Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.5B Grade 4 CPI 6

 

Standard: 2.5 - Motor Skills

 

Strand: B -   Movement Concepts 

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 6 -  The student will explain how a movement skill can be used in another movement setting.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        STRIKE IT! - This activity requires a large play area, an assortment of objects for striking (e.g., beanbags, balloons, Ping-Pong or tennis balls, shuttlecocks), and appropriate rackets. Establish several stations where students perform striking tasks. As students progress, they practice striking skills rebounding off a wall or volleying with a partner. Activities at stations may include the following:
-        Perform a pancake flip with racquet and bean bag.
-        Hit a balloon with a racquet.
-        Hit a Ping-Pong ball with a racquet.
-        Hit a tennis ball down (or up) with a racquet.

Variation: A similar activity can be designed to teach students how to swing and hit a ball with a bat. At hitting stations, students use plastic bats and wiffle balls to hit a stationary object (a ball on a tee or cone). At another station, one student hits a ball against a wall, and his/her partner catches it on the return. At a third station, students practice hitting a ball pitched underhand. Discuss how eye-hand coordination make this activity possible.