Standard 1: Demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.

S1.E3.5:  a) Uses spring-and-step take-offs and landing specific to horizontal (e.g., cartwheel, round-off) and vertical (e.g., tuck jump, star jump, tow touches) jumps.

              b) Combines jumping and landing patterns with locomotor and manipulative skills in dance, gymnastics, and small-sided practice tasks in game environments.

Student Actions

Teacher Actions

The student will: 

• Practice the skill of jumping and landing using the cues in personal and/or in general space.

• Arms back and knees bend in preparation for jumping action

• Arms extend forward as body propels forward

• Body extends and stretches slightly upward while in flight

• Hips, knees and ankles bend on landing 

• Shoulders, knees and ankles align for balance after landing.

• Show they can apply their horizontal jumping skill in various games, dances and gymnastic activities.

The teacher will:

• Introduce and explain jumping skill through lead-up games, partner, and group practice.

• Demonstrate cues for horizontal jump:

• Squat and jump

• Use your arms for balance and power

• Bend your knees

• Land on balls of feet for soft landing

• Maintain balance

• Be aware of surroundings

• Provide examples of a variety of movement patterns and guide students through developing a routine.

• Provide opportunities for the students to practice and refine jumping and landing skills in applied situations. 

• Provide feedback to students regarding their combinations while participating in activities.

Key Understandings

Teacher Insights

1. Balance: An even distribution of weight which allows someone or something to stay upright and steady.

2. Horizontal plane: A plane is an imaginary flat surface. All body movements occur in different planes. Students can move within the horizontal plane by jumping and landing (e.g., forward, backwards, or side to side).

3. Jumping: Pushing yourself off a surface with both feet and landing with both feet.

4. Locomotor skills: Skills that consist of a group of fundamental motor skills that allow individuals to navigate through space or move their body from one point to another. These include running, galloping, hopping, skipping, jumping, leaping and sliding.

• Allow time for students to practice  with/without demonstration videos.

• Lead up activity could be allowing students to jump for distance with a partner

• Praise and encourage students as dance and gymnastics might not be activities that they are comfortable in doing. 

UDL 

Assessment 

• Allow students to perform skills at their own pace.

• Use hula hoops, poly spots and mats to help students perform skills.

• Place a hula hoop on the floor with spots around it. Have students place both hands in a hula hoop and use feet to jump to all the spots around the hoop. 

• Have students place hands on mat and have them hop on mat then the floor for a modified cartwheel. 

• Have students place hands on mat and hop feet over mat for a modified cartwheel. 

• Have students try kicking their legs higher and higher with each attempt.

• Grades 3-5: S1.E3: OPEN Gymnastics: Holistic Performance Rubric

• Grades 3-5: S1.E3: OPEN: Gymnastics: Self-Assessment

Instructional Resources

• YouTube: Horizontal Jump to Stabilize

• PE Kansas: Shark Attack, Locomotor Team Challenge

• PE Kansas: Jump Band Hokey Pokey

• OPEN: Leaps and Bounds