Creative Rhythmic Activities – Locomotive and Non Locomotive Movement Primary 6 (Basic 6) – Physical and Health Education

 

PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

FIRST TERM 

WEEK 1

PRIMARY 6

THEME – BASIC MOVEMENTS 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Third Term Physical and Health Education Plan Lesson Notes and Scheme of Work for Primary 6 (Basic 6)

 

TOPIC – CREATIVE RHYTHMIC ACTIVITIES 

 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Introductory Activities

2. Types of Basic Movements

3. Objectives of Rhythmic Activities

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. explain the meaning of creative rhythmic activities.

2. explain the meaning and types of of movements.

3. differentiate between locomotive and non locomotive movements.

4. demonstrate and perform basic movements.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOR 

The pupils can demonstrate basics locomotive and non locomotive movements.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of Charts, Whistles, Drums, Sticks, etc.

 

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

LESSON ONE – INTRODUCTION 

Rhythmic activities are combinations of physical movements with sounds, beats, or music that lead people to satisfy their needs for self-expression.

 

MEANING OF RHYTHMIC ACTIVITIES 

Rhythmic Activities are activities that people responds to physically, socially, and mentally to regular patterns of sound. For example, march pass commands.

 

THE BASIC (TYPES) MOVEMENTS

There are two (2) types of movements –

1. Locomotive Movements

2. Non Locomotive Movements

 

MEANING AND EXAMPLES OF LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENTS 

Locomotor movements refers to movements of the body that move the body from one place to another.

 

Examples of Locomotive Movements are – 

1. walking

2. running

3. skipping

4. hopping

5. galloping

6. sliding

7. leaping

8. jumping

 

LESSON 2 – NON LOCOMOTIVE MOVEMENTS 

Non locomotor movements refers movements of certain part of the body, or even the whole body, without causing the body to move from its original position.

 

Examples of Non Locomotive Movements are – 

 

1. bending

2. twisting

3. pushing

4. pulling

5. stretching

 

OBJECTIVE OF RHYTHMIC ACTIVITIES

1. Develop skills necessary for recreational enjoyment.

2. Maintain good posture and physical efficiency.

3. Promote emotional freedom.

4. Develop a balanced and well – coordinated body.

 

LESSON 3 – FIELD ACTIVITIES 

Lead pupils to demonstrate and perform locomotive and non locomotive movements.

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Plays a popular music that enable pupils to movement part of their body or the whole.

 

Pupil’s Responses – The pupils sing and dance.

3. Based on the pupils respond to the activities in 2, leads them to identify basic movements.

4. Discuss the meaning and types of movements.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify types of movements and participate actively in the class discussion.

5. Explains the objectives of rhythmic activities.

Pupil’s Activities – Listen to the teacher’s explanation.

6. Leads pupils to demonstrate and perform basic movements.

Pupils Activities – Perform locomotive and non movements.

7. Summarizes each lesson on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – Copy as the teacher instructed.

 

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

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LESSON EVALUATION

Ask pupils to – 

1. explain the meaning of creative rhythmic activities.

 

2. explain the meaning and types of of movements.

3. differentiate between locomotive and non locomotive movements.

4. demonstrate and perform basic movements.