Tennessee Wesleyan College

Lesson Plan (With P.E. Specific Additions)

Teachers Name:
Asia Roberts
Hungry Crabs
Subject/Grade:
1st grade
Class Period:
2
3
4

Physical Education
(circle one)

Lesson Title:
Date:
__________________

March 15, 2016

Observation:

Standard(s): Identify what you want to teach. Reference State, Common Core (if
applicable), ACT College Readiness Standards and/or State Competencies.
Shape America Standard 1: Motor skills and movement patterns: balance.

Big Idea(s)/Essential Question(s): What question(s), big idea(s), and/or goals drive your
instruction?

To allow children to work together to collect as many bean bags as possible.

Academic Language Crab walk: getting into a crab position and walking with most
of the weight in your arms
ConceptsTeaching the children to crab walk and how to work together to get as
many bean bags as possible
SkillsCrab walk and working as a team
ApplicationsThe children will crab walk as fast as possible to the ocean to grab a
bean bag and they put it on their belly. Then they crab walk as fast as possible
without dropping the bean bag and place it into the teams hoop.
Lesson Objective(s): Clear, specific, and measurable.
I can use my upper body strength to its full potential. I can practice different levels of
speed and endurance.
Assessment/Evaluation: Formative: Student demonstration of current lesson

objective(s).
Summative: What evidence will you collect and how will it document student learning and
mastery of the lessons objective(s)? Formal/Informal: Statements made as to what type of
assessment you will use to gather student data.

I will use observation to make sure each child can crab walk properly for the formative
assessment.
The winning team will prove to have the highest levels of endurance and speed.
Instructional Strategies/Activities:
1. The children will pick a colored piece of paper from a bag (the
colors will represent the colors of the hula hoops) There will be a
red team, blue team, green team, and yellow team.
2. The students will stand behind each of their hoops and the first

Coaching Cues:

Demonstrate
the crab walk
skill to the

3.
4.
5.
6.

person will get into the crab walk position on the floor.
The student that is crab walking first will crab walk to the middle
of the ocean (the gym floor) where all of the bean bags are spread
out.
Each student will grab a bean bag, place it on their belly, and crab
walk back to the group and toss the bag into the hoop.
The next person will proceed to the front of the line and start the
process all over again.
The team with the most bean bags in their hoop is the winning
team.

Materials and Resources:

Four hula hoops and fourteen bean bags.

students

Safety
Reminders:
Remind each
student to
watch out for
other crabs
Be sure to
leave all
hoops and
bean bags on
the floor
when not in
use.

INSTRUCTION (STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES) PAGE 2

BEGINNING
Activating Strategy: Motivator/Jump Start
Activity/Hook
Tell the children that they are hungry crabs
trying to get their food from the ocean.
Remind them of the crab walk position and
ask them to demonstrate it

Assessm
ent

Modifications and Strategies to

Diverse Learners

See
who
remem
bers
the
crab
walk
positio
n right
away

Children with any

disability can do this
activity. If in a wheel
chair or unable to
use arms, then a
child can cheer on
the other students
to show the crab
walk skill.

MIDDLE

STEP BY STEP
PROCEDURES SEQUENCE
DISCOVER/EXPLAIN DIRECT
INSTRUCTION
QUESTIONING/ENCOURAGES HIGHER
ORDER THINKING
GROUPING STRATEGIES
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTIONAL
STRATEGIES FOR
INTERVENTION/EXTENSION

Modeling Content Expectations

( I do activities):
I will show the children the
crab walk position
Guided Practice (We do):
We will all do the crab walk,
then do a practice round of the
game.
Independent Practice (You
do; may include Homework):

The students will do the

activity on their own until we
have a winner.

CLOSURE

Asse
ssm
ent

The
win
nin
g
tea
m
will
det
erm
ine
wh
o
dis
pla
ys
the
stro
nge
st
lev
els
of
spe
ed
and
end
ura
nce
.

Modifications
and Strategies
to Address the
Diverse
Learners

Students in a
wheel
chair
can
wheel
out to the
ocean to get
their
bean
bag.
Students who
are unable to
use
their
arms can put
the bean bag
on their feet
and hop back
to their team.

Summarizing, Reminding, Reflecting, Restating, Connecting

Include a review of the Standards, include a formative or summative assessment and

provide an explanation of when students will receive feedback on the assessment. Assign a
written task (if applicable) for student reflection.

Ask each student to demonstrate the crab walk activity again. Ask them to recite
the objectives to ensure that they understand why we did this activity.
TEACHER REFLECTION/FUTURE MODIFICATIONS

Reflection on the Lesson Plan and Delivery to include: To what extent did the students learn
the concepts? What will be your next instructional steps? What did you learn about
yourself and your students concerning this lesson?