⁣Lesson Plan: Challenging Kids to Stay Completely Still

⁣Lesson Plan: Challenging Kids to Stay Completely Still

Grade Level: K-2

Subject: Physical Education and Self-Control

Duration: 30 minutes

Common Core Standards:
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.3: Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

Objective:
Students will practice self-control and body awareness by challenging themselves to stay completely still for a period of time. They will also reflect on their experience and share their thoughts with their peers.

Materials:
- Open space (such as a gym or playground)
- Timer or stopwatch
- Chart paper or whiteboard
- Writing materials

Procedure:
1. Introduction (5 minutes):
- Engage students in a discussion about self-control and the importance of being able to control their bodies.
- Explain the challenge: to stay completely still and not make any movements for a certain period of time.
- Discuss the benefits of practicing self-control and body awareness.

2. Demonstration and Practice (15 minutes):
- Demonstrate how to stay completely still by finding a comfortable position and focusing on keeping the body relaxed.
- Guide students through a practice session, starting with short durations (e.g., 30 seconds) and gradually increasing the time as they become more comfortable.

3. Challenge Time (5 minutes):
- Set a specific duration (e.g., 1 minute) for the challenge.
- Start the timer or stopwatch and instruct students to stay completely still during this time.
- Encourage them to focus on their breath and try to maintain a calm and relaxed state.

4. Reflection and Discussion (10 minutes):
- Stop the timer and gather the students in a circle or group.
- Ask students to reflect on their experience and share how they felt during the challenge.
- Facilitate a discussion about the importance of self-control and body awareness, allowing students to share their thoughts and observations.

5. Writing and Closure (5 minutes):
- Instruct students to write a short narrative about their experience during the challenge, describing their thoughts, feelings, and any strategies they used to stay still.
- Provide writing materials and offer guidance as needed.
- Allow a few students to share their narratives with the class, providing closure to the lesson.

Common Core Labels Correlations:
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.3

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