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1stCharacter Focus15-20 min
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Courage Target Practice

🎯 Courage Target Practice

1st
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Equipment: Foam balls, targets Time: 15-20 min
Set up various "challenge" targets at different distances. Students take turns being brave challengers with foam ball "stones." Focus on proper throwing form and accuracy rather than power.
TEKS 1.1B: Demonstrate proper form for rolling underhand and throwing underhand and overhand
TEKS 1.2A: Apply rules and procedures in structured activities
Character Focus: Courage and perseverance. We learn that facing big challenges takes practice and bravery, and we can overcome obstacles when we believe in ourselves and keep trying.
📺 Watch: Target Practice PE Game

5E Lesson Plan Structure:

  • 🔥 Engage: Hook activity - Quick warm-up demonstration of target practice, show excitement for accuracy and focus.
  • 🔍 Explore: Hands-on discovery - Students try different throwing techniques, explore accuracy concepts through guided practice.
  • 📖 Explain: Teach concepts - Demonstrate proper throwing form, explain accuracy skills and character connections, TEKS connections, character focus on persistence.
  • 🚀 Elaborate: Apply/extend - Full target practice challenges, leadership roles in coaching others, goal-setting applications.
  • ✅ Evaluate: Assess learning - Check understanding of throwing skills and character development, TEKS mastery through accuracy improvement.
K: Very large targets, 3-foot distance, underhand only, 5 attempts, focus on participation
1st: Large targets (hula hoops), 5-foot distance, underhand and overhand introduction, 8 attempts, courage building
2nd: Medium targets, 8-foot distance, accuracy tracking, 10 attempts, team challenges
3rd: Small targets, varied distances, moving targets, 12 attempts, strategy development
4th: Multiple target sizes, advanced distances, trick shots, 15 attempts, peer coaching and leadership