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

Lesson Focus: the focus of this lesson is for the
students to work on overhead and underhand hitting
in badminton

Grade Level: 4th / 5th

# Of students: 20

Equipment and Facilities: the lesson will be taught on Safety Considerations: some safety considerations
the blacktop area and the equipment needed is 4
would be the students being careless with the rackets
cones, 20 poly spots, 10 birdies, and 20 badminton
and hitting another student.
rackets.
Lesson Specifics
Behavioral Contingencies: for this lesson there will
Previously Learned Skills: previously learned skills
only be a one strike policy and once the students are
are throwing/ catching a football, passing/ trapping a
misbehaving they will be done with the lesson for the soccer ball, serving/ bumping a volleyball, and
day as the rackets can be dangerous if not used
shooting and passing a basketball.
properly.
Teaching Strategy: the teacher will be innovative by
providing demonstrations and walking around the
practice space giving corrective and positive
feedback.

Student
Objectives:

Academic Language: Birdie- the thing you are hitting

with the racket
Overhead- the birdie is above you
Underhand- the birdie is close to the ground

Psychomotor (P): SWBAT hit the birdie overhead and underhand using the correct cots with
90 percent accuracy
Cognitive (C): SWBAT recite the cots for overhead and underhand 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

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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. Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.
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 instant activity will be set up and the rest of the equipment will be off to the side.

Diagram the pre-class arrangement

Time

Content Development

6 mins

Instant Activity:
Today we will be starting off with a game
of sharks and sailors. One student will be
the shark and they are trying to tag
people as they move from corner to
corner. The rest of you are the sailors and
when I say so you will move to a
different corner each time while trying
not to get tagged by the shark.
Transition
When I say stop the students will freeze

1 min

Management
(Illustration of
formations)
Diagram Instant
Activity

N/A
2

a) Goal Orientation for each

task
Student objective H- students
will engage in MVPA by
running around during the
instant activity.

N/A

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Time

3 mins

2 mins

6 mins

Content Development

and sit back down on the home base line

and wait for further instruction.
What? - freeze
Where? - sit back down on home base
line
What? - wait for further instruction
Set Induction:
Today we are going to practice some
badminton skills of hitting the birdie
overhead and underhand. The cues for
hitting the birdie overhead is get under
the birdie, extend the racket toward the
sky, contact at highest point and snap
wrist. The cues for the underhand is
racket under birdie, snap wrist, and
follow through.
Purpose:
The purpose of learning these two hitting
skills is so that the students will be able
to engage in a proper gameplay of
badminton if they ever wanted to further
their play in this sport.
Transition
When I say so the students will get with a
partner and find a poly spot to stand on
then wait for me to give them a racket
and birdie.
What? - find a partner
Where? - stand on a poly spot
What? - wait for me to give them
equipment
Lesson Core - Task 1:
Students will be practicing the two hitting
styles with a partner and will respect the
space of their fellow classmates by
staying on their own poly spots.
Demonstration Plan:
The teacher will demonstrate how to

Management
(Illustration of
formations)

a) Goal Orientation for each

task

Start/Stop Signals:

Student objective C- the

students will learn the cues for
underhand and overhead hitting
and be able to recite the cots
themselves.

The students will

start when I say
go and stop when
I say freeze.

Grouping Strategies:
The students will
pick their own
partners.

N/A

N/A

Diagram Task 1
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

CA standard 1- the students

will engage in motor skills
such as hitting the birdie with a
racket while they practice with
a partner.
NASPE standard 4- students
will show respectful behavior

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Time

Content Development

Management
(Illustration of
formations)

properly perform both hitting techniques

Questions to Check Understanding
When do you use the overhead
technique? - when the birdie is above
your head
When do you use the underhand? When
the birdie is close to the ground

1 min

6 mins

Transition:
Students will freeze when I say so, set the
rackets on the ground and wait for further
instruction.
What?- freeze
Where?- set rackets on ground where
they are
What?- wait for further instruction
Lesson Core - Task 2:
Students will continue to practice the
overhead and underhand hitting styles but
will try to see how long they can keep the
birdie going back and forth between
partners without letting it hit the ground
Demonstration Plan:
The teacher will verbally explain what
the students will be doing, and will
provide a demonstration if need be.
Questions to Check Understanding
What are we doing in this activity? keeping the birdie up

a) Goal Orientation for each

task
towards themselves and others
by giving each other space to
practice
Teaching Cues for Task 1:
Overhead- get under birdie,
extend racket toward sky,
contact at highest point, snap
wrist
Underhand- racket under
birdie, snap wrist, follow
through
Common Errors Task 1:
1. using the racket with both
hands
2. hitting the birdie on the rim
of the racket

N/A

N/A

Diagram Task 2
X
x

Student objective P- students

will practice using the correct
cots for hitting the birdie while
hitting it back and forth with a
partner
Teaching Cues for Task 2:
Overhead- get under birdie,
extend racket toward sky,
contact at highest point, snap
wrist
Underhand- racket under
birdie, snap wrist, follow
through
Common Errors Task 2:

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Time

Content Development

Management
(Illustration of
formations)

Adaptations
Up- more distance between partners
Down- stay at close distance
2 mins

3 mins

Transition:
When I say stop the students will freeze
and return the equipment back to the
equipment bag then sit down on the home
base line.
What?- freeze
Where?- return equipment to bag
What?- sit on home base line
CLOSURE:
Review: good job today class, can
anyone remind us what the cues for the
underhand hit are? Good, now what about
the overhead hit? Next time we will
engage in some two on two gameplay.

a) Goal Orientation for each

task
1. using both hands to hit
2. hitting the birdie with the
rim of the racket

N/A

Diagram The
Closure

N/A

N/A

ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES: the students will be assessed based on their ability to respect others throughout
this lesson and their participation for the day. They will also be assessed on their ability to use the correct cots
while practicing the overhead and underhand hitting techniques for badminton.
References Used: cots for underhand and overhead hitting.
www.d120.org/assets/1/wellness/cues_used_during_badmitton_unit.pdf