Captains Coming

Date:

Teacher: Alyssa Dock

School: Dock Elementary

Class: KIN 355

Equipment Used:
Grade Level: 1st-3rd
No equipment needed
Time: 8 mins
Targeted NASPE Standard(s): 1,4,5
Specific Objective: The students will learn to follow directions and be physically
active
Concomitant Objective: the students will also work on being aware of their
surroundings and the people around them
Time
Procedures Followed
Materials
Warm Up: the warm up will be a 15 jumping jacks in
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order to get their blood pumping
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Transition: practice the class call of go green! go

white!
Set Induction: Ask the students what they know about
pirates? Who is in charge of the pirate ship? Well today
we are going to pretend to be pirates out on the ocean!
Learnable Piece: Talk about the importance of being
physically active and following directions. Why do we
have to follow directions in school?

Presentation of New Material/Directions: Explain that

this is a game similar to Simon Says, except the
students are pirates and I am the captain. I will call out
specific sea creatures, and the students will have to get
into a specific position as quickly as possible. If they are
the last one left, they are out, and must to 10 jumping
jacks before they are back in.
Transition: We will go over each of the creatures and
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their movements together as an entire group and I will
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check for understanding that everyone knows what
theyre doing.
Activity: I will have the students spread out across the
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entire gym floor to begin. I will be standing in the middle
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of the gym and start calling out things such asfront of
the boat back of the boat sea turtle seasick
mermaid shark and Captains coming. The
students will have to follow the directions as quickly as
possible, and if theyre the last one left they have to
move outside of the lines to do their 10 jumping jacks to
get back in.
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Notes:

Possible Modifications: I can add or subtract certain

movements/creatures if the activity is too hard/ too
difficult. For older students, the students that are out
can stay out and we can find a winner to be the captain
the next round.
Lesson Review: