3-5 Lesson Plan Sample

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Grades 3-5

Fabulous Football!

 

Equipment need for this week: soft footballs or Fluffilos, flags or scarves to use as flags, hoops

 

 

Focus Standards for Fabulous Football

1. Unit 6 Skills:
   1. Transfer weight from the back leg to the front leg during any action that propels an object forward (NASPE Standard 2).
   2. Punt a ball dropped from hands (CA 4-1.12) at a target (NASPE Standard 1; CA 5-1.8).
   3. Throw and catch an object with a partner while both partners are moving (CA 4-1.6).
   4. Throw a ball overhand to a partner 15 yards away using mature form (e.g., turns side to target, uses T-position [ball held close to and behind ear], rotate hips and chest toward target, twist, release, follow through across body). (NASPE Standard 1)
2. Accurately recognize the critical elements of a catch made by a fellow student and provide feedback to that student (NASPE Standard 2). 
3. Take seriously the role of teaching an activity or skill to his or her team (NASPE Standard 5).
4. Include others in physical activities and respect individual differences in skill and motivation (CA 4-5.5).
5. Newsletter topic/written assessment: Muscular strength/endurance Explain why strengthening the major muscles can improve performance at work and play (CA 4-4.14). Explain the benefits of having strong arms, chest, and back muscles (CA 5-4.13).

 

Additional CA Standards

3-1.9 Throw a ball, using the overhand movement pattern with increasing accuracy.

3-2.2 Explain and demonstrate the correct hand position when catching a ball above the head, below the waist, near the middle of the body, and away from the body.

3-2.3 Explain the difference between throwing to a stationary partner and throwing to a moving partner.

4-2.6 Distinguish between punting and kicking and describe the similarities and differences.

4-5.3 Accept responsibility for one’s own performance without blaming others.

5-2.3 Explain how to adjust body position to catch a ball thrown off-center.