UNIT:

Substitute Lesson Plans

LESSON:

4-Square

Curriculum Week:

n/a

GRADE:

3rd - 5th

THE STUDENTS WILL:

apply striking skills (hands) during game play / increase flexibility and muscular strength

identify strategies that work to score points / identify rules of scoring

apply strategies during game play / use cooperative skills to decide points

EQUIPMENT:

poly spots(all)(9/square), domes(all)(9/square), rubber balls(8)

X WHEN COMPLETE: BLACK____ KRIMMEL____ /// ALLEN____ STATHOPULOS____ /// EICHELMAN____ PIEFER____ /// MCCARTNEY ____ /// SHEETZ ____ SCHENCK____ GILBERT____ /// SANSON ____ AULISIO ____ CONDOLUCI ____  /// IRVIN-HAUCK ____ WAY____ REMESNIK____

TIME

NAME

MANAGEMENT

INSTRUCTI0NS

EVALUATION

STANDARD

A

2 min

enter and

walk to coordinate

students remain in line and walk to their coordinates / while students sit without

enter quickly

IV

T

attendance

lines - sit quietly

talking, teacher checks attendance according to coordinate positions

and quietly

T

(ie:  A7) find letter 'A' on wall, count back '7' dots on floor -- coordinate 'A7'

N

kdg - no coordinates - just sit on dot / teacher call names, students answer 'here'

3 min

intro activity

sitting on coord

Objective:  Students strike a ball into opponents square, trying to make it bounce

attentive

IV

twice or out-of-bounds

Set-Up:

4-5 students per station / 4 students inside square, 1 student wait in

rotation

Game

begin by serving the ball(drop-n-tap) / continue striking the ball with

A

Play:

hand into opponents' squares / if ball bounces twice or out-of-bounds,

C

striking player gets a point / play to 5 points and restart

T

Rules:

serve must: drop in server's square, then be tapped into an opponent's

I

square / if ball knocks cone out of place, then reserve / after 1 point,

V

rotate squares (see diagram)

I

DIAGRAM

T

Y

17min

4 Square

8 games set-up

observe games and monitor rules, points, strategy

rules

I, II, III, IV

4-5 students/gme

Strategies to suggest:

strategy

hit low and fast

cooperation

fake hitting directions

serve quickly

5 min into activity, instruct students to return to coordinates and begin stretches(5 sec. each) -- SEE WALL FOR STRETCHES -- then return to activity

Throughout activity, stop & perform exercise (push-ups, sit-ups, etc…) / 1 exercise = 1 min / chose 3 exercises on 3 occasions / then return to activity

C

2 min

clean-up and

move to door

instruct students to return equipment correctly and form 3 lines the main entrance

walk, no talk

IV

L

meet at door

sit in 3 lines(blue,

students should walk/no talk, to 3 lines at door / sit in shortest line

clean equip.

O

middle, yellow)

move quickly

S

U

1 min

class grade

sitting in 3 lines

review activities and skills performed / assess classes performance of activities /

identify grade

II, III, IV

R

and summary

assign a 'class grade' to be recorded on role sheet

and skills

E

(1=unacceptable, 2=needs improvement, 3=good, 4=great)