P.E. Teacher's Pre-Sport Skill Lessons, Activities & Games for Grades 4-6

SECTION 1: TO THE TEACHER 1(32) About This Resource 1(6) Bridging the Gap 1(1) How to Use This Resource 2(1) The Format 2(1) Lesson Format Components 2(2) Teaching Pre-sports Skills 4(1) Skill Builder Stations 4(1) The Game 5(1) The Appendix 6(1) Tune-up Kids Activity Journal 7(1) Teaching Pointers 7(11) Sport Skills Acquisition Model 7(1) Guidelines for Teaching FMS 8(2) Guidelines for Teaching Games 10(1) Guidelines for Modifying Games 11(1) Effective Teaching Methods and Strategies 11(2) Characteristics of a Pre-adolescent Child 13(1) Strategies to Encourage the Reluctant Child 14(1) Components of a Quality Physical Education Program 15(1) Key Focus Areas of a Balanced Physical Education Program (K-12) 15(1) Progressive Lesson Model for Teaching Pre-sport Skills 15(2) Components of a Progressive Lesson 17(1) Organization and Management Tools 18(7) Signals as Management Tools 18(1) The Teamness Concept 18(1) Organization Signals 19(2) Formation Signals 21(2) Starting Positions 23(1) The Break Concept 24(1) The Importance of Fitness 25(8) The Preventive Approach 25(2) Essential Understandings 27(1) The ``Feel Good Model'' of Total Well-being 27(1) Definition of Fitness 28(1) Benefits of Fitness 28(1) Components of Physical Fitness 28(1) The F.I.T.T. Principle 29(1) Target Heart Rate 29(1) Guidelines for Teaching Fitness 30(1) Twenty Exercise Recommendations 31(2) SECTION 2: FOUNDATION MOVEMENT REVISION/EXTENSION 33(44) Key Focus Areas: Locomotion, Body Management, and Fitness Organization Signals 35(4) Formation and Grouping Signals-Partner Play 39(4) Grouping Signals-Small Group Play 43(4) Large Group Signals-Teamness 47(4) Aerobic Fitness-builder Stations 51(2) Large Group Signals-Islands, Jumping, and Landings 53(3) Individual Rhythm Rope Jumping, Cooperation Jumping 56(5) Partner Rope Jumping, Aerobic Fitness 61(3) Static and Dynamic Balancing 64(4) Aerobic Fitness and Strengtheners 68(4) Fit-kid Circuit-Fitness Builder Stations 72(5) SECTION 3: OBJECT-CONTROL SKILLS USING INNOVATIVE AND MANIPULATIVE EQUIPMENT 77(50) Key Focus Areas: Sending and Receiving Revision/Extension Underhand Throwing and Catching Using Beanbags/Deck Rings 79(5) Low-organized and Lead-up Games Using Beanbags/Deck Rings 84(3) Tracking and Catching Using Catchballs™ 87(6) Overhand Throwing and Catching Using Beanbags/Foxtails™/Small Balls 93(4) Low-organized Games Using Overhand Throwing 97(3) More Low-organized and Lead-up Games Using Catchballs™ and Foxtails™ 100(3) Rolling and Fielding a Small Ball 103(3) Frisbee™ Throwing Using Deck Rings/Frisbees™/Woosh Rings™ 106(4) Frisbee™ Throwing Games 110(2) Sending and Receiving Skill Builder Stations 112(2) Scoop Play 114(4) Scoop and Whiffle Ball 118(2) Sending and Receiving an Oval Object 120(4) More Sending and Receiving Skill Builder Stations 124(3) SECTION 4: PRE-SPORT SKILLS 127(337) Key Focus Area: Basketball Play Ball Handling/Chest and Bounce Pass 129(6) Footwork/Control Dribbling/Passing 135(4) Footwork/Crossover/Speed Dribbling 139(4) Dribbling/Shooting/Passing 143(5) Shooting/Layup 148(3) Overhead and Sidearm Passing/Layup Shooting 151(4) Baseball Pass/Passing Plays 155(4) Defense/Offense 159(5) Rebounding/Blocking Out 164(4) Skill Builder Stations 168(3) Lead-up and Modified Games 171(4) Key Focus Area: Floor Hockey Play Stick-handling Skills 175(3) Shooting and Goalkeeping 178(3) Passing 181(3) Facing-off/Offense and Defense 184(3) Skill Builder Stations 187(3) Lead-up and Modified Games 190(4) Key Focus Area: Volleyball Play Underhand Serving 194(3) Setting (Overhead Pass 197(3) Bumping (Forearm Pass) 200(3) Overhand Serving 203(3) Digging and Serve Reception 206(3) Introduction to Spiking and Tipping 209(3) Introduction to Blocking 212(2) Skill Builder Stations 214(2) Lead-up and Modified Games 216(5) Key Focus Area: Soccer Play Dribbling 221(3) Passing and Receiving the Pass 224(4) Goal-kicking 228(3) Trapping 231(3) Tackling 234(2) Goalkeeping 236(3) Heading the Ball/Throw-in 239(4) Skill Builder Stations 243(2) Lead-up and Modified Games 245(3) Key Focus Area: Softball Play Throwing and Catching 248(3) Fielding Grounders/Sidearm Throw 251(3) Fielding Fly Balls 254(3) Pitching and Back-catching 257(3) Batting 260(3) Base Running 263(3) Skill Builder Stations 266(2) Lead-up and Modified Games 268(5) Key Focus Area: Cricket Play Bowling 273(3) Batting/Fielding 276(4) Lead-up and Modified Games 280(4) Key Focus Area: Netball Play Passing and Catching/Footwork 284(4) Goal-scoring 288(3) Lead-up and Modified Games 291(2) Key Focus Area: Racquet and Ball Play Handball Play/Forehand Stroking/Footwork 293(3) Paddle Ball Play/Forehand Stroking/Footwork 296(3) Backhand Stroke/Footwork 299(3) Ground Strokes and Volleys 302(3) Serving 305(3) Skill Builder Stations 308(2) Lead-up and Modified Games 310(3) Key Focus Area: Flag Football Play Passing and Catching 313(3) Ball Snap and Lateral Pass 316(2) Pattern Running and Defensive Guarding 318(3) Ball Carrying and Handing-off 321(3) Punting and Place-kicking 324(3) Blocking and Tackling 327(4) Skill Builder Stations 331(2) Lead-up and Modified Games 333(4) Key Focus Area: Rhythm and Dance The Bird Dance/Balance Feathers 337(3) The Bunny Hop/The Stepping Routine 340(3) The Twist/The Schottische 343(4) The Hustle/Rhythmic Ribbons 347(4) Aerobic Ropes/La Raspa/The Limbo 351(3) Barn Dance/Mayim/Rhythm Sticks 354(4) Parachute Dance/Virginia Reel 358(4) Grand March/Cha-cha 362(4) Square Dancing 366(3) The Butterfly/The Troika 369(3) The Madison/Progressive Jiving 372(92) SECTION 5: APPENDIX Pre-Sport Skills Teaching Pointers and Rules Basketball Pointers, Rules, and Court/Field Diagrams 379(10) Floor Hockey Pointers, Rules, and Court/Field Diagrams 389(5) Volleyball Pointers, Rules, and Court/Field Diagrams 394(6) Soccer Pointers, Rules, and Court/Field Diagrams 400(7) Softball Pointers, Rules, and Court/Field Diagrams 407(8) Racquet and Ball, and Tennis Pointers, Rules, and Court/Field Diagrams 415(6) Cricket Pointers, Rules, and Court/Field Diagrams 421(6) Netball Pointers, Rules, and Court/Field Diagrams 427(6) Flag Football Pointers, Rules, and Court/Field Diagrams 433(9) Tournament Draws 442(22) The F.I.T.T. Principle 443(1) Determining Your Target Heart Rate Range 444(1) Monitoring Your Resting Heart Rate 445(1) Busy Muscles & Busy Bones Worksheet 446(1) Name the Muscles on the Muscle-dude 447(1) Bone-dude Worksheet 448(1) Your Activity Pyramid 449(1) ``Math in a Heart Beat'' Fitness Activity 450(1) Your Aerobic Grids 451(1) Let's Run Around Australia! 452(1) Your Nutrition Pyramid 453(1) Nutrition Worksheet #1 454(1) Nutrition Worksheet #2 455(1) Fortune Cookie 456(1) Joker's Wild 457(1) Exercise Hunt 458(2) Juggling Scarves Activities 460(2) Tinikling 462(2) Boomerang Throwing 464