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GRADE LEVEL: 4rd Grade
CLASS SIZE: 22 students
LESSON LENGTH: 30 minutes
UNIT: Passing and Catching
LESSON #: 2 of 2
LESSON FOCUS: overhand passing, baseball pitch, catching
PREVIOUSLY LEARNT SKILLS: Underhand throw, softball pitch, high and
low catching techniques, spatial awareness, personal space, general space, high-med-low
levels
FACILITITES: Blacktop/Grass
EQUIPMENT: 11 yarn balls or wiffle balls
22 polyspots or cones
Hula hoops

































Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs):

Psychomotor: SWBAT perform safe overhand passes by correctly executing the cues of
the skill. SWBAT receive these passes by using the correct catching techniques. SWBAT
perform a baseball pitch

Cognitive: SWBAT discuss the strategies they implemented as individuals to make a
pass to cover a certain distance and reach a target. SWBAT explain the importance of
each cue of the skill. SWBAT distinguish differences between underhand and overhand
throwing.

Affective: SWBAT include positive attitudes and spatial awareness concepts in this
lesson in order to effectively accomplish the task(s). Effective traits can include: smiling,
high-fives, positive dialogue, encouragement, positive feedback for strategies for safe
throwing and catching techniques

Health-related: SWBAT recognize the physiological responses to exercise and will be
engaged in MVPA for at least 50% of the lesson time.

Instant Activity: Dynamic and Static Stretching
Time: 1 minute
Have students spread out into personal space on the side line and perform various stretches.
Dynamic stretches will consist of lunges with a twist, high knees, butt kicks, walking toe
touches, karaoke, backward leg kickouts (to stretch hip flexors and inner thigh). Static
stretches will consist of tricep stretch, deltoid stretch, arm circles big and small.
Time: 4 minutes.


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Body of Session: Catch and throw with partners : 21 minutes

Activity
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Partner catch and throw
Time 21 minutes
Set up
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Activity/COTS Refinement Organization
1 min. Demo: Students will be instructed
on the cues of the skill for an
overhand pass. A student will be
asked to volunteer to better
demonstrate this. As the student
makes the pass, the teacher will
introduce the cues of the skill for
catching.




Semi-circle

1 min. Explain to the students that they
will pass back and forth while
staying in the hula hoop to practice
accuracy
Key Words:
Point your shoulder,
arm way behind head,
step towards target,
follow through with
arm across body and
release.
Semi-circle
around teacher
2 min.
30 sec
Students practicing Teacher movement:
reinforce Affective
objective
General
activity space
30 sec Refinement: remind students to
keep their personal space and not
get in the personal space of others.
Safety reinforcements should be
mentioned
Reinforcing Affective
objective
Students in
General Space
4 min. Students practicing. Teacher movement:
reinforce Affective
objective
Students in
General Space
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2 min Transition/Re-group: quick
discussion about the strategies you
saw as students were passing.
Increase distance, groups of 4 and
challenge students to not drop
passes with two balls going
Semi-circle
3 min. Students practicing Reinforce Affective
objective, high fives
for great
passes/catches
Whole class in
GS
2 minute Regroup and introduce baseball
pitch

4 min Students practicing Reinforce Affective
objective: positive
constructive feedback
General space
1 min Equipment Pick Up: as a team
collect equipment from a station
and place together in a designated
equipment area.





















Closure: 4 minutes

Class reviews what skills we learned today: overhand passing, catching, pitching
Time: 2 minutes.
Class discusses strategies to keep good personal space and the importance of each cue
of the skill. Ask about the cues for passing and catching, and other strategies used to
cover distance to make it to the target
Time: 1 minute.
Discuss what students will be doing next class period and how what they learned in
your lesson will transfer into the next.
Time: 1 minute
Class ends with high-fives on exit.
Assessment:

In addition to the systematic observations that will assess motor differences, time
spent in physical activity; you should spend this session assessing the affective skills
of your students and cultural differences you may see emerge. Take notes on the
following and include in your reflection journal:
- What languages did you hear the students speak?
- Who did the students partner with if given a choice?
- During down time who did the students socialize with?
- Were the students able to work effectively and without conflict with their
partners/teams? If not, what factors seemed to be causing conflict?
- What evidence of teamwork/communication did you see? (e.g. high fives etc)
- Did the students request any activities/sports? If so, what were they?
- What role does Maria play? How do the students respond to her? Does their
behavior change when she is around?
- Did you learn anything about the students home life/background? If so, what?