Developmental Analysis

Skill Theme: Balancing

Grade Level: 4th
GLSP Extension Refinement Application

precontrol Practice holding During a balance station

Balancing on boards balance on the ground students will balance on the
first. If you can hold ground and try to maintain
it for 3 seconds with the pose for 3 seconds if they
no wiggles or wobble can do this thy will progress
while keeping a tight to the boards at the station.
core, then move to
board

Pre control Find a base that you During a balance station

can balance on for 3 where there listed out bases
Balancing on different seconds will no of support for students to
bases of support wiggle or wobbles choose from independently.
and a tight core then Teacher will remind students
try a new position to focus on cues and not get
with new points of down if they can't maintain a
balance if you are certain balance and to explore
ready new ways to balance.

Control Students will balance During the “Scott says”game

Balancing Sequence on 1,2,3,4 points of students will be asked to mix
balance in a up and vary their points of
sequenced setting balanced. The teacher will
with no wibbles or call out different points of
wobbles and tight balance and students will
muscles have to adjust and maintain 3
seconds of balance and tight
muscles throughout the
activity

Control Students will Students will be reminded by

maintain a tight core the teacher consistently to
Tightening the while completing keep their muscles tight as
gymnastics muscles balancing exercises. they balance at stations and
Students will be during activities. They will be
reminded to FLEX reminded to flex and tighten
their muscles. their core as needed.

Control Student will maintain Students will be given

Balancing on different a tight core and no choices to balance during 4
 bases of support wiggles or wobbles corners balance students will
with a variety of be asked to balance on a
different bases of selected number of balance
support (1,2,3,4) for points (1,2,3,4) with no
at least 3 seconds wiigles or wobbles for three
seconds.
The teacher will be assessing
students and helping modify
technique.

Utilization Students will be able Students will be traveling in

Traveling into and out of to travel into a roll and out of rolls while
balances by rolling with their back curled maintaining balance for three
chin down and seconds with a partner
successfully land and following rolling exercises.
be balanced with no Teachers will be spotting
wiggles or wobbles students who are struggling to
and maintain the maintain balance
balance for 3 seconds
if student cannot a
spotter can be added
to improve balance

Utilization Performing sequences Students will be able Students will work

that combine stationary to combine the ques individually on traveling on
balances and traveling on and skills from mats and combining it with
mats balancing into balancing skills while
traveling and maintaining cues during
performing on mats stations
with tight muscles
and a tight core for at
least 3 seconds time

Proficiency Performing apparatus Students will be able Using plastic beams students
sequences that combine to perform balance will balance while traveling
stationary balances and and traveling skills on with tight muscles and a tight
traveling with movement our plastic beams core while teacher spots or
concepts with no wiggles or supervises the action.
wobbles and tight
gymnastics muscles

Skill Theme: Transferring weight

GLSP Extension Refinement Application
Pre control -Rock and roll During the warm up on big
-Keep your chin mat to introduce transferring
Transferring weight with tucked when you roll of weight
a rocking motion on to the top of your
back
-pull on your legs to
help yourself roll
back up

Pre control For donkey kick, keep During transferring weight

Transferring weight to one leg lunged station of donkey kicks and in
hands momentarily forward. group warm up on big mat
(donkey kick or possibly Push off your back
handstand) leg and feel your
weight shift to both of
your hands.
Try to get higher if
you’re comfortable
doing so

Pre control Now try placing your During transferring weight

Transferring weight onto hands on the bench station.
and off equipment for the donkey kick Have several yoga blocks
(or cartwheel) and stacked and allow students to
focus on having your try if the want.
feet safely land back
on the poly spots.
Start with lifting only
one leg

control Cartwheel Hand, hand, turn Advancing through

Hand, hand, turn body, body, foot foot transferring weight skill
foot foot. Try to keep Stay low to the stations
your body facing the wall ground
Stretch your trunk and Strong muscles
legs toward the sky -legs
straight

control Practicing spring/step Heads up Include in one of the stations

takeoffs(add small Soft landings
trampoline if available) Step takeoff (instead
Add quarter turn with safe of spring)
 landing for challenge Swing arms up

control Soft landing Station in jumping in landing

Keep your head and and/or transferring weight
Transferring off of low shoulders up station
apparatus Swing your arms to
Make a shape with your help you jump off
body when you jump off
or face a different
direction when you land

utilization Safely bring your legs Handstand station

back down
Transferring weight to
hands Try building up to 3
If student can balance in seconds to hold
handstand for more than 3 handstand pose
seconds with no wiggles
or wobbles, they can try
walking on their hands

Skill Theme: Jumping and Landing

GLSP Extension Refinement Application

Precontrol Students will jump in Students will jump over a

Jumping and landing a variety of ways polley spot front back, side to
different patterns over a polley spot side, alterbating, as high as
while bending their they can, as low as they can,
knees and squashing and exploring what ways they
with there feet and can make it over the spot.
landing softly

Precontrol Students will bend Students will try and jump as

Jumping for height their knees and move high as they can over a polley
their arms forward to spot while bending their
try and jump their knees and squashing when
highest over a poly they land. Teacher will be
spot in class observing making sure
students knees are bent and
 landings are controlled and
soft

Control Students will be able Student will jump over a

to jump rhythmically polley spot to music using the
Jumping rhythmically to music while rhythm to form their jump
watching the teacher patterns.
and behind their
knees and landing
softly

Control Jumping and landing: Students will be Kids will be able to

basic patterns asked to complete independently complete
basic jumping and jumpin patterns over a polley
landing patterns such spot with teacher looking at
as alternating feet or knees being bent and soft
side to side jumps landings
while bending their
knees and landing
softly

Utilization Students will be able Student will be able to jump

Jumping to an accelerated to jump to accelerated over a polleye spot while the
beat beat provided by beat of the music accelerates.
music over a polley They will maintain bent knees
spot with bent knees and soft landings.
and squashing

Proficiency Students will mirror Students will mirror the

Jumping with a partner to the teacher jump over teacher as they jump over
mirror actions and around the polley around and on the polley spot.
spot while They will maintain the cues
maintaining prior learned previous while
cues of soft landing completing these actions.
squashing and bent
knees

Skill Theme: Rolling

GLSP Extension Refinement Application

Pre control -Rock and roll During warm up

-Keep your chin
Rolling with rocking tucked when you roll
 motion
Pre control Rolling sideways (log
roll, pencil roll, egg roll)
control
Forward roll
Strike a pose afterwards
Try 2 or even 3 rolls in a
row
Straddle roll
Control Rolling backwards
For advanced students:
can you push off of your
hands into a handstand as
you roll backwards?
utilization Combine jumping and
landing into forward roll
Smooth transition
on to the top of your
back
-pull on your legs to
help yourself roll
back up
Tight core First day of rolling at stations
Hands glued to your
sides (or extended
above your head)
Tuck your chin to Forward roll station
chest Turn around and help pull
Look through your your classmate up
legs
Reach your arms out
If uncomfortable, Every student is being spotted
practicing rock and for the first round
roll on back again. At station
Keep our chin tucked
and your back curved,
hands by your head
ready to push off
Separate the jumping station
and landing from the
forward roll
Soft landing →
crouch low→ tuck
chin→ roll
forward