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Which sport would be easiest or hardest to integrate into a movement routine, and
why?
Students will understand how to guide and assist special needs peers in a relay
race. The big idea of this activity is to provide students with the experience for
supporting their special needs peers and giving these peers the joy of friendly
athletic competition. The objective of this unit is to provide an experience of fun
competition for the special needs students and in doing so building experience and
community with the able 8th grade students.
1. This includes supporting these students and teaching them how to do the
relay
b. Bring enthusiasm to the relay race so that everyone has a good time
Assessment of Evidence Outcomes: (How will you assess the selected lesson
objectives (general explanation, you will go into more detail at the end of the lesson
plan)
I will assess the lesson objectives by observing how the able students interact and
support their special needs peers, and I will also observe if the special needs
students appear to be comfortable and inspired.
Anticipatory I will hook the students by setting up the relay race and making it look very aesthetically
Set pleasing so everyone is excited about jumping into the race and participating. I will illustrate how
students should run the relay race and emphasize the support for each teams special needs
teammate.
In order to focus students attentions on the lesson I will wait until everyone stops talking
before I show the students how to do the relay race.
After showing students how the relay race will be run, I will explain how every special
needs student needs at least four able students with them to support them through the
race, and then I will explain that we will re-set up the course three times.
Teaching As the relay race is going on I will walk around the gym and make sure students are doing a good
Strategy: job of supporting their special needs peers and keeping a good attitude while doing this. I will
Guided Practice give praise to students who are doing well and in the case where there is a bad attitude or they
& are not doing the relay correctly I will provide guidance.
Differentiation
Teaching If the students are doing really well with the relay race then I will allow them to reset up the race
Strategy: and change aspects of the race in order to make the race more challenging.
(Independent
Practice)
Closure At the end of the second to last relay race I will let students know that the next race will be
the last one, so to do as well as they can. Once that race is over I will have the students work
together to organize all of the gear and put it back in the closet. After that we will meet
together and do Lesher on three: one, two, three, Lesher! This chant will symbolize the end
of the activity.
Materials For this activity I will need five hockey sticks, five volleyballs, five sets up bowling pins, and five
scoters.
Accommodatio To modify: if the activity is too advanced for some of the special needs students, I will encourage
ns them to just walk the course with the help of their peers.
& To extend: if the relay race is too easy for some of the special needs students, I will encourage
Modifications them to go faster and faster during the relay race in order to beat their last time.
I estimate that Vincent will need a modification in order to participate in this activity, so I will
likely encourage him to walk the course. I also estimate that Bri will need an extension for this
activity and so I will encourage her to beat her previous time every time she performs the relay
race.
Assessment I will assess the lesson objectives by observing how the able students interact and support their
special needs peers, and I will also observe if the special needs students appear comfortable and
inspired.
The lesson objectives were very much so achieved during this activity. As I
walked around the gym during the race the special needs students were
having a great time and the supporters were also having a great time.
Everyone was smiling and encouraging each other. The supporting students
seemed to take their egos out of the activity and made sure that they were
successfully supporting their special needs teammates, whether it was
through physical support or encouragement. The team of supporters also
worked very well within their groups, as everyone seemed to be given at
least one responsibility within the team.
If I were to teach this lesson again I would gradually make the relay race
longer and more complicated each time, so it would go from simple to
complex. I would start out the race with just one obstacle, and then add
another for the next race, and so on. In doing this students will start out easy
and gradually challenge themselves more and more.
For the next lesson I will again use an adaptive relay race to provide learning
experiences for both the able students as well as the special needs students,
but I will provide the students with the options for more creativity. I will
provide the first two obstacles in the race, and then I will have each group
add an extra obstacle every round. This way students are not only learning
teamwork, teaching strategies, and positivity, but they will also be using
ongoing creativity.