2nd - 5th grades
A...The beginning of our 3 to 4 week unit on jumproping will take us from short ropes to long ropes then to rope routines. Our first day is the individual jumprope challenge. Students will select there jumping location in a pre-set LARGE circle with jumpropes placed and ready to go. Safety will be a non-factor as student MUST remain between the two cones that mark there jumproping location. We will discuss the difference between beginner jumproping (two hops between turns) and advanced jumproping (one hop between turns). The comparison will be applied to sports that use jumproping and why...speed and quickness! Students will be checked off on: 10 consecutive jumps, 20 consecutive jumps, criss-cross jump, and the double turn jump. Periodic stops will be done to give students tips and teaching cues for success. Individual help will also be given as students are checked for skill achievement.
B...We will continue individual skills and checking off students skill acquisition. Students that have completed all four skills will be challenged to do: criss-cross and hold, multiple criss-cross, and backwards criss-cross.
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K - 1st grades
A... Students will begin jumproping with long jumpropes. Lower grade students will gain experience by feeling the beat of jumping. They will not have to turn the rope this week, just jump in beat. Older students will be guest assistant coaches and help turn ropes for small groups of students. Goals will be to successfully jump 10 times in a row. Emphasis will be on staying in the middle of the rope area to jump and starting with a pause. First grade students will learn to jump with multiple students inside the rope, learn to jump into a moving rope, and out of a moving rope. Students will often switch groups to jump with new turners.
B...Much of the same will be done this lesson, trying to improve skills learned at the start of the week. First grade students will advance more quickly and master more difficult skills discussed in the first lesson. Turners will have contests to see which group can get the most students to do ten jumps, most students to run and jump in a moving rope, and most students in a moving rope at the same time. Advanced first grade students will work in groups of three and practice turning and jumping with the long ropes together.
