Department of Education
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Additional Contacts:
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Group: Division of Nutrition Assistance |
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MarcoPolo Lesson: No
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