Title – Rolling the Ball while Moving

By – Mohammed Asim Ghazi

Primary Subject – Health / Physical Education

Grade Level – K – 3

Rolling the Ball while Moving

• Domain Skill: The student rolls the ball while moving after it, in all directions.
  
• Domain Knowledge: The student know the names of the different directions.
  
• Domain Effective: The student performs the skill required.

Warm up:

Introduction:
The teacher tells a story about traffic rules and the student obeys the rules and receives physical exercise for the whole body.

Traffic Rules:

The teacher holds three flags (


green


/


yellow


/


red


).


•  
  When the teacher raises up the
  
  
  green flag
  
  
  , the students run in all directions in the playground.
  
  
•  
  When the
  
  
  red flag
  
  
  is raised up, students stop.
  
  
•  
  As for the
  
  
  yellow flag
  
  
  , students run in their places.

Whoever makes a mistake is disqualified… and so on….

Acting exercises:

1. Warm-up like an athlete or a football player, suddenly running in place and stopping
2. Stand like a dwarf, then like a giant – make car noises
3. Shake your head like a horse (head exercises)
4. Swagger like a policeman
5. Throw tennis balls up

Main Skill – Rolling the Ball while Moving

Materials Needed:
cones – balls – hoops – flags

Procedure:

• The teacher or one of the skilled students performs a demo of the skill required with its different steps.
• Students distribute appropriate materials to the groups depending on the skill being practiced.
• The students perform various games and contests directed towards running with a ball.
  • rolling the ball towards the wall with one hand
  • rolling the ball towards the wall with two hands
  • kicking the ball with part of the foot
  • catching the ball after bouncing off a wall
  • and so on.
• The same can be done again by changing distance and speed.

Closing:

Perform exercises to relax the body.

Assessment:

Observed during the performance and expected of students upon conclusion of activities:
• The students learn how to catch the ball.
• The student is in control of themselves, even when running in different directions.
• The student carries out the skill required.

Suggestions for adapting this activity for kids with disabilities:

In special categories, the idea works for students sitting in a wheelchair.

By:

Mohammed Asim Ghazi

Physical Education Teacher

Al-anjal International School

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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