Teaching First Step Nonfiction Sports Are Fun! Interest Level: Grades K 2 Reading Level: Grade 1 Titles in this series: Baseball Is Fun! Basketball Is Fun! Dance Is Fun! Football Is Fun! Soccer Is Fun! Swimming Is Fun! Standards Common Core Reading (Informational Text) Integration of Knowledge and Ideas Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity CDC National Health Education Standards 7. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks. NASPE National Standards for Physical Education 3. Participates regularly in physical activity. 6. Values physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction. Multiple Intelligences Utilized Verbal-linguistic, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal
2 TEACHING SPORTS ARE FUN! Lesson 1 Reading First Step Nonfiction with Your Class Students will learn how to read and gather information from First Step Nonfiction books independently and with others. Place students in reading groups based on instructional needs and interests. Select and preview a Sports Are Fun! book. Predict areas where students may need help. Show the cover to the class. Ask what they think the book will be about. Go through each page of the book. Point to each picture and ask students what they see. Read Read the Sports Are Fun! book aloud to the class. Point to each word as you read it. Read the book aloud a second time, pausing to allow students to guess words based on the pictures. Students will read the same Sports Are Fun! book in small groups. Students should point to each word as they read it aloud. Prompt students to look at the pictures to help them read the words. What did you do when you came to a word you didn t know? different reading strategies. How did the pictures help you read the words? Ask students individually to explain what the book was about in one or two sentences. Ask them to point to a sentence or a picture in the book that supports their explanation. their understanding of the lesson based on their answers.
3 TEACHING SPORTS ARE FUN! Lesson 2 Sport Show-and-Tell Students will share information about their favorite sports or leisure activities in small groups. Share Your Favorite Sport p. 7 pencils paper crayons or colored pencils Copy Share Your Favorite Sport p. 7 for each student, or have students copy the questions into their notebooks. Divide students into groups of three or four. What is show-and-tell? What can you do to get ready for show-and-tell? Read Read the Sports Are Fun! books as a class or in small groups. What sports or other fun activities do you do? What do you like about sports or activities? Explain that students will be sharing information about their favorite sports or activities. Go over the questions in Share Your Favorite Sport p. 7 with students. Explain that students will draw pictures of themselves playing their sports or doing their activities. Invite students to bring small items to show their groups, such as a team jersey, a team photo, or a piece of equipment. Students will choose a sport they play or an activity they participate in. They will use the questions in Share Your Favorite Sport p. 7 to prepare to discuss the sport or activity with their group. Students will draw pictures of themselves participating in their sports or activities. The members of each group will take turns telling the other members about their sports or activities and showing their drawings. Other group members can ask questions if they have them. Assess students on participation and on listening respectfully to others.
4 TEACHING SPORTS ARE FUN! Lesson 3 Musical Statues Students will play a game that utilizes listening skills, cooperation, and physical activity. an open indoor or outdoor space a measuring tape colored tape a music player Find an outdoor space or an indoor gymnasium to play the game. Put two lines of colored tape on the ground or the floor, 15 feet apart. These are the starting and stopping points for the game. Set up a music player so you can start and stop music quickly during the game. Why do we play sports? What other activities are like sports? Read Read books in the Sports Are Fun! series. Explain the rules of Musical Statues, as follows: The class will pair up for the game. Everyone will gather behind one line of colored tape. Each pair will link arms. When the music starts, pairs will jump across to the other line of tape, while keeping their arms linked. When the music stops, everybody freezes. If anyone falls down or lets go of a partner, that team goes back to the starting line. The first pair to reach the ending line wins. The class plays the game. To extend the game, change the mode of travel. Pairs may walk on their knees or hop to the ending line. What did you like about this game? Why do we participate in physical activities like this? participation and effort in the game.
5 TEACHING SPORTS ARE FUN! Lesson 4 Your Favorite Games Students will play games in small groups. an open indoor or outdoor space Find an open space outdoors where students can run around, or make arrangements to use the school gym. If possible, arrange to have some game equipment available, such as balls or chalk for hopscotch. Divide students into groups of four to six. What outdoor games do you know? As a class, make a list of games that groups of four to six people can play. List the games on the board. Some examples include tag; red light, green light; hopscotch; and keep-away. Go over the rules of some of these games so students understand how to play. Each group will choose one or two games to play. Outdoors or in the gym, students will split into groups and play their chosen games. After ten minutes, each group should pair up with another group and play one group s game. After another ten minutes, pairs should switch to the other group s game. What did you like about this activity? Was it easier to play before or after your group paired up with another group? Why? students participation and effort in the games.
6 TEACHING SPORTS ARE FUN! Lesson 5 How Active Are You? Students will keep track of their physical activity for a week. Activity Chart p. 8 pencils paper crayons Copy Activity Chart p. 8 for each student. Why do we need to play sports or do other physical activity? Talk about students answers to the pretest question. If they need help, explain that physical activity is good for our bodies. Just as we eat nutritious food, people need to move their bodies to stay healthy. As a class, make a list of everyday physical activities. These might include walking the dog, biking to school, playing sports, or helping in the garden. Students may also think of recess activities, such as playing on playground equipment or kickball. Show Activity Chart p. 8 on an interactive board. Answer the questions yourself, to give an example of how to complete the chart. Students will track and write down their physical activity each day for a week. How much physical activity did you do this week? Why is physical activity important? How could you add more physical activity to your life? Activity Chart p. 8 for completion and understanding of the assignment.
7 Teaching Sports Are Fun! Name Share Your Favorite Sport 1. What is your favorite sport or activity? 2. What happens in the sport or the activity? 3. Do you wear special clothes for it? Do you need anything else, like a ball or a pool? 4. What do you like best about this sport or activity?
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