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: Zoe Eldridge

Background Information
Date: March 29, 2016

School: Cleveland Elementary

Grade Level: 3rd grade

Lesson Focus: Soccer game play

# Of students: 15-20

Equipment and Facilities:

2 footballs
8 cones
2-4 soccer balls
16 poly spots

Safety Considerations: One must be careful when on

the asphalt or the grassy area. A student can trip, fall
and get hurt. All students need to make sure that they
are paying attention over the course of the whole
lesson and all students have enough room to engage
in the activity without getting hurt. The students must
also make sure to be paying attention during the
lesson and focused so a ball does not hit them.
Lesson Specifics
Behavioral Contingencies: For every lesson, the
Previously Learned Skills: soccer kicking, dribbling,
student that is not behaving properly will first receive and passing, which were taught in past lessons.
a warning and a reminder that the next time he or
she acts up he will have to sit out. If the student acts
up a second time, he will be asked to sit out. If a
student sits out twice over the course of the lesson, he
or she will be sent to the supervisor.
Teaching Strategy: The strategy that will be used
Academic Language: kick ball with inside of foot,
over this lesson is a teacher director strategy. In this
control ball, eyes up, use inside of foot not toes
instance the students will learn how to perform the
skill from the teacher and then practice the skill with
their classmates.

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Student
Objectives:

Psychomotor (P): Students will be able to kick, dribble, and pass the ball to a partner
accurately 80 percent of the game.
Cognitive (C): Students will be able to recite the cues of the skill for passing and dribbling
the soccer ball.
H-R Fitness (H): The students will be able to maintain moderate to vigorous physical activity
for 50 percent of the lesson.

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

Describe the pre-class arrangement

Teacher: Standing the white line in front of class
Students: Sitting on the white line on the asphalt
Equipment: equipment for the instant activity will be set up already

Diagram the pre-class arrangement

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Time

Content Development

3-5
minute
s

Instant Activity:
Hello class! How is everyone today? We
are going to start class with a little
game I like to call ball tag. In this
game, two people will be the taggers
and two people will be the freeers. If
a person becomes tagged by one of the
taggers, they must freeze until one of the
freers comes and tosses the football to
the person tagged. In order to become
untagged, the person must catch the
football that is thrown to them.
Transition Students will go back to the
white line while I explain the rest of
class.
Set Induction:
Hello class! How is everyone today? We
are going to continue to work on soccer
and get into some soccer game play
today! We first will review how to
properly dribble and pass a soccer ball
and then we will go on to play a couple
soccer games in small teams.
Purpose:
What skills are we trying to incorporate
into our soccer game play that we
learned over our soccer unit? (soccer
dribbling and passing). The reason we
are doing game play is to put the soccer
skills that we learned the past couple
weeks into action and game play.
Transition

1
minute
2
minute
s

3-5
minute
s

Lesson Core - Task 1:

Students will be placed into pairs and
work on their dribbling and passing
skills. Students will be on poly spots
facing their partners. They will first
take turns dribbling the soccer ball with

Management
(Illustration of
formations)
Diagram Instant
Activity

a) Goal Orientation for each

task
CA Standard 1.1: chase, flee,
and move away from others in
a constantly changing
environment
Students are moving around
in a rectangular area,
attempting not to get tagged
by their classmates

N/A

N/A

Start/Stop Signals:
Students will have the
soccer ball between
their legs when I am
speaking. They will
also be making eye
contact with me so I
know they are paying
attention.
Grouping Strategies: I
will group students
together based on their
skill level and ability.

CA standard 5.6: Work in

pairs or small groups to
achieve an agreed upon goal.
Students will be working
together in pairs in order to
be the first to complete all
exercises.

N/A

N/A

Diagram Task 1

CA Standard 1.11: kick a ball

to a stationary partner, using
the inside of foot
Students will be standing on
poly spots passing a soccer
ball to their partner with the

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Time

1
minute
7-8
minute
s

Content Development

the inside of their foot to their partner.

Each partner will do this 10 times. They
will then each go back to their
designated poly spots. From there, each
student and their partner will practice
passing the soccer ball to each other
accurately 8 times each.
Demonstration Plan:
Teacher- student demonstration. I will
demonstrate the soccer dribble and
soccer pass with another student who I
feel demonstrates the skills best.
Questions to Check Understanding
When dribbling the soccer ball, where
should ones eyes be looking? (out in
front, not down at the ground) Where do
we want to stop the soccer ball when
passing? (stop soccer ball with inside of
foot.
Transition: have students come back to
White line, where they were at the
beginning of class.
Lesson Core - Task 2:
Students will be putting their soccer
skills to the test with some soccer
games. The students will be split up into
4 groups. The games will have less
players so everyone has an opportunity
to play and hit the soccer ball.
Demonstration Plan:
I will reiterate the cues of the skills we
learned earlier and have two students
demonstrate the skills again if need be.
Questions to Check Understanding
What are some important things to
remember when kicking the soccer ball?
(always control the soccer ball) What is
another important thing to remember
when you are in control of the soccer

Management
(Illustration of
formations)

a) Goal Orientation for each

task
inside foot.
Teaching Cues for Task 1:
Cues for dribbling:
- use inside of foot
- keep ball close to feet
- keep head up!
- Match speed to skill;
keep ball close to
body
Common Errors Task 1:
1. Students not stopping ball
before passing it to partner.
2. Students losing control of
soccer ball when dribbling
and not keeping in arms
length.

N/A

N/A

Diagram Task 2

CA standard 5.6: work in

pairs or small groups to
achieve an agreed-upon goal.
Students will work together in
order to reach the goal of
getting the most goals.
Teaching Cues for Task 2:
Cues for passing:
- non-kicking ball next
to foot
- contact ball in middle
- use inside of foot
- follow through
Common Errors Task 2:
1. Students not passing the
ball and only focused on

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Time

Content Development

Management
(Illustration of
formations)

ball? (be aware of your surroundings

and who you are kicking or passing the
soccer ball to.
Adaptations
For the students that are struggling
more or not getting enough game paly, I
will make the rule that everyone must
touch the soccer ball once before
shooting a soccer goal.

1-2
minute
s

Transition: N/A
CLOSURE:
Review: Okay everyone! I hope you all
had fun playing soccer today and I hope
everyone was able to play and have a
great time! Soccer is a very popular
sport and involves teamwork among all!
Next time we are going to move on to
sports that we do not all do
traditionally. I hope you all have a good
day!

a) Goal Orientation for each

task
getting goals rather than team
work.
2. Students losing control of
the ball and not properly
controlling it.

N/A
Diagram The Closure

ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES:

N/A
N/A