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Cup Stacking
Lesson 1

Class_________ Date/Time __________

# of Students ______

Activity _________ Location _________ Equipment Cups, Stopwatch

Teacher Objective

To keep students active while understanding the basics of cup stacking.

Student Objectives

Students will be able to demonstrate the proper technique of Upstacking and Down stacking.

Skill Development Organization/Managt. Teaching Cues

Instant Activity
* Pac-Man Students gathered in area that is maker off for the activity. Stay within the boundaries.

Set Induction
Lesson is on the technique of Up stacking and Down stacking. Gather in front of the teacher Individual Performance

Up stacking
1. Give the students each 12 plastic cups. Then give them time to play with the cups and experiment with the cups.
2. Have the students use all their cups, but this time they can only use three cups for every stack. So at the end the will have a tootle of four stacks.
Down stacking
1. Have students use all their cups, but this time they can only use three cups for every stack. So they will have four stacks again. With a stop watch time the students stack them up and stack them down. Ask them to see how many times they can stack their cups.
2. Introduce stacking from left to right or right to left.
1. Scattered throughout the gym
2. Scattered throughout the gym

1. Scattered throughout the gym
2. Scattered throughout the gym
1. How high can you stack the cups without having them fumble.
2. How fast can you stack them into four stacks of cups.

1. Up stack and down stack, try not to fumble (individual performance).
2. "right to left" or "left to right"

Closure
Notebook time
Scattered throughout the gym Based on your individual performance, how do you think you did and what do you think you need to work on.

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Skill Development	Organization/Managt.	Teaching Cues
Instant Activity * Pac-Man	Students gathered in area that is maker off for the activity.	Stay within the boundaries.
Set Induction Lesson is on the technique of Up stacking and Down stacking.	Gather in front of the teacher	Individual Performance
Up stacking 1. Give the students each 12 plastic cups. Then give them time to play with the cups and experiment with the cups. 2. Have the students use all their cups, but this time they can only use three cups for every stack. So at the end the will have a tootle of four stacks. Down stacking 1. Have students use all their cups, but this time they can only use three cups for every stack. So they will have four stacks again. With a stop watch time the students stack them up and stack them down. Ask them to see how many times they can stack their cups. 2. Introduce stacking from left to right or right to left.	1. Scattered throughout the gym 2. Scattered throughout the gym 1. Scattered throughout the gym 2. Scattered throughout the gym	1. How high can you stack the cups without having them fumble. 2. How fast can you stack them into four stacks of cups. 1. Up stack and down stack, try not to fumble (individual performance). 2. "right to left" or "left to right"
Closure Notebook time	Scattered throughout the gym	Based on your individual performance, how do you think you did and what do you think you need to work on.