Scope
Anchor Standard: Motor Skills and Movement Patterns
Physical Education | Motor Skills and Movement Patterns | Source Alignment: | Arizona K-12 Physical Education Standards 2015
This comprehensive anchor standard focuses on cultivating students’ physical competencies, ensuring adaptability, technique, and versatility across diverse activities.
Key highlights include:
– Ball Handling and Game Strategies: Students master techniques like dribbling with hands and feet, catching with precision, and employing offensive game strategies such as pivots, fakes, and jab steps. Emphasis is placed on consistency in handling and receiving balls while adjusting to speed and direction.
– Racket Skills and Jump Routines: Mastery in racket games such as tennis and badminton is sought, focusing on proper forehand and backhand volleys. Simultaneously, students engage in jump rope routines, both solo and partnered, to enhance coordination.
– Striking, Throwing, and Dynamic Movements: Techniques are refined for precision and force. Striking focuses on technical details like grip, stance, and follow-through, whereas throwing emphasizes accuracy and mature patterns. Students also adapt these skills in dynamic team play settings, emphasizing real-game situations.
– Volley, Balance, and Gymnastics: Mastery in volleys is paired with a deep understanding of balance on varied bases of support. Gymnastic sequences that combine curling, twisting, and stretching are integrated, promoting graceful transitions between movements.
– Locomotor Skills, Dance, and Rhythm: Students amalgamate locomotor and non-locomotor skills to choreograph dances, incorporating concepts like levels, shapes, and extensions. The significance of rhythm is accentuated, with students exploring diverse dance forms and responding to musical cues.
– Specialized Skills and Fitness Activities: Proficiency is demonstrated across a range of skills, from health-related fitness activities to specific sports like basketball, soccer, and tennis. For those with the facilities, water safety and swimming might be covered.
– Jumping, Landing, and Body Movements: The techniques of jumping and landing, in various planes, are honed. Activities also guide students to differentiate and demonstrate a variety of body movements, including curling and twisting.
– Transition, Weight Transfer, and Locomotion: Students learn the nuances of seamless transitions between movements, the mechanics of weight transfer, and the differentiation between types of motion like sprinting and running.
In essence, this standard provides a robust foundation for students, ensuring they can navigate various physical challenges with skill, grace, and confidence. Through this holistic approach, learners are well-prepared to engage in an array of sports, dance forms, and fitness activities.
Sequence
Course Materials and Resources
Item Name |
Required or Supplemental |
GONGE Build N’ Balance Beginner Set – Set of 10 pieces |
Supplemental |
Lesson Plan(s)
Materials needed: GONGE Build N’ Balance Beginner Set (10 pieces)
Introduction:
Today, we are going to explore sensory exploration and balance training using the GONGE Build N’ Balance Beginner Set. This set is designed to help improve balance, coordination, and spatial awareness in a fun and interactive way.
Lesson:
1. Begin by introducing the GONGE Build N’ Balance Beginner Set to the students. Show them the different pieces included in the set and briefly explain how each piece can be used for balance training.
2. Divide the students into small groups and have them work together to build different balance courses using the GONGE pieces. Encourage them to be creative and think outside the box when creating their courses.
3. Once the students have built their courses, have them take turns navigating through the course while focusing on maintaining their balance and coordination. Encourage them to try different ways of moving through the course, such as walking, hopping, or crawling.
4. After each group has had a chance to navigate through their course, have a group discussion about their experience. Ask them how they felt while navigating the course, what strategies they used to maintain their balance, and what they found challenging or fun about the activity.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, the GONGE Build N’ Balance Beginner Set is a great tool for improving balance, coordination, and spatial awareness through sensory exploration and play. By engaging in activities that challenge their balance, students can improve their physical skills in a fun and interactive way. Encourage students to continue practicing balance training both in and out of the classroom for continued improvement.
Teaching Strategies
Reinforcement and Recognition: Effort and recognition speak to the attitudes and beliefs of students, and teachers must show the connection between effort and achievement. Research shows that although not all students realize the importance of effort, they can learn to change their beliefs to emphasize effort. According to research, recognition is most effective if it is contingent on the achievement of a certain standard. Also, symbolic recognition works better than tangible rewards.
Specific Teaching Instruction
Introduction:
Today, we are going to explore sensory exploration and balance training using the GONGE Build N’ Balance Beginner Set. This set is designed to help improve balance, coordination, and spatial awareness in a fun and interactive way.
Lesson:
1. Begin by introducing the GONGE Build N’ Balance Beginner Set to the students. Show them the different pieces included in the set and briefly explain how each piece can be used for balance training.
2. Divide the students into small groups and have them work together to build different balance courses using the GONGE pieces. Encourage them to be creative and think outside the box when creating their courses.
3. Once the students have built their courses, have them take turns navigating through the course while focusing on maintaining their balance and coordination. Encourage them to try different ways of moving through the course, such as walking, hopping, or crawling.
4. After each group has had a chance to navigate through their course, have a group discussion about their experience. Ask them how they felt while navigating the course, what strategies they used to maintain their balance, and what they found challenging or fun about the activity.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, the GONGE Build N’ Balance Beginner Set is a great tool for improving balance, coordination, and spatial awareness through sensory exploration and play. By engaging in activities that challenge their balance, students can improve their physical skills in a fun and interactive way. Encourage students to continue practicing balance training both in and out of the classroom for continued improvement.
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