Ally DesCamps
Vanessa Brenny
Skill Theme: Yoga
Focus
Introduction to Yoga
Introduction: Purpose of yoga
-Develops body awareness,
manages stress through
breathing, meditation, and
healthy movement, builds
concentration
Safety: do not force body
beyond its capacity
Learning Activities
-Corpse pose
-Breathing sequences
-Discussion: Reasons for
breathing techniques
- Yoga game
Assessment
Teacher reviews breathing
cues by questioning students
Block Plan
Skill Level: Control
Focus
Basic Sitting Positions
Review: What is the
purpose of yoga and how
do we breath to get the
full benefits of yoga?
Introduction: sitting yoga
poses focus more on
flexibility.
Learning Activities
Practice Breathing
- Easy pose (sukhasana)
-Hero pose
-Extended leg squat pose
-one leg boat pose
-side plank pose
-downward facing dog
Cool-down:
- Child pose
- Spinal twist pose
- Corpse pose
Assessment
Write 2 cues learned from
basic sitting positions.
Micah Nier
Focus
Basic Standing Positions
Review: Name or
demonstrate some of the
basic sitting positions.
Introduction: Benefits of
yoga at high level. Are held
for a shorter time then
sitting
Learning Activities
Demonstrate various yoga
poses:
-Upward forward fold Pose
- Half moon pose
-Revolved Triangle Pose
-Warrior 1 and 2 pose
-Mountain pose
- Five pointed star pose
Cool-down:
Child pose
Spinal Twist pose
Corpse pose
Assessment
Exit slips on different yoga
poses and cues taught.
Focus
Sun Salutations and Cool
Down Yoga Poses
Review: What were some
yoga poses that are done at
different levels?
Introduction: Discuss
sequences in yoga, sun
salutations and the 12 poses
that are incorporated. How it
feels to be in an actual yoga
class.
Learning Activities
Sun salutations sequence
Cool-down:
Triangle pose
Reclining spinal twist
Corpse Pose
Assessment
Teacher will use informal
assessment to see how well
they performed the sun
salutations sequence.
Focus Focus
Fitness Yoga (beginning Yoga Stations
stages)
Review: Sun Salutations Review: Brief review what
and how students felt was talked about in the unit
after completing. thus far?
Introduction: Explain how Introduction: Discuss about
holding various poses can routines and how they will
actually strengthen the create their own. Explain
body. what is all recommended in
the routine at each station.
Learning Activities Learning Activities
-Students will spend time at
Warm up Poses: each station performing
-Diamond Pose various yoga poses on task
-Cat Pose cards given.
-Downward Facing Dog
-Mountain Pose -The task cards will display
various poses taught
Sequence Poses: throughout the unit.
- Monkey Series - Each student will be the
- Eagle folding its teacher at each station,
wings series directing their classmates
on the progression of the
Cool down poses: poses.
- Staff pose
- Sitting half twist
- Womb Pose
Assessment
Students perform a routine
at each station and teacher
informally assess by
observation.
Assessment
Teacher will use informal
assessment to see how
well they performed the
beginning part of fitness
yoga.