LEVEL |
UNIT |
LESSON Number 3 |
EQUIPMENT |
First Grade |
Basketball |
Ball handling with a partner |
Playground balls, Bean Bags, Chalk |
- Objectives
- Work cooperatively with partner while bouncing and catching the ball.
- Review catching skills.
- Have fun.
- Demonstrate a change of levels while playing catch with their partner.
- Work safely.
Activity |
Time (Minutes) |
Procedure |
Comments/set- up/Diagram |
Part 1 Warm up |
15 |
Play Hopscotch. I will verbally review the game quickly with the students seated. I will have a pre-drawn hop scotch game close enough to see from their seated position. Have the class play in partners, and then you can use the partners for part two. |
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Part 2 |
10 |
ADecide which partner will put away your bean bags, and which partner will get the red ball. Once you have put away your bean bags and have a ball, find a space for you and your partner to be where you can stand 5 steps apart without being near another group. Ready, go.@ This whole process should not take more than ten seconds. You can even give your class a count to ten to do it. [AT] Bounce the ball, so that it goes to your partner. Don=t stand more than five steps apart, and try to bounce it to your partner so they do not have to move to catch the ball. When the ball comes to you, catch it and bounce it back to your partner. Guided discovery questions (This section will be a review if your students worked on catching as kindergarten students.)
These are questions to review throwing to a target.
Be sure to remind your students to stay in their own spaces. You also should remind them to stay close, no more than five feet or so apart. Point out the students that are staying in their own spaces, close together. The emphasis is on catching the ball. Point out the students who are working well with their partner. Partner Tasks
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Part 3 |
5 |
This time, the person who is catching the ball is going to change levels to catch the ball.AThis time, if you are the one catching the ball, pick a level to be in while your partner bounces the ball, and before you catch it, change your level so that you catch the ball in a different level from the one your were in when your partner bounced it. Remember to keep |
the ball in your own space to make it easier for your partner to do their trick and catch the ball. You might want to tell your partner which level you are going to change to, so they can help you with the way they bounce the ball.@ Keep trying this task, each time trying a new level to start in. Encourage the class to try different combinations of levels. Point out the students who are working well with their partners. Stop the class occasionally to let a set of partners show off a good transition of levels. |
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Closure |
2 Minutes |
What are the three levels you used today? Tell me one of the combinations of levels you used. When would you see athletes change levels during a game? |