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Follow the Leader Fitness Jog/Walk Lesson PlanFollow the Leader Fitness Jog/Walk Lesson Plan
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Follow the Leader Fitness Jog/Walk

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Pupils demonstrate the fun of jogging/walking in a creative way, work on pacing. They work cooperatively in groups.Students begin by following the teacher and later after they become comfortable and get to be leaders themselves.

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locomotor skills, gross motor skills

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leader, locomotor, Travel, physical education
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Grade
4th - 5th
Subjects
Physical Education
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Simulation
Year
2001
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