Sport Pedagogy Elementary and Middle School Lesson Plan Template updated 5/14/15

Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences

Sport Pedagogy Lesson Plan Template (Elementary and Middle School)

Teacher: Zoe Eldridge

Background Information
Date: February 23, 2015

School: Cleveland Elementary

Lesson Focus: Basketball bounce pass and basketball
chest pass

Grade Level: 3rd grade

# Of students: 15-20 students

Equipment and Facilities: Students will be playing on

the asphalt next to the grassy area of the school.
10 medium sized basketballs will be needed
20 polyspots will be needed
4 cones will be needed

Safety Considerations: One must be careful when on

the asphalt. A student can trip, fall and get hurt. All
students need to make sure that they are paying
attention over the course of the whole lesson and all
students have enough room to engage in the activity
without getting hurt.

Lesson Specifics
Behavioral Contingencies: For every lesson, the
Previously Learned Skills: All students should know
student that is not behaving properly will first receive the basic skills of basketball, which include how to
a warning and a reminder that the next time he or she properly hold a basketball and dribbling, which were
acts up he will have to sit out. If the student acts up a taught in the previous lessons.
second time, he will be asked to sit out. If a student
sits out twice over the course of the lesson, he or she
will be sent to the supervisor.
Teaching Strategy: The strategy that will be used over Academic Language: Eyes up!, ball to chest, step
this lesson is a teacher director strategy. In this
while you bounce, communicate with your partner,
instance the students will learn how to perform the
hands out or up and ready
skill from the teacher and then practice the skill with
their classmates.

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Student
Objectives:

Psychomotor (P): The student will be able to perform a proper chest pass to partner 7 out of
10 times
Cognitive (C): The student will be able to properly recite the Cues of the Skill 100 percent by
the end of the lesson.
H-R Fitness (H): The students will be able to maintain moderate to vigorous physical activity
for 50 percent of the lesson.

CALIFORNIA PHYSICAL EDUCATION MODEL CONTENT STANDARDS:

I. Demonstrate the motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
II. Demonstrate and utilize knowledge of psychological and sociological concepts, principles and strategies that
apply to the learning and performance of physical activity.
NASPE PHYSICAL EDUCATION CONTENT STANDARDS a physically literate person:
1. Demonstrates competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical
activities.
Describe the pre-class arrangement
Teacher: teacher will be standing in front of the white line on the black top waiting for students.
Students: the students will put down their gatherings at the benches near the blacktop, then stand at the
white line closest to the grassy area on the black top.
Equipment: all equipment will be arranged for student use, with poly spots set up and cones at either side
of black top.

Diagram the pre-class arrangement

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Time

Content Development

3- 5
minute
s

Instant Activity:
Hello class! Today we are going to play
sharks and Minos. I have set up cones on
either end of the black top where the safe
zones are. Anyone can be tagged between
the safe zones. I will chose a shark and
the shark will tag the fish until there is
only one left!
Transition Students can go get a quick
drink of water and then will meet back at
the white line on the black top
Set Induction:
Hey everyone! I know that recently we
have been learning about basketball and
practicing our dribbling and bounce
passing skills. Today we are going to
continue that and learn another pass
called the chest pass also!
Purpose:
The reason we are going to be practicing
our bounce pass and learn the chest pass
is to show all the different ways one can
pass the basketball to each other during a
basketball game in order to get a basket.
Transition
Students will be paired up and go to their
poly spot. I will give them each a
basketball after I explain the COTs of the
skill and what they will be doing.

1-2
mins
1
minute

1
minute

Management
(Illustration of
formations)
Diagram Instant
Activity

a) Goal Orientation for each

task

N/A

N/A

Start/Stop Signals:
Have basketball at
feet between legs
when teacher is
speaking.

CA Standard 5.6: Work in

pairs or small groups to
achieve an agreed upon goal.
Students will be trying to
bounce pass and chest pass to
a partner, which requires the
goal of completing the pass.

Grouping Strategies:
Students will be
placed in pairs by
the teacher and will
face each other on a
poly spot.
N/A

N/A

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Time

8-10
mins

Content Development

Lesson Core - Task 1:

Students will go over dribbling and
bounce passing the ball to each other.
They will dribble the ball and then
bounce pass the ball to a partner.
Demonstration Plan:
Teacher Demonstration.
I will demonstrate the task with another
student, which I will choose from the
class.
Questions to Check Understanding
Where should your eyes be looking when
passing the ball?

Management
(Illustration of
formations)
Diagram Task 1

How far should you pass the ball to the

ground?

a) Goal Orientation for each

task
CA standard 1.10: Throw and
catch an object with a partner,
increasing the distance from
the partner and maintain an
accurate throw that can be
easily caught.
Students will be bounce
passing the ball to a partner
and then move further back
once they have master the
bounce pass each.
Teaching Cues for Task 1:
Since the students have learned
the cues of the bounce pass last
week, I will reiterate the cues
of the skill and make sure the
students remember how to do
the skill. The student will step
forward with desired foot and
bounce ball of the way to
partner with fingers pushed
away. COTs: Eyes, step, push
Common Errors Task 1:
1. No eye contact with partner
2. bounce ball too hard or too
high

1-2
mins

7-8
minute
s

Transition:
Now that everyone now knows the
bounce pass, we will next move on to a
different pass used in basketball called
the chest pass.
Lesson Core - Task 2:
Students will be back at the poly spots
they were at before for the bounce pass.
Students will stand at their poly spot and
chest pass the ball to each other.
Demonstration Plan:

N/A

N/A

Diagram Task 2

CA standard 1.10: Throw and

catch an object with a partner,
increasing the distance from
the partner and maintain an
accurate throw that can be
easily caught.

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Time

Content Development

Management
(Illustration of
formations)

Teacher Demonstration. I will first

demonstrate the skill with a student then I
will have two students demonstrate the
skill.
Questions to Check Understanding
How should the elbows be bent before
passing?
How far should the arms extend when
passing the ball?
Adaptations
If students are having trouble having ball
reach partner, the students can move
closer to each other. If the passing for the
two students is easy, then the students can
move further apart from each other.

1
minute
2
minute
s

Transition: I will have students bring ball

to me and put it in bag, then have
students go back and sit at white line.
CLOSURE:
Review: Okay class, I hope everyone had
fun today a learned a little more about
basketball passing. Can someone say the
COTs of the chest pass for me? And can
someone show me where the hands
should be placed when performing the
chest pass? Next time we will be
focusing even more on basketball and
getting into a little game play.

N/A

Diagram The
Closure

a) Goal Orientation for each

task
Students will be practicing the
chest pass to each other. Once
the student and their partner
has mastered the chest pass,
they can take a step back so
the pass is more difficult and
they still have to attempt for
accuracy to partner.
Teaching Cues for Task 2:
Square body to target
Thumbs against chest-elbows
bent and out
Step toward target
Extend arms fully releasing
ball to target
Thumbs should then be
pointing down
Bend, extend, release
Common Errors Task 2:
Student does not have arms at
chest.
Thumbs are not pointing down
when ball is released.
N/A

N/A

ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES: Below is a source used for how to assess the chest pass in basketball.
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References Used: http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/cues/chestpass.html