SIOP Lesson Plan

Standards:

Standard - 10.4.12.E

Analyze the interrelationships among regular participation in physical activity, motor skill

improvement and the selection and engagement in lifetime physical activities.

Standard - 10.5.12.A

Apply knowledge of movement skills, skill-related fitness and movement concepts to

identify and evaluate physical activities that promote personal lifelong participation.

Theme: Running track and field

Lesson Topic: Track and field

Objectives:

Language:

Students will be able to verbally explain and act out the steps to running a

short distance relay race in track and field.

Content:

Students will be able to perform a skit to demonstrate a short distance relay

race in track and field.

Learning Strategies:
- Ask students to recall one time that they ran in either gym class or on their own.
 - Ask students if they have ever been on a track

- Show visuals to help with understanding what is being represented in the lesson.

Key Vocabulary:
1. Spikes: a type of footwear featuring protruding spikes on the soles used by athletes when

racing on the track

2. Baton: a short stick that is passed from one runner to another in a relay race.

3. Split: the time that it takes to complete a specific distance

4. Relay race: an event where a team of four athletes run equal predetermined distances in

a sprint race, each passing a baton to the next person to continue the race

5. Exchange zone: designated for exchanging the baton during relay races. It is an

area the width of one lane and 20 or 30 meters long. The lines marking the limits of the

exchange zone are included in these measurements.

6. Anchor: The anchor leg is the final segment of a relay race. It is the most important leg

in a relay race. It is also often the most exciting portion, as it determines the winner.

7. False start: occurs when a runner begins a race early

8. Short/long/medium distance:

- short distance: sprint, also called dash, in athletics (track and field), a

footrace over a short distance with an all-out or nearly all-out burst

of speed, the chief distances being 100, 200, and 400 meters and 100,

220, and 440 yards.

- Long distance: in athletics (track and field), foot races ranging from

3,000 meters through 10,000, 20,000, and 30,000 meters and up to the
 marathon, which is 42,195 meters (26 miles 385 yards). It includes

cross-country races over similar distances.

- Medium distance: in athletics (track and field), races that range in

distance from 800 meters (roughly one-half mile) to 3,000 meters

(almost 2 miles).

9. Starts (handoffs, leg in relay):

- Handoffs: (the passing of a baton) The athlete running the first leg carries

the baton in the right hand and passes to the second runner's left hand.

The second runner passes to the third runner's right hand, and the anchor

runner brings the baton home in the left hand.

- First leg: first runner

- Second leg: second runner

- Third leg: third runner

- Fourth leg (anchor): fourth runner/ anchor

Materials:
- Baton

- Tape

- Worksheet

- Powerpoint:

Motivation: We ask the students to recall a time they have run before. Then ask
if they have ever seen the track and field runners in the olympics. Word cloud about

words they think of when they think of Track and Field.

Presentation: The teachers will take turns going over the presentation with the
students. The presentation will include an overview of track and field vocabulary terms,

the history of track and field, and then the steps to running a relay race.

Practice and Application:

- History of track and field worksheet

- The students will read the article from flotrack.com about the history of

track and field independently. They will then work in groups to complete

the worksheet that goes with the reading. As a class they will review and

discuss the answers.

- https://www.flotrack.org/articles/6747663-the-history-of-track-and-

field

- Relay race skit. DIRECTIONS

- Students will be placed into groups of 4. They will be instructed to put

together a skit of 4 track and field teammates preparing for and running a

4X400 relay race. They must use at least 5 vocab words correctly in their

script.

- Practice starts

Review and Assessment:

- Students will be given a post it note at the end of class and write down one thing

they learned from the lesson. The students will then stick the post it note on the

board. The teacher will then read these allowed to the class to review what has

been learned.
Extension:
● Video clip of a relay race in class. Relating to vocabulary words.

● Students will be given an extra credit option if they would like to further extend

their knowledge. Students will be encouraged to attend one of their school’s

home track and field meets. During the event they will take notes on what they

observed. After the meet, they can describe what they saw and how it related to

what they learned in class in a paper that they will turn into the teacher.

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