Lesson Plan #2: Game Skills
Megan Monaghan
May 13,2009
Activities and Games

Lesson plan: Game Skills
Development level 1: 4th and 5th grade.

Objectives:
1. Development of interpersonal skills
2. Acceptance of rules and parameters
3. Better understanding of oneself in a competitive and cooperative situation

Benchmark:
VII. Promotes lifetime personal health and wellness

NASPE:
1. Demonstrates competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.

Equipment Needed:
Activity 2: 5 to 6 different kinds of balls for each circle.
Activity 3: a volleyball or some other kind of ball.

Introductory Activity:
First I will have the children run around the gym, and when I say tortoise they will run at a slow speed, and when I say hare they will speed up and run like a hare. I will do this until I think they are ready to start the introductory activity. When I want them to stop I am going to say freeze, and they will put their hands on top of their heads with their fingers intertwined. This is where I will explain my next activity. Which is animal tag. Next I will say toe to toe. Then I will divided them up, one partner goes to one side of the gym and the other partner goes the other side of the gym.

Teaching cues:
Make sure that you divide your class up evenly and fairly.
Make sure when describing the next activity that you distinguish the boundaries, or the buffer zones.
Make sure that you make it clear that this isn’t a competition, and not to be rough with on another.
To avoid confusion you want to make sure to tell the children on the guessing team, to raise their hand if they have a guess of what the animal might be.

Animal Tag:
After I have split them up evenly and fair, the students on the both ends will gather together and decide what type of animal they want to imitate. The next step after they have picked their animal, you have them walk slowly to the half court line, facing directly in front of one other student. Then one team, by your choice, will imitate their animal, and the players of the other team will try to guess what animal they are imitating, and if they guess correctly then they chase the other team back to their boundary line trying to tag as many students as they can, those caught must go over to the other team. The second team then goes and the roles are reversed, however if the guessing team cannot guess, then the performing team tries again.

Transition:
After this activity is done I would go back to the tortoise and hare game because they already know what that means and you don’t have to explain a new transition. Then whatever your next activity is, you want them to get prepared for it, so my next activity is going to be dealing with circles, and depending on how many kids in your class you want about 2 to 3 with no more than 15 students in each circle. So I would say when I say fall in I want you to fall in behind some one in a circle fashion, but I want 2 circles to be formed about the same size. Then I would say freeze and they are already in 2 circles about the same size and I can go right into explaining the next activity.

Teaching cues:
 The circles should be a little spread out due to the passing of the ball to the person next to you, if they are closer together
 You want to make sure to tell the students that this is a team competition and that the object is to make good clean passes to their teammates, and the team with the lowest score is the winning team.
 Bean bags, large blocks, or softballs can be substituted for balls.

Lesson Focus:
Ball passing: the skill that is being worked on here is object handling

 After the students are divided into 2 circles I will then explain the drill, and start the activity. Then I will go to one of the circles and I will give start the movement of the ball with a pass to one of the students then I will step out and do the same thing to the other circle. The ball will be passed around in the same direction, if the student drops the ball they will have to go retrieve it and they will have a point added to their team. So the object of this drill is to make good passes to their teammates, and to have the lowest score. After the one ball has made it around the circle about once or twice then I would introduce another ball, and then gradually introduce more. I will introduce them at the same time and in the same direction. I will do this drill for about 5 to 7 minutes and at the end I will say freeze, ball between your feet and I will tally up the scores of both teams. The team with the lowest score wins.

Transition: The transition would start with me collecting the balls from the students and once they are all collected I would yet again say hare and tortoise. I would say would say hare after I announced the winner and picked up the balls so they wouldn’t have time to talk and brag. I would then have them job around for about a minute or so or even 30 seconds. I would then say freeze and they would put their hands over their heads. I then would explain the next activity, and then I would say toe to toe, and split them up from those pairs into teams, and one team would bat and the other would field. I would then set up the home plate and the other bases just for a reference to what is fair and what is foul. Then at home plate I would set up a tee, and provide the batting team with a bottle bat and whiffle ball.

Teaching cues:
 Makes sure that there are more batters than fielders, or the batters wont be able to get around to home.
 If the batters are doing extremely well then you can progressively make the base paths longer, or add another player on the defense.
 You want this drill to go on long enough that every student gets to bat and plays defense.
 Make sure that you establish a rotation system every time an out is made.

Bottle Bat Ball: the skill that is being worked on is batting and retrieving balls.
 The batting team would then choose who is going first and so on. The batters will get 3 pitches or swings off of the tee, and the object is to hit one of those fair and if they are all foul then they are out. When the batter does hit the ball fair they will run around the bases and all the way home, and if the ball is returned to the pitchers spot before the batter is all the way home, then they are out. Otherwise, the batter has a home run and bats again.

Transition: After the activity is over I am going to yell tortoise, and while they are jogging around slowly I am going to be picking up the equipment getting ready for the next activity. After I am done picking up the equipment I will say hare, and then tortoise again. I then will say when I say fall in I want you to fall in behind someone and form a circle while your are still jogging. Then after I say those words, I will yell freeze, and they will be ready for the next activity.

Teaching cues:
Make sure that the students aren’t throwing the balls.
Also make sure the students are listening and following the rules

Charlie Over the Water
After they are done and in a circle I will choose two or children and give them the volleyballs that they will place between their feet after they have taken their place in the middle of the circle. One of the center players is designated Charlie or sally. These center players stand there while the outside students in the circle skip around them chanting:
Charlie over the water.
Charlie over the sea.
Charlie caught a blue bird,
But can’t catch me!
On the word “me”, the center players toss their balls in the air while the other students are running around. When the designated player in the center named Charlie catches the ball and shouts stop, the other students freeze in their place and can’t move any body part. Then all of the center players roll their balls like a bowling ball, and tries to hit the frozen students, and if the ball rolls and hits one of the scattered student then that student becomes the new Charlie. However, if the center players miss then they are still in the center and the games is repeated. If the center player misses twice however, then they join the other students who are in the circle and picks another student to replace them.

Transition: I then yell out tortoise, and while their jogging slowly I would pick up the equipment, and get prepared for the closing activity. When I decided it was time to start the closing activity I am going to say freeze. Then I am going to say toe to toe. Then I will explain the drill and then I will start the activity.

Closing Activity:

Teaching Cues:
Make sure students move away from each other during the movements.
One alternative is to find a new twin each time.
Another variation is to separate twins in opposite ends of the playing area.

Twins: the skills that the students are working on are body management and running.

Already I have the students toed up with their partners. I then give commands on what I want each of the students to do such as; walk backwards 3 steps, jump and spin in the air twice, and roll 3 full times. Then they will stand back up and I will tell them to find their twin. Players find their twin and stand frozen toe to toe. The goal is to not be the last pair to find each other.

References

1. Pangrazi, Robert P.. Dynamic Physical Education: For Elementary School Children. 15. San Francisco: Pearson, 2007. Print.