Sport Pedagogy Elementary and Middle School Lesson Plan Template updated 2/10/15

Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences

Sport Pedagogy Lesson Plan Template (Elementary and Middle
School)

Teacher: Richard Bergstrom

Background Information
Date: 2/26/15

School: Cleveland Elementary

Grade Level: 4th

Lesson Focus: Football

# of students: 20

Facilities: Outside (blacktop) basketball

court.
Equipment: 10 cones, 3 foam balls, 1
penny/student, and 3 footballs.

Safety Considerations:
Students must be aware of their
surroundings at all times. Students must
respect each others personal space.
Equipment should never be thrown at
another student unless it involves a
student throwing an object for the
intended purpose of catching it. Physical
injuries, bullying, or any misbehavior will
be reported to the person in charge on
campus.

Lesson Specifics
Behavioral Contingencies: Misbehaving,
Previously Learned Skills: Football
playing with equipment when told not to,
throwing, catching, handoffs, punting,
talking when shouldnt be talking,
routes, and placekicking.
touching others, and calling others
inappropriate names are all examples of
behaviors that arent tolerated. 2 strike
rule. 1st strike, student is warned and will
sit out for a few minutes. 2nd strike,
student will go inside.
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Teaching Strategy: Interactive teaching

Student
Objectiv
es:

Academic Language: Throwing, catching,

laces, athletic stance, triangle

Psychomotor (P): SWBAT placekick a football successfully according to

the cues at least 7 out of 10 times.
Cognitive (C): SWBAT understand the cues of placekicking a football and
be able to recite the cues.
Affective (A): SWBAT encourage and show positive behavior towards
other students throughout the lesson plan.
H-R Fitness (H): SWBAT participate in MVPA at least 50% of the lesson
time.

CALIFORNIA PHYSICAL EDUCATION MODEL CONTENT STANDARDS:

I. Demonstrate the motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of
physical activities.
II. Demonstrate knowledge of movement concepts, principles and strategies that apply to
the learning and performance of physical activities.
III. Assess and maintain a level of physical fitness to improve health and performance.
IV. Demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness concepts, principles and strategies to
improve health and performance.
V. 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 motor skills and movement patterns.
2. Applies knowledge of concepts, principles, strategies and tactics related to movement
and performance.
3. Demonstrates the knowledge skills to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level
of physical activity and fitness.
4. Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.
5. Values physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self- expression, and/or
social interaction.
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Describe the pre-class arrangement

Teacher: Standing in front of homebase (sideline of the basketball court)
Students: Sitting on homebase (sideline of the basketball court)
Equipment: Cones on the 4 corners of the court.

Diagram the pre-class arrangement

Time

Content Development

Instant Activity: Superheroes Tag

Management
(Illustration of
formations)
Diagram
3

a) Goal Orientation
for each task
CA Standard I, II, III, and

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Time

Content Development

min.

3 students are chosen as villains. 3

students are chosen as superheroes
without the villains knowing who
the superheroes are. Villains can tag
anyone with the foam ball with safe
tagging technique. When tagged,
student must freeze where theyre
standing. Superheroes can unfreeze
but they must do so secretly so they
dont get caught. When villains
guess who all the superheroes are,
then the game is over.

2
min.

Set Induction:
I will introduce modified
gameplay. Rules are the
following:
- 2 hand touch (safe tagging) will
end the play
- 3 possessions to score a
touchdown
- switch quarterbacks every
possession
- each pass must be to a
different student
Purpose:
To put their skills to the test if
they can apply the skills they
learned from the past 2 weeks
and apply them to a gameplay
situation.

Management
(Illustration of
formations)
Instant
Activity
* Diagram below

Start/Stop
Signals:
Go to start
Freeze to put
equipment down
and stop what
theyre doing

a) Goal Orientation
for each task
V and NASPE Standards
I, II, III, and IV because
students will dodge, flee,
and/or chase and must
collaborate to achieve a
goal.

CA Standard II and IV
and NASPE Standards I
and II because the
students must
demonstrate knowledge
of movement concepts
and strategies to meet
the objectives.

Grouping
Strategies:
I will number the
students by 3s
to get into
groups.

1
min.

Transition
After the activity, students will
return to homebase, sit quietly,
and wait for further instructions.

N/A

N/A

4
min.

Lesson Core - Task 1:

Modified Gameplay: I will hand

Diagram Task
1

CA Standard I-V and

NASPE Standards I-V

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Time

Content Development

out pennies to indicate teams.

Team A will punt and Team B will
receive.

Management
(Illustration of
formations)
* Diagram below

Demonstration Plan:
I will demonstrate how to tag
properly and where to line up on
offense and defense.
Questions to Check
Understanding
How do we tag? 2 hands
How many possessions does
each team have to score a
touchdown? 3

a) Goal Orientation
for each task
because students will be
moving around to dodge
or chase and use the
skills they learned
during the football unit
and apply it to a
gameplay situation.
During this gameplay,
students must work
together and cooperate
with teammates and
opponents while
following the rules.

Adaptations
Modified rules are the
adaptations.
1
min.

Transition
Students will assist in collecting
equipment and putting them
away. Students will return to
home base and sit quietly for
lesson closure.

2
min.

Closure
I will review the COTS of all the
skills learned in football and will
choose different students to
demonstrate.

N/A

References Used:
Pecentral.org
Sparkpe.org

N/A

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Instant Activity
Green = villains, blue = superheroes, orange = civilians

Gameplay
blue team vs. green team, black = football
Return kick to opposing team formation

Offensive and defensive formation

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Closure