Elementary PE Brainbooster

PE/Playworks Brain Booster Lesson 15: 3rd-5th

Theme

Basketball

Games and Activities

Partner Passing and Wolves and Bunnies

I can… 3rd: Catch a ball passed from a partner.

4th: Catch and throw a ball above my head, at my chest, and below my waist. 5th: Catch and throw a ball with a partner, with accuracy, while moving. Home Base (Baseline, Sideline or Circle with paint or cones to mark boundary) Large rectangle boundary with half court line Basketballs (1 per pair of students) Vocabulary Pass: To move an object to another person. In basketball, you have to pass to your teammates. Materials/ Space Needed

Introduction

Begin class with a warm up procedure: ● Prepare students with daily expectations before entering the gym OR on Home Base. ● Warm up procedure may include several laps around the gym, stretching routine, or another quick, movement based activity. ● Back at Home Base, review rules/expectations of the school and

PE/Playworks with explicit examples when appropriate. ● Review any other specific reminders needed for the day.

Before releasing students for the first game, use a Sequence Touch to get them to the location you need them to be for the first activity.

Partner Passing

Show How How to Play:

● Have students spread out across the gym, shoulder to shoulder, one half on one side of the court, the other half facing them. ● In partners, students will stand at least five feet between them. Student A will begin with the ball while student B will wait for the pass. ● Student A will pass the ball to student B, who will catch it. They will pass back to student A. ● If both students are able to control their passes, they can each take one stepback. ● If one of them passes out of control, they must both take a step back in. Review the different passes in basketball. ● Chest Pass: Holding the ball at chest level, students will pass the ball, shooting their hands straight in front of them, to get the ball to their

Practice andPlay

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