Hop, skip and gallop: K to 2nd body & health
Locomotor skills: hop, skip, gallop, jump and land. A free K to 2nd lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: locomotor skills: hop, skip, gallop, jump and land.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: what do you already know about hop, skip and gallop?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: hop, skip and gallop.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.
Practise (15 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Learn: Move: skipping (https://peabody.kids/gym/moves/skipping)
- Learn: Move: gallop (https://peabody.kids/gym/moves/gallop)
- Learn: Move: Land Like a Cat (https://peabody.kids/gym/land-like-a-cat)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about hop, skip and gallop, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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