Lesson

FNMI PE Games Date December 14 and 15

Title/Focus
Subject/ Time
Kindergarten 30-35 minutes
Grade Level Duration
Unit PE Teacher Miss Agnew

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General  The child acquires basic locomotor, nonlocomotor, and manipulative skills through
Learning developmentally appropriate movement activities in a variety of environments.
Outcomes:  The child becomes aware of various forms of expression.
 Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the characteristics
and interests that unite members of communities and groups.
Specific  Experiences and develops locomotor skills through a variety of activities; e.g.,
Learning walking, running, hopping, jumping, leaping, rolling, skipping, galloping, climbing,
Outcomes: sliding
 Responds to and appreciates the art, music, movement, and drama of own and
other cultures by viewing, discussing, and creating.
 What are the benefits of working cooperatively with others?
SMART LEARNING OBJECTIVES (specific, measurable, action word, relevant, timely)
Students will identify the Blackfoot as the local Indigenous community living in Lethbridge. Students will
engage in traditional Blackfoot and Indigenous games to build endurance and to facilitate cooperation.
ASSESSMENTS
 What are Indigenous games and why were they important for Indigenous people?
Key Questions:
What about this matters?
 What is cooperation? What does cooperation look like? Why is it important to
Why does it matter? cooperate?

Observations,  I will observe students as they engage in the FNMI games

Products, and/or
Performances:
Materials
Pinnies
Cones
PROCEDURE
Introduction Time
Set the objective, Discussion of Indigenous Games (will occur in the classroom prior to 5 minutes
purpose, interest
heading to the gym):
“Okay Kindergarten today we are going to learn some Indigenous games in
PE. Indigenous people were the first people that lived in Canada. Does
anyone remember when we made our four seasons crafts and how I talked
about the Indigenous people that lived in Lethbridge? Take it and raise it if
you remember the name of the Indigenous people that lived in Lethbridge
before we did.”
“The Blackfoot people were the first people to live in Lethbridge. Just like
you and me they had games that they would play altogether. They played
games to celebrate and to have fun, but they also played games to work on
getting stronger, faster, and to work on cooperation. Cooperation means
working together as a group. Today in the gym we are going to play some
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 Indigenous games. I want the focus of today to be on working together and
working as a team. Repeat after me we will work together as a team, and
we will cheer on our friends.”
“Okay Kindergarten I will explain the games once we get into the gym.
When everyone is sitting really quietly, I will dismiss you to go line up at the
door.” (I will dismiss students as they are sitting quietly)
“Now Kindergarten when we are walking through the hallway today, I want
everyone to be really quiet. I am going to hand out marshmallows that we
are going to put in our mouths, and I will hand out marshmallows for your
feet so that they are quiet as we walk as well. When we get to the gym
everyone can take their mask off and put in on the bench and then you will
do two laps around the gym. After you do your two laps you will come join
me in a circle on the floor to find out about the Indigenous games we are
going to play today.”
Body Time
Scaffold the steps to the Line Tag Instructions: 25-30
end goal.
“Okay Kindergarten we are going to start by playing a game called line tag. minutes
Line tag was a game that the Blackfoot people played to work on
cooperation. Who remembers what cooperation is?” “Right! Cooperation is
working together! Now I want everyone to think about what line tag might
be. If you have an idea of what line tag is and you want to share your idea, I
want you to take it and raise.” (Allow students to discuss what line tag
might be based on its name)
“For line tag I am going to split everyone up into two groups. In your group
everyone must hold hands and stand in a line. The person at the start of the
line is the tagger. They will be wearing a pinny. The tagger is trying to tag
the very last person in line which is tricky because you must stay always
holding hands with the people in your line. The person who is at the end of
the line is trying not to be tagged by the tagger. You cannot break holding
hands with the people in your line. To tag the last person in line you must
work together with the people in your line to tag the last person. So, if you
are in the line with the tagger you are trying to help them tag the last
person. Once the person in the back of the line gets tagged, the tagger
hands them the pinny and they go to the front of the line and now they are
the tagger, and they are trying to tag the last person in the line. If you break
hands when trying to tag the last person you will need to reset and try
again.” (I will have a small group of students hold hands with me and I will
demo how to tag the last person in line).
Relay Race Incorporating the Bum Scoot and Owl Hop:
“Okay Kindergarten now are going to do a relay race. A relay race is game
that requires working together. I will split everyone up into groups (4 kids
per group). Each team will start at a cone. There are three cones for each
team and each cone has a pinnie on it, so you know what cones yours are.
In this relay race you are going to practice doing a bum scoot and hopping
on one foot. The Indigenous people used to practice doing hops and bum
scoots to get faster and to be able to get stronger. Everyone will take turns
going through the relay race which means everyone goes one at a time.
From the first cone to the second cone, you will hop on one foot. If you get
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 tired from hopping on the foot, then switch to your other foot. When you
make it to the second cone you will do a bum scoot until you reach the last
cone. The bum scoot and hopping on one foot are tricky. Once you make it
to the last cone you get to run back to the start where your teammates are
waiting. You will high five the next person in line and then they do the relay
race. Once you finish the relay race, I want you to sit down and cheer on
your other teammates. Once everyone is finished doing the relay race, we
will try it again to see if we can get faster. Now repeat after me we hop on
foot to the second cone then bum scoot to the last cone and once, we make
it to the last cone we run back to high five our next teammate.”
Tatanka Tatanka Instructions:
“Okay Kindergarten for our last game today we are going to play a game
called “Tatanka Tatanka” I want everyone to say Tatanka Tatanka with me.
Tatanka means buffalo and buffalo is what many Indigenous people used to
eat. Tatanka Tatanka is another tag game where we must work together. I
will choose one person to be the buffalo and they will stand in the middle of
the gym. Everyone else will line up with their hands on the wall. When the
buffalo yells “Tatanka Tatanka” everyone will run as fast as they can to try
to get to the other side of the gym. The buffalo will try and tag you and if
they do then you become one of the buffalos too and you will try to tag the
other people. We will play until everyone gets tagged and if we have
enough time I will chose another person to be the buffalo and we will play
again.”
Closure Time
Just one “Good work today, Kindergarten! Today we learned about the Indigenous
Solidify people and the traditional games they played. We learned how the
Extend
Celebrate
importance of cooperating and working as a team. Working as a team is
2 minutes
always important even when we are not in the gym. We must always help
each other out!”