Track and Field Unit

Subject: Long Jump: Grades: 1-3 & 4-6

Objective (Standard):

Students will develop fundamental movement skills that are associated with the Long Jump.

Enduring Understanding:

Students will participate in physical activity to achieve and maintain a healthy level of physical fitness.

Essential Questions:

What fundamental movement skills would you associate with the Long Jump?

How will participation in physical activity allow you to maintain a healthy level of fitness?

In what ways will we develop responsible and respectful personal and social behavior skills?

Day One: Intro to proper techniques of the Long Jump.

Activity:

1. Students will find stretching spots and warm-up.

2. Student will watch Power Point Presentation about long jump while stretching.

3. Instructor will demonstrate the culminating activity of the long jump.

4. Students will be assigned practice groups and sent to areas of the gym or long jump pits. The partners will demonstrate the proper jumping techniques. The instructor will remind students of proper technique through the use of cue words to insure the performance of proper jumping techniques.

5. Role Assessment: Students will evaluate their partner and score their attempts. Students will attempt 10 Long Jumps with a partner.

6. Students will then reverse roles and repeat the task.

7. While the students are completing the formal peer assessment the instructor will use a check off observation sheet that tells whether each student “consistently”, “sometimes”, and “hardly ever” uses each of the cue words given by the instructor or partner.

8. When all cooperative groups have completed the assessment and have returned to their spots, then the instructor will review the main points to jumping.

Cue Words: (come from partner during relays)

1. Bent Knees

2. Jump off one leg, Land on two

3. Reach

Day Two: Review and Practice of the Long Jump for Field Day

Rainy Day Activity: Watch track coaches video on the long jump.