Lesson Plan #: AELP-SRF0003
Submitted by: Diana Gobbi
School or Affiliation: Clarkdale Elementary School, Austell, GA Date: 1994

Grade Level(s): 2, 3, 4, 5

Subject(s):

• Physical Education/Skill-Related Fitness

Major Objective: To spell words by jumping on a teacher-made computer keyboard Materials:

• Teacher-made computer keyboard drawn on the gym floor or concrete area outside
• Laminated activity cards

Time Required: In a learning center in a physical education class, approximately 10 minutes.

Activities and Procedures:

Have the students choose a partner and take turns completing the activity. Have each student take a card, read it and follow the directions on it. To complete the exercises on the activity cards, the students jump on the appropriate keys on the computer keyboard drawn on the floor or ground. For example:

Have the student partners check each other’s work.

The first student completes the selected activity, the student’s partner completes the activity, then they choose another team and the process continues until the class is finished.

Follow-Up/Extension:

The same activities could be completed in the classroom with computer keyboards.