Let’s Move in School: Celebrating Physical Education: Day 1

Grade Level: Upper Elementary

Topic/Unit: Dance to the Cupid Shuffle

Modification(s): Be sure to introduce the steps. Depending on the skill level of the students this may take a visual presentation i.e. using video/projector of YouTube video, or walk through once, or several times. Variations are optional (but easy to do and encouraged).

National Standards and Corresponding Objectives:

Standard 1: Demonstrates competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
Standard 2: Demonstrates understanding of movement concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics as they apply to the learning and performance of physical activities.
Standard 3: Participates regularly in physical activity.
Standard 6: Values physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction.

By the end of the lesson, the student will be able to:

·  Dance to the Cupid Shuffle (by hip hop artist Cupid) in a line dance format

Lesson Description/Overview:

NASPE’s goal is to provide guidance in an effort to ensure that every school provides a comprehensive school physical activity program with quality physical education as the foundation so that all youth will develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to be physically active for a lifetime. The overall theme for National Physical Education and Sport Week is “Let’s Move in School, Celebrating Physical Education” while the goal of this upper elementary school lesson is to perform a dance called the Cupid Shuffle.

Lesson: For this lesson you will need a sound system, and the music/song, the Cupid Shuffle (iTunes, YouTube, etc.).

Set-up: A video projector/screen to show a demonstration of the Cupid Shuffle via YouTube

Time
4 min
(prepare) / Warm-Up: As students enter your classroom (gym) have them jog around immediately (or other active routine). After two minutes or so form equal lines of your students (i.e. 30 students = 3 lines of 10) to prepare for the line dance, Cupid Shuffle
Time
14 min
(demo) / Learning Experiences/Activity(ies):
Introduce the Cupid Shuffle via projector/screen, overhead projector featuring the basic dance steps:
1. Wait for the music and the right time to get your Groove on.
2. Start the next steps:
3. Step four times to the right.
4. Step four times to the left.
5. 'Kick' your right leg, then your left leg. Repeat this twice for each leg. 'Kick' means put your heel to the floor in front of you.
6. Walk it by yourself. Just walk in place, but turn to the right while doing so, so that when you get to the next part, you're facing the next wall. You can also turn and shake your hips to the beat.
7. Repeat dance for each direction you're facing (if you do this four times - you make a complete circle).
Time
4 min
(activity)
4 min
(activity) / Learning Experiences/Activity:
Have students try the dance steps to the music
Tips:
*Just remember every part comes in 4's.
*'''Stay''' with the beat; don't go too fast.
*Put your own flavor into it and have confidence to do it everywhere.
*After you and/or class views YouTube videos, come up with different steps
Time
4 min
(activity)
4 min
(activity) / Learning Experiences/Activity:
Have students create their own steps to the Cupid Shuffle
Repeat and/or take student suggestions for variations such as ‘Kick’ could be a ‘hop’ instead…or ‘walk it by yourself’ could be ‘high knees’
Tips:
*Just remember every part comes in 4's.
*'''Stay''' with the beat; don't go too fast.
*Put your own flavor into it and have confidence to do it everywhere.
*After you and/or class views YouTube videos, come up with different steps

Assessment:

Performance of each line as they learn the dance

Performance of the class after they learned the dance

Performance of “new” steps that groups create to the Cupid Shuffle music.

Closure (2 min):

1)  The Cupid Shuffle became an over-night hit across the country – Why?

(Easy to do therefore people enjoy the song/dance; the music has a strong beat, etc.)

2)  How does this dance help us “Celebrate Physical Education”?

(Students are now physically educated to do a basic dance, and use their own variations)

(Celebrating as a group doing an activity that is enjoyable)