This document outlines an 8 step lesson plan for physical education (PE) classes:
1. Set/anticipatory set - introduce the day's lesson to students
2. Show - demonstrate skills without just telling
3. Tell - explain skills while showing for 2 minutes maximum
4. Label - give skills names and cues to help with errors and memory
5. Practice - give students attempts to try skills with lots of practice afterward
6. Observe - actively supervise students with feedback as they move around
7. Give feedback - praise correct behaviors, redirect mistakes, and reprimand unwillingness
8. Closure - briefly review lessons with a quick activity or demonstration
2. Consistent with the Best
Educational Practices
The PE Lesson Plan
PSet - tell the students what they will
learn/do today
PIntroductory Acitvity (1-8)
PFitness Activity (1-8)
PLesson Focus
<Skill/Part One (1-8)
<Skill/Part Two (1-8)
PClosing Activity (1-8)
PClosure - review the lesson with the
students
3. Consistent with the Best
Educational Practices
The Six Point Lesson Plan
<Each of the 6 points has at least one
corresponding element in the 8 steps
<The difference is in the details
5. 1. Set
PAnticipatory Set
PFocus and Review
PASet the Stage@ - tell the students what
they are going to do now
PQuick and to the point
6. Steps 2 - 4 SHOW, Tell, and Label
Are interchangeable
POf the three, Show is the most important
7. 2. SHOW
Show where and how
PDon=t just tell
PBeginning teachers talk too much
PA picture is worth a thousand words
PUse a demonstration
PWalk students through the drill or game
8. 3. Tell
PTell the students how/what to do while
you show them
PKeep it short
<Text says 30 seconds
<I will allow 2 minutes maximum for very
detailed explanations
<If doing something that takes longer sit them
down for a lecture
BWarning, don=t lose their warmup
9. 4. Label
PGive the parts of a skill a name
PLabel the teaching cues
PLimit the number of cues/labels
PHelps correct errors
PSpeeds up communication
PEnhances memory
10. 5. Let Them Try
Learners need a lot of practice attempts
PGive the student an opportunity to get the
idea of the movement
POnce they get the idea, give them lots of
practice
PMaximize practice opportunities
12. 7. Give Feedback
PPraise - When you catch them doing
something right
PRedirect - When a child can=t do the skill
PReprimand - When a child won=t try
<Don=t confuse a Acan=t@ with a Awon=t@
13. 8. Closure
Not to be confused with Closing Activity
PBrings the lesson into perspective
PFocus their attention and review important
material
PQuick and to the point
PThere are lots of ways to close
<You are not always required to ask questions
<Try demonstrations and quick games