Teacher:

Date of lesson: 3/29/2016

Grade level: 6
# of students: 40
Lesson _1__ of _4___.

Main Lesson Content

Needed Equipment
Whiteboard, speaker, headset, ipod, dance
posters

Intro: Teamwork quote

Fitness: Jumping Jacks and Stretches
Lesson Focus (skill development): Pata Pata
Game:

The Objectives link to CA Content Standard(s): (please write out)

1.7 Perform folk and line dances.
2.10 Identify steps and rhythm patterns for folk and line dances.
5.1 Participate productively in group physical activities.

Assessment Focus
x Observation with FB/Prompts
Informal Strategies:
Formal Strategies:
x Questioning
(Check all that apply)
(Check all that apply)
x Peer Check
*This should produce a
Self-Check
permanent record
Other:
Anticipatory Set: What will you do to focus everyone's attention on the lessons objectives? Today

Teacher Checklist
Performance
Peer Check
Self-Check
Other:

Today we will be learning how to dance the Pata Pata. Pata Pata is a four-wall dance from South Africa. Today we will be working in groups. You will be responsible for
learning one part of the dance and teaching it to the rest of the people in your groups. Your cooperation will be very important for your group to successfully learn this dance.

What I will do to encourage students PA engagement beyond my class:

I will encourage students to teach the dances to their friends and family.

Sequence of Lesson Activities

Time
Approx.
2 min

Diagram
P

Pre-Lesson Set-up:
Posters will be taped to the walls around the gym.

Start/Stop Signals: When I say go

Home Position: Roll call lines, will move into 6 arranged dance lines

Introductory Activity
Student Objectives:
(Include Task, Situation, &
Criterion)

CONTENT:
Quote of the day: Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much
Journal Question: Write three ways that working with others can help us

Social Behavior Objective

TSWBAT: Write and discuss
three ways to work
productively with others.

Lead discussion about the importance of teamwork. Explain that today they will be working in
groups and their cooperation will be vital to their groups success.

Time
Approx.
I: 1 min
T: 1 min
A: 4 min

Transition: Put backpacks away on bleachers and return to roll call lines
Fitness Activity
Student Objectives:
(Include Task, Situation, &
Criterion)
Psychomotor Objective
TSWBAT: Perform each
stretch and exercise activity
with correct form

Jumping Jack Routine: Jumping Jacks to 5-10 quotes. Make sure to include quotes about dancing:
Dance is an expression of emotion. Dance is good for footwork and coordination. Dance
brings cultures together. Review the definition of coordination. (The ability to move different parts
of the body together)

I:
T:

Stretching Routine: neck, deltoids, triceps, obliques, hamstrings, quadriceps, soleus/gastocnemeus,

lunges, adductors, push-ups, sit-ups
*Routines previously taught

Cognitive Objective
TSWBAT: Identify what
muscle group is being
stretched and the benefits of
stretching

Time
Approx.

A: 12 min

Lesson Focus (Skill Development/Technique or Tactic within Game)

Student Objectives:
(Include Task, Situation, &
Criterion)
Psychomotor Objective
TSWBAT: Perform the
dance steps to Pata Pata with
the guidance of their peers

CONTENT:
Jigsaw: Students will be split up into assigned groups. There will be six groups. Each group will be
divided into three subgroups consisting of two students. Some subgroups may have three students.
Each subgroup is responsible for learning one of the three parts of the Pata Pata dance. There will
be posters on the walls with the steps and images to each part. The students will work with their
subgroups to learn and become experts of their designated part. Demonstrate the dance one time
before sending them off in order for them to get an idea of what it should look like.

I: 2 min
T: 3 min
A: 25 min

SAFETY: spread out and be aware of surroundings

TRANSITION: students move to designated part of the gym with their subgroups
Cognitive Objective
Students will be reading the posters with their subgroups and figuring out how to perform their
TSWBAT: Identify and share dance part. Play music lightly so they get a feel for the beat while they practice.
the steps to one part of Pata
Pata
TRANSITION: Back to dance lines
Students will now work with their entire group. They will take turns teaching everyone else the
parts of the dance in order from Part 1 to Part 3. Groups will be allowed to spread out in the gym.
Social Behavior Objective
TSWBAT: Cooperate and
work productively with each
other in order to teach a part
of the dance to the rest of
their group, and learn from
others.

Time
Approx.

TRANSITION: Back to dance lines

CONTENT:
Teach dance steps to whole class. Use mirror strategy (facing class). Start with part one. Add on part
two, and then part three. After each part, continue saying cues and observe the class line-by-line
providing feedback.
Part 1: Start with feet together. Step right foot to the right side, then step back together to starting
position. Then step left foot to the left side, and bring back to starting position.
Part 2: Balance on heels and turn toes out. Then balance on toes and turn heels out. Then stay on
toes and turn heels back in. Finally, balance on heels and bring toes in.
Part 3: Raise right knee in front of body. Touch right foot back in starting position. Raise right knee
once again. Step right foot back down to staring position with weight on both feet. Kick left foot
forward turning quarter turn to the right. Step back on left foot. Step back on right foot. Step back
on left foot (back to starting position facing a new direction.
LEARNING CUES & PROMPTS:
Part 1: right, together, left, together (1,2,3,4)

Part 2: toes, heels, heels, toes (5,6,7,8) and out, out, in, in
Part 3: knee, knee (1,2,3,4), kick turn, left, right, left (5,6,7,8)

Student Objectives:
(Include Task, Situation, &
Criterion)
Cognitive Objective
TSWBAT: Evaluate their
own cooperation in todays
activity by scoring
themselves

Lesson Closure- Cognitive/Psychomotor Wrap Up

Students will self-assess their cooperation for todays activity. 4=Did my best to work well with
Time
others. 3=could have done a little better. 2=Did not cooperate much 1=did not cooperate. Restate the Approx.
importance of cooperation in class. Ask students what their experience was like in regards to having
to work together to learn the dance.
5 min