LEARNING OUTCOMES

Demonstrates two of the five critical elements for jumping and landing in a vertical plane

STUDENT TARGETS

Skill: I will demonstrate jumping and landing, following the teaching cues given in class.
Cognitive: I will listen to and safely follow all directions without any help from the teacher.
Fitness: I will stay safely active during No More Monkeys.
Personal & Social Responsibility: I will use equipment and space within the activity area appropriately in order to keep my classmates and myself safe.

TEACHING CUES

Traveling Cues

• Skip
• Jump
• Find a New Bed

Jumping Cues

• Bend to Get Ready
• Extend Up
• Stretch for the Sky
• Bend to Land Soft

ACTIVITY SET-UP & PROCEDURE

Equipment:
1 poly spot per student

Set-Up:

• Scatter poly spots throughout a large activity area.
• Each student to a poly spot.

Activity Procedures:

• Raise your hand if you know the song 10 Little Monkeys. It’s not safe to jump on a real bed like the monkeys in the song do. To be safe, we’re going to pretend that our poly spots are beds…and we’re monkeys!
• On the start signal, everyone is going to skip to find a new bed to jump on. When you get to a new bed, jump with 2 feet onto the spot and sing, “10 little monkeys jumping on the bed…”
• When you’re done with the song, skip to another bed and sing, “9 little monkeys jumping on the bed…”
• Continue skipping, jumping, and singing until you get all the way down to 1 little monkey.
• After you finish singing for 1 little monkey, sit crisscross on the final bed that you jumped on and sing,
  “No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE

Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.