3-5 PE Lesson Ideas

Name of Activity: Throw Everything

Purpose of Activity: To have students apply what they have learned about the throwing motion.

Activity cues: Step with opposite foot, arm way back, side to target, follow through

Suggested Grade Level: 4th and Up

Materials Needed: Different size balls, containers to hold them, wall to throw to

Description of Idea

Examples of balls that this author has used: small playground, soccer nerf, soccer rubber, footballs, softball, whiffle baseball, whiffle softball, yarn balls, tennis balls, handballs, bean bags, various sized nerf balls, and various sized gator skinned balls.

Teaching Suggestions:

This is a culminating activity. Probably not best to try this with students who haven't been taught the proper cues to throwing.

Use the "back to the wall" teaching technique so you can evaluate every students throwing motion

Help students who are having trouble. It they are trying really hard but don't quite have it ask them to move on to the next ball.

Can do the same with catching. Have them catch the ball using the correct cues. They can catch after one bounce or before it hits the ground.