Grades K-2

Movement Exploration

Lesson 3


Equipment: Hula Hoops (enough for class size)

Focus Standards of the Day:
Identify correctly various body parts (e.g., knee, foot, arm, palm) (NASPE Standard 2).

  1. Unpack:
    • What is the verb: Identify
    • What is the skill or content: Body parts
  2. Evidence of learning:
    • The student can identify various body parts correctly.
  3. Assessment tool/task:
    • Structured observation: The student will identify various body parts correctly.
  4. Criteria for competence:
    • "Head, shoulders, knees, and toes" song will work perfectly for identifying body parts!
  5. Levels of quality for identifying various body parts correctly (5-point rubric):

    5. Student correctly identifies all four body parts (knee, foot, arm, palm).

    4. Student correctly identifies three body parts.

    3. Student correctly identifies two body parts.

    2. Student correctly identifies one body part.

    1. Student cannot identify any body parts.

K-2.3: Identify and describe parts of the body: the head, shoulders, neck, back, chest, waist, hips, arms, elbows, wrists, hands, fingers, legs, knees, ankles, feet, and toes.

  1. Unpack:
    • What is the verb: Identify and describe
    • What is the skill or content: Body parts
  2. Evidence of learning:
    • The student can identify and describe various body parts.
  3. Assessment tool/task:
    • Structured observation: The student will identify and describe a list of body parts.
  4. Criteria for competence:
    • Head: the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals;
    • Shoulders: In human anatomy, the shoulder comprises the part of the body where the arm attaches to the torso.
    • Neck: the part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body;
    • Back: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine;
    • Chest: thorax: the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm;
    • Waist: the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips;
    • Hips: either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh;
    • Arms: Arms are the upper limbs of the body.
    • Elbows: The elbow-joint is a ginglymus or hinge joint.
    • Wrists: In human anatomy, the wrist is the flexible and narrower connection between the forearm and the hand. ...
    • Hands: The hands (med./lat.: manus, pl. manūs) are the two intricate, prehensile, multi-fingered body parts normally located at the end of each arm.
    • Fingers: A finger is a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of humans and other primates.
    • Legs: A leg is the part of an animal's body that supports the rest of the animal above the ground and is used for locomotion. ...
    • Knees: In human anatomy, the knee is the lower extremity joint connecting the femur and the tibia.
    • Ankles: In human anatomy, the ankle joint is formed where the foot and the leg meet.
    • Feet: The foot is a biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion.
    • Toes: Toes are the digits of the foot of an animal.
  5. Levels of quality for identifying and describing the list of body parts above (5-point rubric):

    5. Student identifies and describes all 17 of the body parts above.

    4. Student identifies and describes 12-16 of the body parts above.

    3. Student identifies and describes 8-11 of the body parts above.

    2. Student identifies and describes less than 8 body parts above.

    1. Student does not identify or describe any body parts above.

WARM UP: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes Song with a Variation!

  • Sing the tune and do the movements for "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes"

  • Now let's learn some other body parts...

  • Sing and do movements for "Knee, Foot, Arm, and Palm!"

  • Try additional body parts and movements! Invite the students to make suggestions such as "tummy, elbow, back, and ankles!"

  • Perform Quick Standing Stretches

Simon Says (body part ID style)

  • Play "Simon Says" by instructing the students to point out different body parts.

  • "Simon says... stick out your elbows!" "Simon says... wiggle your fingers!" "Simon says... pat your back!"

  • Also, mix it up by using the definition of the body part.

  • "Simon says... Point to the body part that helps you think!" (Head). "Simon says... point to the joint where the foot and leg meet!" (Ankle)

  • HOOP Style: Hula your hoop around your waist... your arm.... the other arm.... try putting it around one ankle and hula jumping... hold your hoop and try jumping it like a jump rope... hold your hoop over your head... drop it so that you are standing inside or it... this is your Personal Space...

Flat Hoop Motor Skills and Manipulative Challenges

  • Jump forward out of hoop…backward into hoop…

  • Jump sideways out of hoop…sideways into hoop…(Left)

  • Jump sideways out of hoop…sideways into hoop…(Right)

  • Jump forward out of hoop…backward into hoop…(Touch knees while you are in the air)

  • Jump forward around hoop…backward around hoop…sideways facing hoop…sideways facing away from hoop…

  • Jump into hoop and spin out of hoop…

  • Get up on the rim of hoop…walk forward…backward…around sideways (right)…around sideways (left)…low walk forward…walk around with eyes closed…tall walk around…

  • Spin the hoop on various BODY PARTS! Challenge other students to try your version!

  • VARIATION: Play Simon Says…Non-elimination Jump forward out of hoop…backward into hoop…
  • Jump sideways out of hoop…sideways into hoop…(Left)

  • Jump sideways out of hoop…sideways into hoop…(Right)

  • Jump forward out of hoop…backward into hoop…(Touch knees while you are in the air)

  • Jump forward around hoop…backward around hoop…sideways facing hoop…sideways facing away from hoop…

  • Jump into hoop and spin out of hoop…

  • You could mix them up a bit or come up with your own.

  • Simon Says... stretch!

Hoop Tricks

  • Hula Hoopin' Craze

  • Hula hoop with the hoop around your waist 5-6-7-8-9-10 seconds!

  • Foot Return

  • Flip the hoop up from the ground to your hand with one foot.

  • Hula Hoop Jumping

  • Use your hoop like a jump rope. Can you jump ten times without missing? Can you do it backward?

  • Challenge Activity

  • Spin the hoop as fast as you can. Run away to a line and run back as fast as you can. Catch the hoop before it falls. How far did you run? Hop away... Skip away...

  • Shoot the Hoop

  • Roll your hoop forward. Run through the hoop while it is moving. Can you make it back through?

  • Distance Roll

  • Who can roll their hoop the farthest with one roll?
  • Hoop Spinning Challenge

  • Who can be the class hoop spinning champion?

All the Horses Run

  • Set up hoops so that they form a large circle with one hoop per player.

  • Players move around outside of the circle of hoops.

  • Teacher uses a drum or upbeat music.

  • When music stops, all players jump into a hoop as quickly as possible - they may have to scramble or run around the outside to find the open hoop.

  • Students perform different motor skills such as: walk as wide as you can…skip…hop on one foot…walk on toes…racecar drivers…step in each hoop...vary the tempo fast to slow... etc.

COOL DOWN: Hoop Stretch

  • Sit inside hoop.

  • Stretch hamstrings: one leg out front, other leg, both legs.

  • Stretch quadriceps: lay on side and gently pull heel to tush (bottom, buttocks... NOT to the hip). Repeat with other leg.

  • Stretch out long, pull legs into chest, stretch long.

  • Roll over onto tummy, press up gently with the arms, look to the sky, lower gently.

  • Stand up, pick up hoop, put it away.