Iceberg/Penguin (PE)- Lesson Plan

Date: November 25th

Grade level: Grade 3
Duration: 30 minutes
Topic/Title: Physical education/Iceberg

Resources:
-Hula hoops
General Learning Outcome:
General Outcome C- Cooperation
Specific Learning Outcome:
Students will interact positively with others
 Communication
 Fair play
 Leadership
 Teamwork

Timing Procedure Organisation

5 Hook/Introduction
minutes  Run 2 laps around the gym and sit in the middle
 Have a student lead exercises while I put out 6 hula hoops around the gym.
20 Body of lesson
minutes Game instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WGUrdCIR_o Tell students
1. Kids (‘penguins’) move around the area, but stay off the hula hoops (‘icebergs’) instructions
2. After 1 minute, the teacher calls out a number (between 1-5)
3. Kids must quickly stand or sit down in a hula hoop (‘iceberg’) in a group of the number called-
ex: if the teacher calls out “4”, kids must sit down in hula hoops in a group of 4, no more no less
4. After 10 seconds, if you don’t have a group or the correct number of people in the hula hoop, Pull out 6 hula
you must do a challenge: hoops and
 Challenge: spread around
o 10 jumping jacks the gym
o 5pushups
o 10 butt kicks
o 10 star jumps
o 5 wall jumps
I added some
o 5 burpees
extra
 Change the method of movement:
o Skipping movements
o Hopping in red!
o Galloping
o Tip Toeing
o Stomping
o Walking slowly with BIG steps
o Walking quickly with little steps
o Sneaking
Playing the game!
5
Teacher Lesson conclusion
reflection (What went well? Why? Did this game work with this age group?)
minutes Have 3 students each grab 2 hula hoops to put them away, have the rest put their masks on and line up at the
 The students LOVED this game! The instructions were quite simple, which allowed us to play the game for the whole 15
door.
minutes! About ½ way through the 15 minutes I asked if the students wanted a challenge…. So instead of just using
numbers 1-5 I said numbers 1-10.
 This was a very engaging game for students! I ended it off by having them move around as quietly as they could, and I
whispered the final number, so they had to be very quiet to hear it!