KS2 · Physical education · Year 3
Curving, linear and irregular pathways: letters
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Your learning goal
I can travel along precise pathways using the shapes of letters of the alphabet.
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Curving, linear and irregular pathways: letters: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can travel along precise pathways using the shapes of letters of the alphabet.
Key learning points
- Move: precise pathways help to make our actions clear.
- Think: choreographing dance actions involves deciding what to do and how to do it.
- Feel: taking turns when working with others requires self-discipline.
- Connect: planning a dance with others requires us to communicate our ideas and opinions.
Words to know
- pathway
- the track or course of a journey
- precise
- accurate, detailed
- taking turns
- performing one at a time
Common mistakes
Pupils think they can create a pathway by drawing the letter shapes in the air.
Drawing letter shapes in the air produces 'air pathways'. This lesson is focusing on 'floor pathways' which require the pupils to travel along the shapes of the different letters.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Use existing markings on the floor or strips of masking tape to assist the pupils in visualising letters and to provide a start and finish point. Whiteboards can further support pupils. If pupils use cursive handwriting, then give capital letters as examples for linear pathways instead.