Team Building Oct 20

Weber State University Physical Education
Lesson Plan

Activity: Team Building

Skill(s): Cheering for teammates and using all 3 learning domains

Grade Level: 7th to 9th grade girls

# of Students: 40

Equipment: Any size of weights, 10 pieces of starburst candy, Frisbee, Stop watch

Connect to Utah State Standard: Standard 5 Objective 1 B Make responsible choices based on the safety of self and others when participating in physical activities.

Learning Objectives:

Cognitive- Students will strategically nominate group members for the activity.

Affective- Students will feel a need to encourage their team members.

Psychomotor- Students will participate in a number of activities on behalf of their team.

Safety Issues: Make sure to nominate people who you think will win taking into considerations what the person is comfortable with and what skills they have.

Student grouping for each activity: I will let the girls pick their teams but if I feel that they should be mixed up then I will do so. I may even put them in groups based on their first names in alphabetical order. This time the girls will be in groups of 4 so there is more participation but still a good variety of people to nominate from.

Technical Description of the skills:
Once they are in their groups we will start a game called THE BEST. There are different categories in this game such as, the: fastest, tallest, shortest, longest, best, and furthest. (You can add more categories if you see fit)

The teacher will call out a category with the blank after. Example: The longest ________. Each team will nominate the person they think will win this category. Only the instructor knows what the category is. So after the contestants are up, the full category will be read. Example: The longest thumb, or the longest hair. In this case you will cater the categories mostly to physical education. See the reference at the bottom for the original list of bests but change them to fit the needs of your class.

The Longest- Crab walk stance from feet to hands
The Shortest- Pinky
The Furthest- to Jump
The Fastest- Back Peddle
The Best- Tumbler
The Strongest- to lift the weights
The Longest- Hand stand
The Longest- to do jumping jacks
The Furthest- to throw a Frisbee
The Tallest- High Knees
The Fastest- to eat a starburst
The Best- Balancer on one foot
The Strongest- Arms to hold up
The Longest- to do Butt kicks
The Shortest- Hair
The Furthest- to cartwheel
The Fastest- Latter runner
The Fastest- to name everyone in the class
The Best- Push up
The Strongest- thumb in a thumb war
The Fastest- to catch me

Verbal Cues: 10, 9, 8, and so on to get the groups to nominate a person quickly.

Learning Experiences:
Introduction- Have the girls go through the warm up and make it a long one too. I will watch the girls and I will hold back the girls that hold everyone else back.

Closure- I will talk about their experience with team building and how it affects their attitude in the physical education setting.

Assessments: I will have a paper ready for them to fill out and hand in by the end of the week.

In 4-6 Sentences, describe your experience with team building. What were some things that made you like these activities? How can you encourage your friends and classmates to do better in this class?

Follow up suggestions: Always encourage the students to be friendly and create positive experiences in physical education.

Reference: http://www.greatgroupgames.com/the-best-game.htm


Diagram of learning environment and equipment set up:

Team Building Oct 19

Weber State University Physical Education
Lesson Plan

Activity: Team Building

Skill(s): Using Strategies and working with team mates.

Grade Level: 7th to 9th grade girls

# of Students: 40

Equipment: Papers with one number printed on them. 1 through 6. One number per page.

Connect to Utah State Standard: Standard 4 Objective 1 F Participate in a daily stretching program to promote flexibility.

Learning Objectives:

Cognitive- Students will use math concepts in the activity today and know every teammate’s name.

Affective- Students will have fun during the math related activity.

Psychomotor- Students will do their part to get in the correct sequence for the number game.

Safety Issues: Students need to be careful not to run into each other while getting into their lines.

Student grouping for each activity: I will use the whistle mixer to get into groups of 6 or I can even have everyone run in general space and switch up teams. We will start with our warm up that includes improving our flexibility. I will point out that the girls are really becoming more and more flexible.

Technical Description of the skills:
How to Play the Number Game:
1. Arrange everyone into teams of 6. Hand each team a set of numbers and ask everyone to take a number. Have the team elect one person to be the leader of the team.

2. The goal of the game is to be the first team to rearrange themselves to the number that you call. The leaders can help rearrange them to their appropriate positions. Once the team rearranges themselves, they have to raise their hands and stand in place.

3. The first team to arrange themselves correctly receives one point. The team that reaches 10 points wins the game.

Note- If each team does not have 6 players than I will have the teams with less players be in charge of holding the number in the correct spot. If there are more students than the teams allow, I will have them switch in and out of being my partner to help judge.

Here are the numbers that I will yell out.
1. 123456
a. One hundred twenty three thousand four hundred and fifty six.
2. 253416
a. Two hundred fifty three thousand four hundred and sixteen.
3. 321456
a. Three hundred twenty one thousand four hundred and fifty six.
4. 654312
a. Six hundred fifty four thousand three hundred and twelve.
5. 134562
a. One hundred thirty four thousand five hundred and sixty two.
6. 345216
a. Three hundred forty five thousand two hundred and sixteen.
7. 642135
a. Six hundred forty two thousand one hundred and thirty five.
8. 135264
a. One hundred and thirty five thousand two hundred and sixty four.
9. 132456
a. One hundred and thirty two thousand four hundred and fifty six.
10. 243561
a. Two hundred forty three thousand five hundred and sixty one.
11. 615243
a. Six hundred and fifteen thousand two hundred and forty three.
12. 123645
a. One hundred twenty three thousand six hundred and forty five.
13. 243561
a. Two hundred forty three thousand five hundred and sixty one.
14. 346512
a. Three hundred forty six thousand five hundred and twelve.
15. 612534
a. Six hundred twelve thousand five hundred and thirty four.

Verbal Cues: Go

Learning Experiences:
Introduction- We’ll talk about how math concepts can be integrated into physical education and how teamwork is necessary to accomplish the tasks at hand.

Closure- I will ask if the girls had fun and I will have them fill out a paper for the assessment section.

Assessments:

Name____________ Team Building Activities October 19, 2010

List all of the names of your first team.

___________________, ___________________, ___________________,

___________________, ___________________, ___________________,

Did you have fun today? YES NO
Did you have to use your brain more today than you usually do in physical education? YES NO
In 3 sentences explain why or why not.

Follow up suggestions: none

Reference: http://www.greatgroupgames.com/the-number-game.htm

Diagram of learning environment and equipment set up:



Green Square= Instructor
Different Colored Circles= Different Teams of 6.

Team Building Oct 18

Weber State University Physical Education
Lesson Plan

Marci Barker

Activity: Team Building Activities

Skill(s): Using all domains

Grade Level: 7th to 9th grade girls

# of Students: 40

Equipment: Hula hoops, cones, ball, shuttlecock, jump rope, stop watch.

Connect to Utah State Standard: Standard 5 Objective 1 A Identify and follow rules while playing sports and games, while keeping winning and losing in perspective.

Learning Objectives:

Cognitive- Students will understand the rules of the game and contribute to their team.

Affective- Students will feel a need to help their team win.

Psychomotor- Students will perform the category on their turn.

Safety Issues: Don’t push yourself too hard and listen to your body.

Student grouping for each activity: Use whistle mixer and amoeba tag to get them in groups of 5 or 6.

Technical Description of the skills: We will play blob or amoeba tag. One person is the chaser and everyone else is running. They are to stay in a specified area about a 20 by 20 foot square for 40 students. Once someone tags a person they are to link or join hands and become the chaser together. Soon everyone will become the tagger while they are in the blob or amoeba. Start the next round with more than one tagger and have them sit out as soon as they reach a team of 5 or 6.

Once they are in their groups we will start a game called THE BEST. There are different categories in this game such as, the: fastest, tallest, shortest, longest, best, and furthest. (You can add more categories if you see fit)

The teacher will call out a category with the blank after. Example: The longest ________. Each team will nominate the person they think will win this category. Only the instructor knows what the category is. So after the contestants are up, the full category will be read. Example: The longest thumb, or the longest hair. In this case you will cater the categories mostly to physical education. See the reference at the bottom for the original list of bests but change them to fit the needs of your class.

Verbal Cues: Contestants ready.

Learning Experiences:
Introduction- Go through the warm up and end the students up in their groups to start in the game.

Closure- Talk about how this can build your team.

Assessments: I will watch the girls to see how much they are participating in cheering for their teams.

Follow up suggestions: Do more team building until your class feels comfortable with each other. Or do more to build unity.

Reference: http://www.greatgroupgames.com/the-best-game.htm

The original game is posted at the bottom.

The Tallest Thumb
The Fastest Crab Walker
The Highest Jumper
The Longest Stare in a Staring Contest
The Fastest Spider man
The Smallest Shoe Size
The Furthest Length to throw a Shuttlecock
The Largest Step from foot to foot
The Strongest Thumb for Thumb War
The Fastest Sprint
The Longest Hula Hooper
The Longest Hair
The Best Tumbler
The Fastest One to name everyone on team


Diagram of learning environment and equipment set up: