3-5 PE Lesson Ideas

Divide students into pairs. Gather students in front of you and explain that they will be working on the basketball chest and bounce passes. Pinpoint two students to demonstrate a correct bounce and chest pass. Explain to students that they will be using a deck of cards in a game that involves these two types of basketball passes. A black card represents a bounce pass while the red cards represent chest passes.

The teacher holds the deck of cards while standing in the center (or side) of the activity area. One student from each partnership visits the teacher to draw a card. The student then returns to his/her partner, where the partner is holding the ball. The team then performs the type and number of passes which their card indicates. For example:

• 10 of Spades = 10 bounce passes
  
• King of Hearts = 13 chest passes
  
• Ace of Clubs = 1 bounce pass
  

As soon as the task is completed, one member of the partnership places the card in their pocket (or places on the ground in a safe place), runs (or another type of locomotor movement as indicated by the teacher) and draws another card, and play continues.

When the deck is completely drawn, students count the number of cards each has in their pocket. Shuffle all the cards and begin again, if desired.