FIRST
GRADE - FLAG FOOTBALL
(Use
ROUND BALLS for all lessons unless otherwise noted) |
Lesson 1
THROWING & CATCHING REVIEW
(USE ROUND BALLS not footballs): Part 1
Warm up with a flag game called "Running Back Frenzy". Part 2
Throwing & Catching Review. Begin with a verbal review of the
points of throwing and catching. Refer to the kindergarten
lessons if you feel your class needs a review lesson for either
skill. This should not be done with a partner. Part 3
Throwing & Catching Stations: Set up at least six stations with
various types of targets. Hoops, buckets, water bottles, Cereal
Boxes, many things can be used and combined to make a cool
target obstacle course. Have at least a couple stations that
work with catching as well. You can use whiffle balls, yarn
balls, or beanbags. With a total of twelve stations, you can
allow them either one or two minutes at each station, depending
how long your lessons are. |
Lesson 2
THROWING AND CATCHING WITH A PARTNER
(USE ROUND BALLS not footballs): Part 1 Warm up
with the flag game "Running Back Frenzy." Part 2 Students get
a partner and practice throwing and catching. Review the points
of throwing and catching. Guided discovery question: "When you
want the ball to go out to your partner, what direction does the
weight of your body move as you throw the ball to your partner?
(Toward your partner.) Part 3: a game that works on
throwing/catching. Creative option: the students create a game
with their partner that uses throwing and catching. |
Lesson 3
DODGING REVIEW: Part 1 Warm up with a circuit that
mixes fitness stations and the ball handling cards. Choose cards
that work with partners. Include the card that says, "Toss the
ball so that you have to travel to catch it." Part 2 Dodging
Review. Verbally review the skill of dodging. Play the game
"Dodger" Part 3 Play some Dodging games. Pound Puppies, Hounds
and Rabbits and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. |
Lesson 4
COOPERATION GAMES:
Part 1 Warm up with one of the games you played last lesson.
Part 2/3 Play some games that promote cooperation. Games can
include; Frozen Bean Bag, Back to Back, Face to Face, etc.
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Lesson 5
LEVELS AND RHYTHMS: Part 1 Warm up with shipwreck.
This is a fun, different way to practice levels. One of the part
threes in this lesson is a cooperation activity. This will
reinforce the activity that you did last lesson with the
students. One of the important aspects of this lesson is the
opportunity for the students to be creative. |
Lesson 6
REVIEW ROLLING
(USE ROUND BALLS not footballs): Part 1
Cooperation game. You can use one that you did in Lesson 4. Part
2 Review the points to rolling a ball. Discuss or guide the
students through the steps of rolling a ball. Part 3 Set up
some really fun stations to roll the ball at, through, even onto
or into! |
Lesson 7
ROLLING GAMES (USE ROUND BALLS not footballs):
Part 1 Bowling for Fitness. Part 2/3 Play a couple of the
rolling games from the book. |
Lesson 8
SPUD (USE ROUND BALLS not footballs): Part 1
Begin with a Fitness Circuit - 12 stations. Part 2/3 This game
was taught as a partner activity in Kindergarten, if you have
not taught it, TEACH this students how to play with groups of
two following the Kindergarten plan and then for part three,
move onto to small groups. If they have already learned, play
the game in groups of three or four. During the lesson, allow
them to change groups at least once so that they get a variety
of people to play with. |