Lightning
Date: (date you are teaching)
Teacher: Matthew Boulus
School: MSU Elementary
Class: KIN 355
Equipment Used: basketball court
Grade Level: 5
8 basketballs
Time: 10:00 am
Targeted NASPE Standard(s): 1, 2, 4
Specific Objective: The main objective of this activity is to teach the students how
to be a good sport when they lose and also to be a good teammate and cheer
on their fellow students.
Concomitant Objective: The students will be physically active when they are in
the game of lightning, and they will work on their basketball shot.
Time
Procedures Followed
Materials
N/A
Warm Up: Not needed
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Minutes
15
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Seconds
Transition: When I say go, have all the students put
their toes on the green line.
~1
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Minutes
Set Induction: Ask students if anyone likes basketball
or has ever played the game lightning.
-Explain how I loved basketball growing up and my
favorite game was lightning
-Explain that the game is called lightning is called
because lightning strikes quickly, and in this game you
have to move lightning quick in order to stay in and win.
1
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Minutes
Learnable Piece: The object today is to be a good sport
and to support your classmates, even in defeat.
-Once players are out, they will be a cheering section for
the person that got them out.
-Objective: be able to explain what it means to be a
good sport.
Presentation of New Material/Directions: -Explain the
rules
-Going to be 4 games played to start, and the 4 winners
will play at the end to decide the 1 true winner
-Each game is played with 2 basketballs and starts with
the students in a single file line starting on the free throw
line going back towards half-court. The first 2 students
have the basketballs
-The first person shoots from the free throw line, and
then immediately after he/she shoots, the second person
shoots. Each player must get their rebound after they
shoot.
2
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Minutes
-Each player shoots until they make it (only first shot is
from the FTL, the rest of the shots from anywhere
-If student 1 makes it before student 2, then he/she
passes it to player 3 and they shoot to try and make a
shot before player 2
-A player is eliminated when the person behind them
makes a shot before they do on that particular team
-Once eliminated, the student must cheer for the person
who eliminated them, if that person gets out, then they
cheer for who got them out
-The winner is the person who eliminates the final player
-At the end, all 4 winners will play to see who wins it all
-Ask if there are any questions
-Thumbs up if you understand
30
Transition: Students will count off by 4, and assign
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each hoop a number 1-4
Seconds
-When I say go, go to the hoop that your number
corresponds with and get into a single file line.
-I will say Ready, set, Go! to start the game
4
Activity: -games will be played on all 4 hoops, with the
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final on one hoop
Minutes
-I will walk around the gym giving feedback at each
court, always being able to see all students
2
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Minutes
___1__
Minutes
Notes:
Possible Modifications: If game is too easy, play from
the 3-point line instead to start. If game is too hard,
move students a step in at a time until it is fair
Lesson Review: Following the final, get kids back to the
green line.
-Ask Can anyone tell me what you learned today?
8 basketballs
4 basketball
hoops
