Name: Sarah Lynch
Physical Education LESSON IDEA INFORMATION
Name of Activity: Flying through the Solar System
Academic Integration:
Concept/Skill Being Taught:
1. Locomotor: turning 180 ° while jumping rope & long jump rope skills
2. Cognitive: Rhyming words, Science concepts, and Math concepts (counting by 10s)
3. Brain Based Learning- combining psychomotor and cognitive skills while completing crosslateral exercises with a partner.
Behavioral Objective:
The third through sixth grade students will cooperate in groups of four or five, memorize
a science jump rope rhyme, and attempt to turn 180° while jumping in a long jump rope
and reciting the “Flying through the Solar System” jump rope rhyme.
Prerequisite skills (what skills must the children demonstrate before participating in
this activity):
1. Long jump rope skills
2. Enter and exit a long jump rope
3. Ability to turn the body 180°
Suggested Grade Level for this Activity:
Pre K K
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Materials needed (list quantity and description):
One-16 foot long rope per group of 4 to 5
One Flying through the Solar System
rhyme per group.
Safety considerations for this activity:
1. Each group must participate in “group space”, such that their jump rope has enough
space to turn freely, with out hitting another groups rope.
2. Sweep all debris away from jumping area in order to prevent injury by falling.
3. Students might need to be shown (by an adult or teacher) how to properly swing
the jump rope in order to prevent injuries of fellow students.
Rules you will teach the children (remember – List one rule at a time – Teach the
activity while you teach the rule):
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When a student misses a jump, that student takes the place of one of the turners
When the following student misses a turn they take the place of the other turner
Both turners have the “official” and final word if a jump was missed or not
A miss is a mistake in rhyme or in the jumping of the rope.
Description of Skill Activity:
 One student jumps rope at a time
 The turners, jumper, and any student waiting to take a turn jumping rope repeat the following rhyme:
Jump Rope Rhyme:
Flying through the Solar System
Flying through the Solar System
was so great
The feeling I got
is hard to relate
I flew by Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Jumped off of Jupiter, after sailing on some stars
Took a turn around Saturn
because you see I was laughing at Uranus
Don’t you know
as Neptune reminded me it was time to go.
How fast did I go?
10…20…30…40…50…60…ect.
 High Jump (knees in as far as the jumper can get them) for “Jumping off of Jupiter” part of rhyme
 Turn 180° as many times as possible for “I took a turn around Saturn” part of rhyme
 Grab stomach and make laughing motion for “Laughing at Uranus” part of rhyme
*A miss occurs when either the jumper forgets part of the rhyme, one of the Locomotor skills, or misses
a jump of the rope. The jumper then becomes one of the turners.
Teaching Cues (phrase to help the children learn the skill):
1. Eyes on the rope
2. When the rope hits the X in the center, scoot in and jump
3. Rope turners watch the jumpers feet while jumper is jumping rope.
Assessment used to allow you to see if children have achieved the lesson objective:
Children’s laughter and exuberant faces
Suggestions for adapting this activity for kids with disabilities:
Equipment: May use shorter rope, place jump rope on the ground, or do a seashell swing to
modify lesson. Have the student jump over the rope while saying the rhyme- turners
become helpers in aiding memory of the rhyme and three different locomotor movements.
Instruction: Laminated written rhyme for students with visual needs
Environment: empty gym floor in order to have no distractions of playground equipment
Rules: May use laminated written rhyme aids, may jump over stationary rope for students
with physical disabilities. Only jumping or only reciting of the rhyme per turn, but not
both for students who may need to concentrate on one skill at a time defines a Miss.
Additional information about this idea:
In order to get the “beat”- Students may want to try reciting the rhyme while pretending to jump
rope, prior to actually jumping rope and rhyming.
Grading Rubric
Meets
assignment
expectations
If this rubric level is
a ZERO – no further
points will be
awarded for the
assignment
0
2
Objectives are
measurable,
observable, and
obtainable in one
lesson.
Activities are
developed to
help the student
meet the activity
objective.
All sections of the
activity template
are completed in
list form.
Grade level and
activity are
developmentally
appropriate
Any teacher
could easily use
this assignment
to teach the same
activity
Five points are open in
the grading rubric.
These points will be
awarded per
assignment and if
deductions are
necessary, point
deductions will be
explained in the
comment area when
grading.
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