Lesson Plans   6,5,4,3,2,1...Get Moving and Have Fun! Primary Subject Area:  Health Education Grade Level:  1 Overview: Making physical activity a part of your daily life is an important way to decrease the risk for health problems. Regular participation in physical activity during childhood contributes to a lifelong healthful lifestyle. Exercise is fun and it is good for you too! In this lesson, students will become familiar with how the body feels while performing physical activities and participate in the Automobile Activity to increase daily physical activity. This lesson can be used to teach mathematics, nutrition, health, and physical education related topics. Approximate Duration:  1-2 class periods (50 minute each) Content Standards: Standard 3      Students will demonstrate the ability to practice positive health behaviors and reduce health risks. Benchmarks: 3-E-1      identify personal health needs; (1,4) 3-E-2      demonstrate responsible personal health behaviors; (2,4) Interdisciplinary Connections:   Mathematics : Measurement      In problem-solving investigations, students demonstrate an understanding of the concepts, processes, and real-life applications of measurement. Physical Education : Standard 3      Exhibits a physically active lifestyle. 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 ) Objectives: The student will: discover the importance of physical activity for the body, determine how the body feels when performing physical activities, identify the amount of time needed to be physically active, participate in physical activity, discover that physical activity can be fun! Lesson Materials and Resources: 1 hoop for each student 4 cones Music—CD and CD Player or Cassette Tape and Tape Player Copies of the "Fit Kid" song for each student Clock face Index cards if software is not available for concept mapping activity Technology Tools and Materials: Hardware: Computer with Internet access Software: Concept mapping program such as Kidspiration. Websites: •Dole 5-a-Day       www.dole5aday.com Other: Background Information: Young people can build healthy bodies and establish healthy lifestyles by regularly participating in physical activity. Many young people in the United States are not regularly active. The National Institutes of Health and the US Dietary Guidelines recommend that all children should participate in 60 minutes of physical activity daily, including 30 minutes of moderate physical activity. It can be done in short spurts—10 minutes here, 20 minutes there. Students need prior knowledge of basic movement and the beat of calisthenics. Lesson Procedures: Ask the students what their favorite physical activities are. Why? Using a concept mapping program such as Kidspiration, have the students group the activities in various categories such as: moving arms, moving legs, or moving both arms and legs activities that you can do alone or as a group activities that you can do for a long time and a short time. This activity can be done with index cards if the software is not available. Ask the students what physical activity does for the body. Place answers on the chalkboard or overhead projector. Increases energy Keeps the heart strong-healthy heart pumps blood and oxygen throughout the body Builds strong muscles and bones Keeps the body in shape and at a healthy weight It’s fun and good for you too! Tell the students that physical activity makes them feel great! Encourage the students to participate in some type of physical activity for 60 minutes a day including 30 minutes of moderate physical activity. It can be done in short spurts—10 minutes here, 20 minutes there to add up to 60 minutes. Take a few minutes to familiarize the students with a 10-15 minute time period. Refer to the numbers on a clock or about half the time of a half-hour television show. Show the students a clock. Explain to the students that when the Big Hand on the clock goes from 12-6, this is 30 minutes. When the Big Hand on the clock begins at 12 and goes around to the 12 again, this is 60 minutes. Distribute the Body Cues handout to each student. The Body Cues handout may be enlarged to poster size to hang in the classroom. Introduce the students to Body Cues. Identify how the body feels while performing activities. Body Cues are all natural, normal, healthy feelings that one may feel when doing physical activities. Body cues happen after one has been physically active for a while. Warm face: your face feels warm because being active has caused your body temperature to rise. Faster heart beat: your heart beats faster because it is pumping more blood to all the muscles you are using. Breathing harder: you are breathing harder because your body needs more oxygen for all the muscles you are using. Sweating: you may begin to perspire to help cool down your body temperature. Encourage students to engage in physical activity every day by prompting them to: Walk or ride bikes Run, jump, hop, march or skip Be physically active at recess Play outdoors whenever possible Swim or dance Encourage students to drink water before, during, and after participating in physical activity to keep their bodies hydrated. Let’s Get Moving: Activity: Automobile Equipment: 1 plastic hoop per student 4 cones to designate activity area music Description: Set up 20 X 20 yard area. Mark area with cones. Before beginning, clearly state rules of the game. Each student imagines the plastic hoop is an automobile and he is the driver. Each student stands inside his automobile (hoop). Hold it at waist height, and buckle up! On signal (music), students travel about the street (activity area) avoiding other traffic. Give the following verbal commands while students are moving: Green Light-begin moving One Way-move clockwise Yellow Light-move slowly Oil Slick-make a quick turn Red Light-stop Pot Hole-leap School Zone-skip Tunnel-duck down Neighborhood-march Flat Tire-hop Highway-run Traffic Jam-shuffle Reverse-move backward making “beeping” sounds Emergency Vehicle-move to the side of the activity area and stop Automobiles that collide must report to the “body shop” before they may resume participating. Those students involved in a “collision” must: Stop and put their hoops down next to each other. Do “repair work” (10 jumping jacks). Shake hands and say, “I’m sorry, please drive safely!” After the students have participated in the Automobile Activity for several minutes ask the students if they are experiencing some or all of the Body Cues. For closure, sing the “Fit Kid” song which can be obtained at the Dole 5 A Day Website http://www.dole5aday.com or a copy is attached. Assessment Procedures: Oral responses to class discussion. Participation in Let’s Get Moving Activity. Sing “Fit Kid” song. Accommodations/Modifications: Adapt physical activities for each child’s specific limitations. Consider different learning styles and abilities when planning this lesson. Teachers must follow special needs student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) or 504 Modification Plan.           ----- written by Division of Nutrition Assistance Reproducible Materials: Fit Kid Song Body Cues Explorations and Extensions: Have the students complete some activities found on the Dole 5-a-day web site. Lesson Development Resources: Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH). "Taking Off!, 4th grade curriculum, Go For Health Series" 2002 Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH). "Physical Education Curriculum, Go For Health Series" 2002 National Institute of Health (NIH) Reflections: Great lesson. Child enjoyed the activity and the song. Contact Information: Division of Nutrition Assistance http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/nutrition/1667.html Louisiana Department of Education Additional Contacts: Group:  Division of Nutrition Assistance MarcoPolo Lesson:  No Best Practices Do you have any comments or suggestions to share about this lesson? Would you like to view what others have experienced? Add or View Teacher Comments.

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