Elementary PE Brainbooster

PE/Playworks Unit Overview

3rd-5th: Volleyball

Purpose

Introduce students to skills-based activities based on the foundations of volleyball: passing, setting, and game play. Students will be able to participate in a variety of volleyball activities.

PE Strands and Standards

3rd

1.8: Throw an underhand toss to a partner or target with reasonable accuracy. 2.3: Combine movement concepts (e.g., direction, force, levels, and time) with skills as directed by the teacher. 4.6: Exhibit etiquette and adherence to rules in a variety of physical activities. 4.7: Demonstrate understanding of safety, rules, and etiquette by working safely and cooperatively in physical activity settings. 1.8: Throw underhand to a partner or at a target with accuracy and increased distance. 1.11: Throw overhand, using a well-developed pattern with accuracy. 1.12: Throw overhand to a partner, or at a target at a reasonable distance. 1.13: Volley with a two-hand overhead pattern, sending a ball upward with consecutive hits. 2.3: Combine movement concepts with skills in small group (3–5 students) activities and/or dance. 4.5: Accept students of all skill levels into the activity. 5.4: Describe/compare the positive social interactions when engaged in partner, small, and large group physical activities. 1.8: Throw and catch a ball while both partners are moving. 1.9: Catch and throw a ball with accuracy in small group activities. 1.13: Volley a ball using a two-hand overhead pattern, sending it upward to a target. 1.14: Combine manipulative skills while moving toward a target to execute a score. 4.4: Accept, recognize, and actively involve others with both higher and lower skill abilities into physical activities and group projects.

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