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: Kristin Threw

Background Information
Date: 4/7/16

School: Cleveland elementary

Grade Level: 4th. 5th

Lesson Focus: the students will focus on badminton

gameplay for this lesson

# Of students: 20

Equipment and Facilities: the lesson will be taught on

the blacktop and the equipment needed is 30 cones,
10 birdies, and 20 rackets.

Safety Considerations: safety considerations would

be the students not paying attention and running into
each other or hitting someone with their rackets by
not calling for the birdie.
Lesson Specifics
Behavioral Contingencies: for this lesson there will
Previously Learned Skills: throwing/ catching a
be a 1 strike policy as the first time a student
football. Passing/ trapping a soccer ball. Shooting/
misbehaves they will be done with tiger pride for the dribbling a basketball. Overhead/ underhand/ serving
day as the rackets can be very harmful if not used
in badminton.
properly
Teaching Strategy: the teacher will be monitoring the
game play area by walking the perimeter and making
sure students understand what they are supposed to
be doing.

Student
Objectives:

Academic Language: overhead- birdie is above you

Underhand- birdie is towards the ground
Birdie- the thing you are hitting with the racket

Psychomotor (P): SWBAT use the correct cues for overhead and underhand hitting while they
participate in gameplay with 90 percent accuracy
Cognitive (C): SWBAT recite the cots for underhand and overhead hitting with 100 percent
accuracy
H-R Fitness (H): students will engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity for at least 50
percent of the lesson

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

CALIFORNIA PHYSICAL EDUCATION MODEL CONTENT STANDARDS:

I. Demonstrate the motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
NASPE PHYSICAL EDUCATION CONTENT STANDARDS a physically literate person:
1. Applies knowledge of concepts, principles, strategies and tactics related to movement and performance.

Describe the pre-class arrangement

Teacher: the teacher will be standing in front of the home base line
Students: the students will sit down on the home base line
Equipment: the cones for gameplay will be set up on the court and the rest of the equipment will be set off to
the side

Diagram the pre-class arrangement

Time

Content Development

6 mins

Instant Activity:
Today we will playing a game called
ships and sailors. This game is like a
version of simon says except there are
certain things that tell you what you have
to do. If I say these things this is what
you do
Ships- run to the right

Management
(Illustration of
formations)
Diagram Instant
Activity

a) Goal Orientation for each

task
Student objective H- students
will engage in MVPA while
participating in the instant
activity

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

Time

1 min

3 mins

3 mins

Content Development

Sailors- run to the left

Hit the deck- sit down
Captains coming- stand and salute until I
say at ease, if you move before I say that
your out
Four sailors rowing- group of four act
like your rowing
Five sailors pointing north- group of five,
point to sky
The last person to do the command will
be out and will join me up here to try to
distract everyone else.
Transition
Students will freeze and return back to
the home base line and wait for
instructions
What?- freeze
Where?- sit on home base line
What?- wait for instructions
Set Induction:
Today we will be engaging in some
badminton gameplay and you can pick
your partner. We will be playing doubles
to three points them one team from each
court will rotate to the next court and so
on. Before we start can anyone remind us
about the cues for underhand and
overhead hitting?
Purpose:
The purpose of this activity is so that the
students can be exsposed to game like
conditions for badminton.
Transition
The students will get a partner then grab
a racket and birdie then pick a court and
wait for my okay to start.
What?- get a partner, and grab equipment
Where?- find a court
What?- wait for my okay to start

Management
(Illustration of
formations)

a) Goal Orientation for each

task

N/A

N/A

Start/Stop Signals:

Student objective C- students

will recite the cots for the two
hitting techniques before the
start gameplay

Students will start

when I say go and
stop when I say
freeze

Grouping Strategies:
Students will get to
pick their own
partners

N/A

N/A

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

Time

13
mins

3 mins

Content Development

Lesson Core - Task 1:

The students will engage in gameplay by
playing in doubles and rotating to
different courts after everyone has played
to three points.
Demonstration Plan:
The teacher will demonstrate how to
properly hit the birdie.
Questions to Check Understanding
How many points are you playing too? 3
When will you rotate?- when the teacher
tells you to.

Transition:
Students will freeze when I say and
return the equipment to the bag and sit
back down on the home base line.
What?- freeze
Where?- return equipment to bag
What?- sit on home base line

Management
(Illustration of
formations)
Diagram Task 1

X
X

x
x

X
X

x
x

N/A

a) Goal Orientation for each

task
CA standard 1 and NASPE
standard 2- the students will
practice hitting the birdie with
the racket and put their
strategies and tactics to practice
while participating in
gameplay.
Student objective P- students
will practice both hitting styles
by participating in gameplay.
Teaching Cues for Task 1:
Overhead hitting- get under the
birdie, extend racket to sky,
contact at highest point, snap
wrist
Underhand hitting- racket
under birdie, snap wrist, follow
through
Common Errors Task 1:
1. playing to more than 3
points
2. not taking turns hitting the
birdie
N/A

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

Time

3 mins

Content Development

Management
(Illustration of
formations)
Diagram The
Closure

CLOSURE:
Review: good job today class with the
gameplay you all did very well. Next
week we will be moving onto Frisbee.

a) Goal Orientation for each

task
N/A

ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES: the students will be assessed on their ability to follow directions and their
ability to correctly perform the skills for badminton during gameplay.
References Used: instant Activtiy
Ships and Sailors | Origins Online. (n.d.). Retrieved April 6, 2016, from
https://www.originsonline.org/educator-help/ships-and-sailors