Lesson Title/Focus

Physical Education

Teacher

Stephanie
Gordon

Subject Grade/level

Grade 1/2

Time
Duratio
n

30 min

Unit

- Tag

Date

November 27,
2014

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

Interact positively with others.

Basic Skills: A-1. Perform locomotor skills through a variety of

activities.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Demonstrate physical activity through a variety of games.
2.
Actively participate in the activity.
ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Assess participation throughout the activity.
Products/Performances Listening to rules and active participation.
:
LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
Alberta Program of Studies
Gym
PROCEDURE
Introduction
Time
Attention Grabber
Have them sit on the circle
Expectations for
Students will be restless and wanting to move around. I
Learning and Behavior
expect full participation.
Advance
Move from classroom to the gym.
5 min
Organizer/Agenda
Sit in a circle for rules and activity.
Do activity.
Set up for activity
Transition to Body
Learning Activity #1

Body
Warm up:
- Explain the warm up to the students
- Students will run around the gym (when teacher says
go) and listen for the teacher to say stop.
- When the teacher says stop, they are to return to the
circle where they were before and sit.
- *This activity will no only be used as a warm up but also
practice for when they are playing a game and the
teacher needs to regain their attention.
Candy Cane Tag:
- This will be our first activity. Explain the rules of the
game to the students.
- Explain that everyone runs around the gym and two
people will be it.
- Whenever someone who is not it gets tagged they are
to form the shape of a candy cane. In order to become
free, another person who is not it has to run underneath
their arms.
Old Grey Cat (used as another back up activity)
- While students are sitting in a circle explain the activity.

Time
20 min

All students, except for the one person who is it, will
stand in a circle.
- The student who is it goes in the middle of the circle
and the rest of the students move around the student
(while still in a circle).
- The students in the circle will sing a song We are weak
little birds way up in the tree, youre an old grey cat,
you cant catch me!
- After they sing that they begin to run away from the
student who is it.
- Whoever gets tagged becomes the new old grey cat
etc.
Formative assessment through observation.
- Watch how the students listen to the rules and are
being respectful while the teacher is talking.
- Watch how they participate throughout the activity and
if they are following the rules.
Closure
-

Assessments/
Differentiation:

Assessment of
Learning:
Feedback From
Students:
Feedback To Students
Transition To Next
Lesson

Formative assessment will be done throughout the lesson

through observation.
Fully participating and listening to instructions.
Acknowledge how they are doing and explain rules again if
needed.
Line up at the door and stand quietly to walk back to the
classroom.
Reflections

What went well? What

changes would you
make in your planning?
What have you learned
to improve upon future
instruction?

Time