Week #1: Orienteering Lesson Plan 4 - Thursday

EQUIPMENT:

  • Music for Partner Racetrack Fitness
  • Task Sheet#4 – Bearings and Landmarks
  • 1 compass per student
  • 1 task sheet per person
  • 1 clipboard w/pencil per person
  • 4 jumping boxes or elevated platforms

OUTCOMES: 

The student will:

  1. Participate in Partner Racetrack fitness using form demonstrated by the instructor.
  2. Demonstrate landmark recognition as demonstrated by the instructor and following the task sheet activities.
  3. Demonstrate imaginative locomotor skills during Follow the Leader during the Introductory Activity.

NATIONAL STANDARDS: 1-5

Follow the Leader

INSTRUCTIONS:

Place students in groups of 4-5. Each student will alternate leading the group in a single file line while performing an imaginative locomotor skill.

TEACHING HINTS:

Use music intervals to signal when a new leader is selected.

Partner Racetrack Fitness

INSTRUCTIONS:

Set up 6 stations in teaching area. Each station has a Task Card listing 6- 8 exercise to perform. Select the locomotor movement to be performed by partner during each exercise. 

On the start signal, one partner begins the first exercise or stretch listed at the station, while the other partner jogs/gallops/skips/leaps/slides around the perimeter of the stations. 

Upon returning, the partners switch roles and then move down the list of activities on the cards.

TEACHING HINTS:

Use Whistle Mixer to create groups of 6. Use elbow to elbow within the group to make pairs.

Use music to make fitness fun and motivated movement.

Have station task card instructions on each cone arranged in a circle or rectangle around the teaching area.

Bearings and Landmarks

INSTRUCTIONS:

Use Task Sheet 4 – Bearings and Landmarks

Divide the class into groups of three and give each student a Task Sheet.

TEACHING HINTS:

See Task Sheet listing bearings and topographical items.

Faith Fall and Trust Dive

INSTRUCTIONS:

One student falls backward into the arms of a group of students. The individual stands on a jumping box or similar elevated object. The group lines up shoulder to shoulder in two opposite and facing lines. Students extend their arms and alternate them with the arms of the person directly across from them. Do not allow students to lock wrists because the partners may bump heads. The person leans backward and falls when the catching line is ready.

TEACHING HINTS:

Stress safety and trust during this activity.

Start at a low elevation and gradually increase the height of the jumping box.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Review what was needed to help “Faith and Fall” be successful.

Discuss elements covered on Bearings and Landmarks Task Sheet.

Cheer:  Bearings and Landmarks help us get there!

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