Lesson Plan 2 - Skittles Sticks 1

Subject: Gym Grade: 3 Teacher: Alexis Breckenridge
Unit: Games and Activities for Social Distancing
January 15, 2021

Lesson 2: Skittles Sticks Date: January 20, 2021 Length: 37 mins.
January 22, 2021
Lesson Overview:
In this lesson students will be playing team games intended to develop their skills in sending
and receiving objects. The lessons activity will also be used to encourage fair play,
consideration of safety, and spatial awareness. I will first lead the class in a round of Simon
says, doing different repetitive exercises to warm up. Following our warmup, I will inform the
class that we will be playing skittles sticks and ask if anyone has played skittles before. I will
explain that it is played just like skittles, but instead of throwing balls to knock down bowling
pins, students will shoot balls at them using hockey sticks. There will be two teams on either
side of the gym with bowling pins set up at each end. Students will need to knock over all the
other teams' pins to win the game. The class will be given time to play skittles sticks before
they are asked to return their stick to be sanitized and line up to leave the gym.
Alberta Program of Study:
GLO A: Students will acquire skills through a variety of developmentally appropriate movement
activities.
Basic Skills:
• Non-locomotor – A3-3: respond to a variety of stimuli to create nonlocomotor sequences.
• Manipulative – A3-5: demonstrate ways to receive, retain and send an object, using a variety of
body parts and implements; and, perform manipulative skills individually and with others while
using a variety of pathways.
GLO C: Students will interact positively with others.
Communication:
• C3-1: describe and demonstrate respectful communication skills appropriate to context
Fair Play:
• C3-3: identify and demonstrate etiquette and fair play
Leadership:
• C3-4: accept responsibility for assigned roles while participating in physical activity
GLO D: Students will assume responsibility to lead an active way of life.
Safety:
• D3-3: demonstrate the ability to listen to direction and follow rules, routines, and stay on task
while participating in physical activity
• D3-4: demonstrate and participate in a safe warm-up and cool-down activities
Active Living in the Community:
• D3-9: make appropriate movement choices with consideration for safety of personal space,
ability and surrounding environment.
Critical Question: Lesson Guiding Questions

• What is the importance of following
• What is the importance of following directions when playing games?
instructions, being safe, and • What games can I play while social
engaging in fair play when playing distancing
games and doing activities? • What is the importance of fair play?
Resources: Materials and Equipment:

• Bowling pins
• https://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ga • Dodge balls
mes/dodgeball-skittles • Hockey Sticks
Formative Assessments: Summative Assessments:

• N/A • Observation: Students will be
formatively assessed on their ability to
follow instructions and act with
consideration of safety. Students will also
be formatively assessed on their ability to
create locomotor sequences and send and
receive objects while participating in
activities.
Lesson Procedures:
Prep: Notes:
- Ask student to sanitize their hands before leaving the classroom
- Ask students to remain distanced as they go to the gym and wait
for instruction
Warm-up: (15 min.) Notes:

- I will briefly lead the class in Simon says for a warmup
• I will ask if everyone knows how to play and review the
rules before playing
• After a few minutes I will ask my student leader to lead
Simon says as I gather equipment for the main activity
Body: (20 min.) Notes:

Activity:
− I will ask the class if they know how to play skittles
− Inform students that we will be playing skittles sticks which is
the same but rather than throwing they will use hockey sticks
• I will explain that the class will be in 2 teams on either side
of the gym
• Student's goal is to use hockey sticks and dodgeballs to
knock down the other teams bowling pins
• They cannot pick up their pins if they have been knocked
down unless they did it themself accidentally
• They cannot stand directly in front of their bowling pins
to guard them from being hit (puppy guarding)
− Once a team has knocked down all the pins on their side of the
gym, we will reset the game and play again
− When starting the game over, ask some students to switch teams
Differentiation: Notes:
• If students are struggling to knock down all the pins, blow
the whistle after some time and count the pins still standing
to see who won
Consolidation Learning/Closure: (2 min.) Notes:

• Students will be asked if they enjoyed the activity and would
like to play again.
Clean-up: (2 min.) Notes:

• Students will be asked to place their hockey sticks in a pile
to be sanitized.
• I will collect bowling pins and dodgeballs as students return
their sticks and line up to leave the gym.
• Sanitize students' hands as they leave the gym
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Subject: Gym Grade: 3 Teacher: Alexis Breckenridge

Unit: Games and Activities for Social Distancing

January 15, 2021

Critical Question: Lesson Guiding Questions

Resources: Materials and Equipment:

Formative Assessments: Summative Assessments:

Warm-up: (15 min.) Notes:

Body: (20 min.) Notes:

Consolidation Learning/Closure: (2 min.) Notes:

Clean-up: (2 min.) Notes:

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