LESSON PLAN DAY 1
 

Unit: Gymnastics Lesson: 1 Grade: 8 Topic: Introduction to Unit, Safety, Balancing, Major gymnastic position Equipment: Gymnastics mats, TV, VCR machine	Learning Objectives:  Students will be able to: 1. Understand the concepts of safety with equipment and be able to demonstrate knowlegde when asked to 2. Understand the main points of balancing and center of gravity 3. Demonstrate the different major gymnastics postions
Lesson Content	Teaching Points, Organization
Introductory Activities (10 minutes) - Video Activity (introduction to unit) - Safety in the gymnastics unit Warm-Up (5 minutes) -Knee Slap tag	Introductory Activity: - Students write down as many gymnastics skill as they see on the video - Emphasize that the students won't know all the skills Warm-up - In partners
Skill Development Balancing (10 minutes) - Patches and Points Activity - Questioning: What made balancing easy/hard? Gymnastics positions (10 minutes) - Tuck position - Straddle position - Pike position - V-sit	Balancing - Individual Activity - On mats - Wide base, low center of gravity Gymnastics positions Tuck Position   -Sitting on mat, knees to chest  -Arms around knees  Straddle Position  -Sitting on mat, legs are wide and tight  -Arms in same position  -Back straigh, head up, toes pointed  Pike Position  -Sitting on mat, legs staight out in front and tight  -Arms stright out  -Back straight, head up and toes pointed   V-Sit  -Sitting on mat  -Legs and arms are in a V -position, toes are pointed
Culminating Activity (15 minutes) - Trust Games	-Students pick a partner that is relatively the same size - Students number themselves 1 or 2 - Activity  is performed on the mat - Safety and trust have to be emphasized
Closure (5 minutes) -Review -Safety -Balance and gymnastics position -Clean up equipment	-
Evaluation - Observe that the class is behaving during the trust game	-

LESSON PLAN DAY 2
 
 

Unit: Gymnastics Lesson: 2 Grade: 8 Topic: Falling and landings Equipment: Gymnastics mats	Learning Objectives:  Students will be able to 1. Demonstrate all the falling and landing techniques in class 2. Understand the concept of falling and landing and be able to tell the teacher these concepts
Lesson Content	Teaching Points, Organization
Introductory Activities(10 minutes) - Safey quiz  - Introduction to falls and landings Warm Up(5 minutes) - Stack it up relay	Warm-up: - Class is split into five teams
Skill Development Falling (10 minutes) - Forward - Backward Landings (5 minutes)	Falling Forward  - Standing on knees, with arms out and hands pointing slightly in  -Fall forward  -Finger tips contact first, then hands and then bend arms to increase time and contact of fall  Backward  -Standing on feet, crouched into a ball with hand reaching backward  -Fall Backwards with hands reaching back to contact mat first  -Hands contact mat, lower back and arms, then shoulders   Landings  -Feet shoulder width apart  -Knees bent  -Arms out infront
Culminating Activities (15 minutes) -Balancing and Falling Activity - Crazy Flight Good Landing	Balancing and Falling Activity - Students are in partners, partner A goes first and partner B is the observer - Task Cards are handed out and then handed
Closure:  Talk about field trip
Evaluation: Task Card and Self Check List