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Unit and Block Plan

Weekly Class Schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:00-8:30 Souchek Timm Forney Timm Timm
8:30-9:00 Folsom Folsom Folsom Folsom Souchek
9:05-9:35 Forney Souchek Souchek Forney Forney
9:35-10:05 Blackwell Blackwell Blackwell Blackwell Blackwell
10:10-10:40 Houghtailing Houghtailing Houghtailing Houghtailing Houghtailing
10:40-11:10 Dufault Planning Planning Planning Planning
11:10-11:40 Wojo Wojo Timm Wojo Wojo

Fifth Grade Unit Plan

Lesson Activities/ Drills
One Soccer Golf Pre Psychomotor Skill Assessment
(Week 1- ** If Inclement weather, same assessment can be used for Soccer Bowling**
Monday)
Two Individual Skill Work
(Week 1-  Ball Taps Cues for Dribbling
Tuesday) o Stationary  Laces
 Tops
 Soft touch
 Side to Side
 Up and Over  Eyes Up
o Dynamic Helpful Hints
 Penguins  Keep the ball close
 Tap Forward  Use various parts of your
 Tap Backward foot, except your toe
 Walk the Dog
 Musical Poly Spot Dribbling
o When music is playing, have students dribble around general space.
o When music stops, students need to dribble to an open poly spot and
stop their ball on it.
o Slowly start taking poly spots away. When students are eliminated,
they put their ball away and line up to leave class.
Three Individual Skill Work
Cues for Passing
(Week 1-  Moving in Space
Thursday)  Knock Out  Plant foot toward target
Partner Skill Work  Inside of foot
 Passing to a Stationary Target  Follow through
o Soccer Bowling Cues for Passing
o Formative Psychomotor  Stay on your toes
Peer Assessment
 Cushion with inside of foot
 Passing/ Receiving
o Passing on the move
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Four Partner Skill Work

Literacy and Discussion
(Week 1-  Passing/ Receiving on the Move
Friday) o Name Game  Importance of moving off
o Colors Game the ball
 Gate game  Communication
o Move off the ball
Affective Plicker Assessment
Five Shooting Skill Work
(Week 2-  Four Wall Soccer Literacy and Discussion
Monday) o Students are split in to four  Accuracy vs. Power
teams. Their objective is to  “Upper 90”
score points on the other
 Bend it like Beckham
teams and avoid being scored
on by others.
o Students start on one of the four
walls of the gym. When the teacher calls out a phrase that applies to
them, they leave their wall and race to the ball in the middle of the
gym and try to score on the other teams
o If the phrase does not apply to the student, they stay behind and act
as goaltenders, trying to defend their goal or goals from being scored
on.
Six Mini Game Play
Helpful Hints
(Week 2-  Small sided game play to allow
Tuesday) students the chance to get used to  Communication
the speed of the game before playing  Eyes Up
a large sided match  Use the whole gym
Cognitive Skills Assessment
Seven Full Indoor Game Play
Technology
(Week 2-  Two teams on, one team rotates in
Thursday)  Indoor, no boundaries  Scoreboard
Summative Skills Plicker Assessment
Eight Soccer Golf Course Post Psychomotor Skills Assessment
(Week 2- ** If inclement weather, same assessment can be used for Soccer Bowling**
Friday)
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Grade Level Skill Proficiency Block Plan
Extension Refinement
Proficiency Level
Cone Soccer - Must pass to everyone on
the team before taking a
shot toward the cone?
- Both a boy and a girl must
touch the ball before a shot
is taken on the cone
- Use various sized cones
for the students to try to
hit, the smaller the cone
the harder the challenge,
the bigger the cone the
easier the challenge.
- Make a shooting zone that
students have to shoot
outside of to take a shot on
the cone.
Alley Soccer - Must call the name of the
receiver before passing for
the pass to count
- Make the gates bigger or
smaller depending on class
skill level
Keep Away - Moving off the ball
- Communication
- Crisp passes
- Important first touch
- Space!
- If students are exceling,
limit the amount of
touches they can take on
the ball, two touch or one
touch
Mini Soccer - With less people on the
field, students should get
more opportunities with
the ball
- Encourage students to try
various positions and to try
any tricks
- If the ball goes out, it is a
kick in not a throw in to
emphasize the passing
cues more
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Assessment
- How many passes can you
complete before taking a
shot on the cone?
- Can you count through the
ABC’s before taking a
shot on the cone?
- Defending team, if the
offensive team got to five
passes before taking a shot
on goal, try an limit them
to less next time!
- How many gates can you
and your teammates
complete a pass through
before losing possession of
the ball?
- How many passes can you
and your team complete
before losing possession of
the ball?
- How many passes did you
and your team make
before taking a shot on
goal?
- Try passing so that
everyone gets a touch on
the ball before you take a
shot on the goal?
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- Communication on and off
the ball
- Movement off the ball
Kicking at a Small Stationary - Have students choose the
Target target zone that they want
to go to. They can move to
different zones if they
want a bigger challenge or
need a little bit more
practice at an easier station
- Focus on the accuracy of
the pass, not power
- Can choose the type of
implement they use
Utilization Level
Two on One Soccer - Utilize a give and go pass
- Moving off the ball is just
as important as what you
do with the ball
- Communication is key
- Accurate, crisp passes are
important in a game like
this
- Defender, try to anticipate
where the pass might go
Passing to a Partner in General - Eyes up
Space - Communication is
important
- Movement off the ball
- Accuracy of pass and first
touch of receiver
Soccer Golf - If you are not comfortable -
with your kicking skills,
try a cool colored course.
- If you are confident in
your skills and what a little -
bit more of a challenge, try
one of the warm colored
courses.
- You can go over or under
or around an obstacle, it is
up to you
- Students may choose
either a gator ball or a
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- If you are able to pass the
ball three times in to your
target zone, try moving on
to the next level of zone?
- Offense
o Can you and your
partner complete
ten passes without
the defender
getting to the ball?
- Defense
o Can you anticipate
the pass and
intercept the ball
before the offense?
- Can you and your partner
stay in control of your ball
in general space?
- How many passes can you
and your partner make to
each other without losing
control of the ball?
How many times did you
have to kick the ball
before it got to the hole?
Next time try to get less!
When is power more
important in a game like
this?
- When is accuracy more
important in a game like
this?
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One on One Soccer
Traveling and Kicking for a
Goal
Performing a Continuous Tap/
Dribble and Change of
Direction
soccer ball when
completing the course.
- Scores can be kept if you
are feeling competitive
- Gain possession of the
ball, do not kick it away.
When you have gained
possession, you can try
going to the opposite goal
- Contact the ball not the
person
- Remember to use
shielding and to keep the
ball close when moving
around space
- Try going up against a
different student every
time
- Keep your eyes up and
looking out for any
obstacles and the nearest
goal
- Make the goals smaller for
students who have good
accuracy, or larger apart
for students who are
struggling hitting the goal.
- Put down more obstacles if
the students are moving
around them too easily, or
take some away if they are
struggling to keep the ball
close
- Try using different parts of
your foot to change
direction with the ball, like
the heal of your foot
- Explore the different areas
of the foot that are best for
stopping and turning
quickly with the ball.
- Think back to our ski
jumps and our ball taps,
this is where you want
your body to move but not
your ball.
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- Can you pull a move while
trying to get around your
defender?
- Count how many times
you look down at the ball
during your next round. In
the next round, try and
look down less.
- Count how many times
you look down at the ball
this next round. In the
following round, try and
look down at the ball less
- Why do we say to use the
laces of the shoe when we
are shooting and not the
inside of the foot, like in
passing?
- Every time you come in to
contact with someone, try
changing directions and
signaling to the person
which direction you are
going to change.
- Can you change directions
every time you come
across a red line? How
about a blue line?
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Change Direction: - Keep the ball three to four
Tap/Dribble feet in front of you at all
times
- As you get more
comfortable, try to keep
the ball even closer to you,
at about two to three feet.
- Make sure you stop the
ball slightly forward of the
top, so that you do not fall!
- Every time you come in to
contact with someone,
change direction
- Every time you hit a line
on the gym floor, change
direction
- When you hear the
whistle, change direction
Control Level
Dribbling Around a Stationary - Start slow, moving around
Obstacles the various stationary
objects then progressively
try to move faster.
- Use both your dominant
and your non dominant
foot when moving
Tap/ Dribble: Traveling in - Keep the ball close to your
Pathways body.
- You stay in control of the
ball, don’t let the ball be in
control of you
- When changing directions,
try changing speed as well,
explode
- Keep eyes up so you don’t
run in to anyone
Tap/ Dribble: Starting and - Keep the ball close!
Stopping - When moving around
general space, every time
you come in to contact
with another person, turn
tap and turn away from
them
- If the music stops, stop the
ball where you are
(another reason to keep
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- When you change
direction, can you keep the
ball close and in control?
- Where might this skill be
useful in a game?
- Can you change directions
every time you hear the
whistle sound?
- Pretend you have 100
points, every time you run
in to another person or an
object you have to subtract
10 points. See how many
points you have at the end
of 2 minutes!
- In 30 seconds, how far can
you travel with the ball, in
control?
- Every time you come in to
contact with someone,
change directions. Can you
stay in control moving
through space?
- Musical poly spots
- Can you move around the
space for thirty seconds
without losing control of
the ball or running in to
anyone?
- How many little touches
can you get on the ball
without losing control or
running in to someone?
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Tapping the Ball Along the
Ground
Kicking to a Partner
Kicking a Rolling Ball from a
Stationary Position
that ball close)
- Use light touches with you
laces and inside/ outsides
of your feet
- Do not use those toes
- Keep eyes up when
moving around space, look
out for your opponents
around you!
- Penguins moving forward! -
Same as before, just taking
light steps forward instead
of staying in one spot.
- Keep the ball close to your
body
- You control the ball, the
ball should not control you
- Start close together then - Can you and your partner
gradually get further apart
- Move closer using one
touch passes for a harder
challenge
- Make sure to stay on your
toes to you can react to the -
ball
- Receiver, remember to
cushion the ball as it
comes in.
- Try using both your right
and left foots
- Watch where your plant
foot and follow through
are pointed, that could
determine where you ball
goes.
- Partner can give easy rolls
or make it a little bouncy
(harder to control)
- Try returning the ball on
the ground and in the air,
but remember to stay in
control
- One touch vs. two touch
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Why is it important to
keep the ball close to your
body?
pass back and forth ten
times without missing a
beat? Now try to get to 15,
then 20! How high can
you go?
The closer you move, the
more crisp your passes
have to be and the more on
your feet you need to be.
How close can you and
your partner get, doing one
touch passes without
messing up your rhythm?
- Can you accurately kick
the ball to your partner in
the air and on the ground?
- As the partner, can you
trap the ball when it is
returned to you using your
feet?
- If you can return the ball
successfully three times,
try taking a step back!
- Can you return the ball
using only two touches?
Now how about just one?
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Kicking to Targets
- Targets of various heights
need to be spread
throughout the gym
Kicking for Distance
- Students should start in a
circle, with their backs
towards the middle, facing
outside the circle
Kicking in the Air
Kicking on the Ground
- Allow students to pick the
type of ball they want to
use. Lighter balls will be
easier to kick in the air,
but less accurate. Regular
soccer balls will be harder
to get in the air, but will
fly more precisely.
- If you need to move closer
to the obstacle that is ok!
- Remember to lock those
ankles
- Try to not use that toe!
- Nice work hitting the ball
in the middle of the ball!
- To keep ball on the
ground, kick in the middle
- To lift ball in to the air,
kick lower on the ball
- Try using both feet, this
will help in a game
situation, when you might
be forced to use your
nondominant foot
- Try standing just behind
the ball (no running starts)
- Kick using your laces
under the ball now, instead
of using the inside of your
foot on the middle of the
ball.
- Try not to use your toe!
- Using a gator ball can help
students learn to lift the
ball (it is light so it goes in
to the air easier) than a
regular soccer ball
- Try to hit both high and
low areas on the wall.
- Try to hit to the left and
right of a brick on the
wall.
- Try kicking the ball from a
stationary position and
from a running start
- Kick the ball with power
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- Peer Observation of four
kicking cues
o Plant foot
o Inside/ Laces
o Contact
o Follow through
- Try hitting between the
target and above the target
three times each!
- What is the key to sending
the ball on the ground?
- What is the key to sending
the ball in the air?
- Watch where the ball
lands, mark it with a poly
spot. Can you kick further
than that on your next
kick?
- Can you hit both high and
low areas on the wall?
- What part of the ball
should we be hitting with
our laces to get the ball in
the air?
- Can you trap the ball as it
comes back to you off the
wall?
- Try aiming for one spot on
the wall. If you can hit that
sport three times in a row,
back up and try hitting the
same spot from a greater
distance.
- Can you kick the ball with
your right foot three times
and your left foot three
times?
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Tapping the Ball
Approaching a Stationary Ball
and Kicking
Kicking at Large Targets
Kicking a Stationary Ball from -
a Stationary Position
so that it rolls back to you
- Kick the ball with
accuracy so that it hits the
same spot on the wall
every time
- Kick with both your right
and left foot
Pre Control Level
- Top of the ball (stationary)
- Side of the ball(stationary)
- Penguins (stationary and
dynamic)
- Walk the dogs (dynamic)
- Alternate kicking with
your right and left foot
- Try approaching the ball
from different angles and
distances
- Try kicking at different
types of targets
- Try kicking the ball using
both feet
- Kick from further away for
a harder challenge or move
closer for easier accuracy
The harder you kick the
ball, the farther the ball
will travel
- Try using both feet when
kicking
- Try kicking the ball
sometimes on the ground
and sometimes in the air
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- Can you kick the ball so it
comes back to you off the
wall five times?
- How many times can you
tap the ball in thirty
seconds?
- Try counting the amount
of times you tap a ball
before messing up? How
high can you get?
- Can you beat that number
next time?
- Can you approach and hit
the wall three times in a
row? How about five?
- Can you hit the wall from
various distances?
- If you hit the target more
than two times in a row,
take one giant step back.
How far away can you get
from the target and still hit
the cone
- What determines whether
the ball travels along the
ground or in the air?
- How many times can you
kick the ball and get it to
hit the wall?
- Can you hit the ball at the
same spot on the wall
three times in a row