PE 247

LESSON PLAN SKILL PROGRESSION

SCHOOL VISITATION #1

Grade: 1, Mrs. Head or Ms Chorney

Equipment: various balls, hula hoops, bean bags, small cones

Learning Outcomes: TSWBAT:

- recognize and work in personal/general space

- throw and catch balls of various sizes

- work cooperatively with another student

Introductory Activity: Submarine: bow (front), stern (rear), starboard (left), port (right), scope up directions.

Skill Work Tasks	Extensions	Refinements
Spread out in the gym, filling the space when I say go, walk into empty spaces. Return home when I say. Same gain except this time I want you to run into your space and show me your best stop.	speed, direction Different space,	Nobody near Lean and drive. Split step stop. Knees bend. Balls of feet
2. Number 1's run around the 2's who are in their hoops. Avoid being tagged.	how close they come	Stretch wide base. Push off to change direction.
3. In personal space, throw and catch the ball after one bounce. Then toss, no bounce	type of ball, height of toss.	One or two hands. Swing up. Get beneath ball. Bring in arms together.
4. Working in your own space against the wall, toss and catch the ball after one bounce.	distance from wall, height of toss, no bounce	Step, Follow-through. Get in line (path). Get behind.
5. In partners, one person toss the ball the other catches it after one bounce	type of ball, no bounce. Vary height. Distance apart	Throw to bounce at chest height. Watch ball into hands. Catch ball as it falls.
6. In partners, find a line on the floor and toss the ball over the line, partner catches after one bounce.	Try to make partner move but still catch.	Push-off side step to get in-line and beneath ball.

Application

Best Score: in partners try to see how many successful tosses and catches you can do. If the ball is dropped or bounces more than once stop counting and start back at zero.

(Not: This is only a skill progression for a lesson plan. Organizational tasks and notes to self as a teacher would be needed for a 'real' lesson plan)