The following is a section from the health and physical education curriculum that explains the overall goal and vision that the entire document for grades 1-8 strives to achieve. I believe that this section is important in helping guide teachers in thinking about the big idea of health and physical education.
“The revised health and physical education curriculum is based on the vision that the knowledge and skills students acquire in the program will benefit them throughout their lives and enable them to thrive in an ever-changing world by helping them develop physical and health literacy as well as the comprehension, capacity, and commitment they will need to lead healthy, active lives and promote healthy, active living.” (p.6)
Developing Learning Goals and Success Criteria
I believe it is important to share learning goals and success criteria with the students so that they are aware of what they are being assessed on. OPHEA has been a recommended source to use to plan, develop and implement PHE lesson plans. The learning goals should be consistent with the big ideas, overall expectations, and specific expectations of the learning focus, which is delivered in the lesson.
Physical Education
Example of PE lesson - Personal experience teaching PE
I have had the pleasure of teaching a physical education lesson to a class of 2 grade 3 students. As I was planning for the lesson and going through OPHEA, I kept in mind the amount of students that I would be teaching. For this reason, I chose to look for a lesson that was under the ‘small and large group games’ section of the grade 3 division. I decided that I would teach the ‘dumping ground’ game and follow the following lesson provided below. For the first 5 minutes, I created an anchor chart with the students of the learning goals of what we wanted to get out of the lesson. The learning goals we agreed on were:
I used the success criteria provided by OPHEA for this lesson, which is provided below.
Learning goals and instructions
http://teachingtools.ophea.net.libproxy.wlu.ca/lesson-plans/hpe/grade-3/small-and-large-group-games-outdoors/dumping-ground/pdf
Success Criteria
http://teachingtools.ophea.net.libproxy.wlu.ca/sites/default/files/ophea-files/lesson_plan/gr3_mcal_coop_tr2.pdf
A photo of Dumping Ground in Action
“The revised health and physical education curriculum is based on the vision that the knowledge and skills students acquire in the program will benefit them throughout their lives and enable them to thrive in an ever-changing world by helping them develop physical and health literacy as well as the comprehension, capacity, and commitment they will need to lead healthy, active lives and promote healthy, active living.” (p.6)
Developing Learning Goals and Success Criteria
I believe it is important to share learning goals and success criteria with the students so that they are aware of what they are being assessed on. OPHEA has been a recommended source to use to plan, develop and implement PHE lesson plans. The learning goals should be consistent with the big ideas, overall expectations, and specific expectations of the learning focus, which is delivered in the lesson.
Physical Education
Example of PE lesson - Personal experience teaching PE
I have had the pleasure of teaching a physical education lesson to a class of 2 grade 3 students. As I was planning for the lesson and going through OPHEA, I kept in mind the amount of students that I would be teaching. For this reason, I chose to look for a lesson that was under the ‘small and large group games’ section of the grade 3 division. I decided that I would teach the ‘dumping ground’ game and follow the following lesson provided below. For the first 5 minutes, I created an anchor chart with the students of the learning goals of what we wanted to get out of the lesson. The learning goals we agreed on were:
- Participate in the game by following the instructions
- Work on team building by working together as a team to get the beanbags at the other end of the gym WHILE tagging the opposing team, and
- Remember to play safely by focusing your body on where you are moving and following the rules of the game.
I used the success criteria provided by OPHEA for this lesson, which is provided below.
Learning goals and instructions
http://teachingtools.ophea.net.libproxy.wlu.ca/lesson-plans/hpe/grade-3/small-and-large-group-games-outdoors/dumping-ground/pdf
Success Criteria
http://teachingtools.ophea.net.libproxy.wlu.ca/sites/default/files/ophea-files/lesson_plan/gr3_mcal_coop_tr2.pdf
A photo of Dumping Ground in Action
Daily Physical Activity
According to the Ontario Health and Physical Education Curriculum Daily Physical Activity (DPA) is defined as:
Daily physical activity (DPA) is a mandatory component of daily instruction for students in Ontario and is included as a curriculum expectation in health and physical education for every grade within this section of the strand. This learning expectation requires students to actively engage in sustained moderate to vigorous physical activity, including appropriate warm-up and cool-down activities, to the best of their ability for a minimum of twenty minutes every day. All students, including students with special education needs, are required to have the opportunity to participate in DPA during instructional time. The goal of daily physical activity is to instil the habit of activity and enable all elementary students to be active on a daily basis in order to maintain or enhance their physical fitness, their overall health and wellness, and their ability and readiness to learn. (p.26)
Examples of DPA
#1) GONOODLE
GONOODLE is an active, educational and engaging way for students to be active for DPA even if there is not much space other than the classroom carpet! GONOODLE is age- appropriate for students in the Primary/Junior division.
#2) Cosmic Yoga Kids
The following cosmic yoga video is cross curricula as it is developed from Eric Carle’s famous children’s picture book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. This example of DPA can compliment the grade 2 science unit on “Understanding Life Systems’ where students learn about the life cycle of animals. Cosmic yoga on this YouTube channel is appropriate for the younger students and is an engaging way to keep them physically active in the classroom for a session of DPA.
The following cosmic yoga video is cross curricula as it is developed from Eric Carle’s famous children’s picture book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. This example of DPA can compliment the grade 2 science unit on “Understanding Life Systems’ where students learn about the life cycle of animals. Cosmic yoga on this YouTube channel is appropriate for the younger students and is an engaging way to keep them physically active in the classroom for a session of DPA.