Tee Ball

Rationale
One of the fundamental themes of the Australian culture is that of sport.
Providing children an opportunity to learn and successfully participate in a sport
at a young age will help foster an interest in sport both as a participant and as a
spectator.
This lesson plan is for a year 2 class consisting of mainly 7 year olds. The Tee Ball
game is quick to learn and means that the children are able to play a simple
game after minimal lessons. Tee Ball is a good sport to play at this age as it
combines the use of Fundamental Movement Skills that this age group have
learnt and are continuing to master. These include throwing overarm, catching
and strikes a ball from a tee with a bat. Teaching and practising these skills in a
sport format allow the class to see how fundamental skills are incorporated in
sports, it provides the opportunity to engage with a team and practise key skills
of communicating and team work.
This topic is designed to be taught over 5 x 1 hour PE classes allowing students
time to practise elements of the tee ball game each week in a modified game as
well as having the opportunity to practise some of the key Fundamental
Movement Skills from the sport each week. The classes have been designed to
maximise student interaction each week with 2 activities covered most weeks
(excluding the warm up / warm down) to cater for individual preferences.
Prior to the commencement of the first PE class, the students should read
Berenstain Bears Play T-ball in class to facilitate language and literacy
components in each lesson.

Discipline
The behaviour management techniques used in this class will be based on the
Canter Model. In the first lesson students will decide on the rules for the class, at
the start of each lesson any issues that may have arisen in the previous lesson
will be modelled and practised eg turn taking. If individual students choose not to
comply with the class agreed rules they will be taken aside by the teacher and a
coloured dot put against their name on the role. If the behaviour continues the
student will receive a 2nd dot followed by a one on one discussion with the
teacher when the rest of the class is engaged. If the behaviour continues the
student will be sent to the buddy class.

KLA : PDHPE

TOPIC : Tee Ball

CLASS : Yr 2

Outcomes:
The students will:
MOS1.4 Demonstrates maturing performance of basic movement and compositional skills in
a variety of predictable situations.
GSS1.8 Performs fundamental movement skills with equipment in minor games.
ALS1.6 Participates in physical activity, recognising that it can be both enjoyable and
important for health

Outcomes
Students
will learn

Wee
k

Differentiated Teaching and Learning

Experiences

a basic
understandi
ng of the
game of tee
ball

Introduction to Tee Ball, Fundamental

Movement Skill 2 handed catch
Students create class rules
Brainstorm skills involved in game that we will
learn in the next 5 weeks.

FMS two
handed
catch

In partners practise throwing overarm and

catching, opportunity to step back from
partner.

Review FMS
overarm
throw.

to strike a
ball from a
tee with a
bat.
Review FMS
two handed
catch and
overarm
throw.

Assessment
Opportunitie
s

Student self
assessment

Race the Ball (game)

Equipment 1 ball and 4 markers per team
Divide the group into two equal teams.
Organise each team into two lines facing each
other. Player 1 on each team begins with the
ball, which is thrown in a zigzag pattern to the
top of the line and then returned to the first
person in the same pattern. The first team to
have the ball returned to player 1 is the
winner.
2

Teacher
assessment
checklist

Introduction to Batting
Demonstration of batting
8 tees set up with a choice of normal bat and
light plastic bat, tee ball and large soft ball.
Groups of 2 or 3 created with various abilities.
Strong batters encouraged to peer teach.
Batting game
Groups of 6 to 8. One batter, one person
standing behind batter. Each person has 3
turns batting in a row. Students fielding throw
the ball back to the keeper. All members then

Teacher
assessment
checklist

Teacher
assessment
checklist

Lesson Plan 1
Targeted outcomes
GSS1.8 Performs fundamental movement skills with equipment in minor games.
ALS1.6 Participates in physical activity, recognising that it can be both enjoyable and
important for health

Supplementary outcomes
TS1.1 Communicates with an increasing range of people for a variety of
purposes on both familiar and introduced topics in spontaneous and structured
classroom activities.
RS1.5 Reads a wider range of texts on less familiar topics with increasing
independence and understanding, making connections between own knowledge
and experience and information in texts

Lesson objectives:
Students will develop understanding of important skills to have when playing a
team game including sportsmanship and patience.
Students will develop the fundamental movement skill two handed catch
Students demonstrate their ability to perform the fundamental movement skill
overarm throw.

Preparation
2
mins
8
mins
5
mins

5
mins
8
mins

12

Explain to students the activities for the next 5 weeks and

the end goal of playing a game of tee ball as a class.
Class create a set of class rules to be followed by all in
the class, students write the rules on cardboard.
Discuss the themes in the book Berenstain Bears Play Tball (patience, team work) what are some other
characteristics that are important when playing a team
game / sport?
Brainstorm key aspects / skills in game / Equipment
provided. (Batting, Throwing, running, catching, stopping
on the base, soft balls, tee, base or markers). 2 Teams
take turns batting and fielding.

Assessme
nt

Dynamic warm up
Simon says (including arm circles). No out, teacher
nominates one of the winners to choose and call out the
next movement (including whether to say Simon says)

Activity

Student self

mins

In partners practise throwing overarm and catching,

stepping back from partner after 1 successful catch. Take
one step forward when a catch is missed.

Game
15
mins

Race the Ball

Equipment 1 ball and 1 markers per student.
Divide the group into equal teams. Each team is set up in
a zig zag pattern. Player 1 on each team begins with the
ball, which is thrown overarm to each team member and
then returned to the first person in the same pattern. The
first team to have the ball returned to player 1 is the
winner.
X1
X3
X5
X2

5
mins

X4

Warm Down
Walking Side by side with partner trying to write teeball
with your footsteps. Partners stay together but not
touching. Partners decide other words to write associated
with tee-ball eg batter, fielder.

assessment
Provide
print outs
of FMS from
Good for
kids, Good
for life
website
Teacher
Assessment
of two
handed
catch &
overam
throw on
checklist

Lesson 2
Targeted outcomes
MOS1.4 Demonstrates maturing performance of basic movement and compositional
skills in a variety of predictable situations.

MOS2.4 Displays a focus on quality of movement in applying movement skills

to a variety of familiar and new situations.
GSS1.8 Performs fundamental movement skills with equipment in minor games.
ALS1.6 Participates in physical activity, recognising that it can be both enjoyable and
important for health

Supplementary outcomes
SGS1.2 Manipulates, sorts, represents, describes and explores various two-dimensional
shapes.

TS1.1 Communicates with an increasing range of people for a variety of

purposes on both familiar and introduced topics in spontaneous and structured
classroom activities.

Lesson objectives:
Students will develop knowledge and understanding about the game of tee
ball.
Students will develop the fundamental movement skill of strikes a ball from a
tee with a bat.
Students demonstrate their ability to perform the fundamental movement skill
overarm throw.

Preparation
10
mins

Recount what was learnt last lesson.

Ask what the class know about batting.
- How to hold the bat
- Where should the ball hit the bat
- Where should the bat go after it hits the ball?
SAFETY drop dont throw the bat.
Talk about the shape diamond, how many sides? How
many angles? What things are a diamond shape?
Introduce students to home base, 1st base, 2nd, base and
3rd base

5
mins

Dynamic warm up

18
mins

Activity

air batting students pretend to hold a bat and practise

hitting a pretend ball.
In pairs students throw the ball to each other, every time
they throw they share a fact about tee-ball.
8 tees set up with a choice of normal bat and light plastic
bat, tee ball and larger soft ball. Groups of 2 or 3 created
with various abilities. Strong batters encouraged to peer
teach.

Batting game
25
mins

Groups of 6 to 8. One batter, one person standing behind

batter. Each person has 3 turns batting in a row. Students
fielding (F) throw the ball back to the keeper. All members
then rotate until each person has had a turn at keeper
and batting.

Assessm
ent
Assessme
nt
checklist recount

Assessme
nt
checklist rules
Assessme
nt
checklist
of
overarm
throw.
Assessme
nt
checklist
of two

F2

F3

F1

F4

handed
catch

Batter X
Keeper X
5
mins

Warm Down
Ball tricks students test what tricks they can do throw
high and catch, catch ball with hand above ball, throw the
ball under a leg and catch it, etc.

Lesson 3
Targeted outcomes
GSS1.8 Performs fundamental movement skills with equipment in minor games.
ALS1.6 Participates in physical activity, recognising that it can be both enjoyable and
important for health

MOS2.4 Displays a focus on quality of movement in applying movement skills to

a variety of familiar and new situations.

Supplementary outcomes
TS1.1 Communicates with an increasing range of people for a variety of
purposes on both familiar and introduced topics in spontaneous and structured
classroom activities.
WMES1.3 Describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions,
materials and informal recordings

Lesson objectives:
Students will develop knowledge and understanding about the game of tee ball.
Students will develop the fundamental movement skill two handed catch
Students demonstrate their ability to perform the fundamental movement skill
overarm throw.
Students learn how to stop on a base.
7
Preparation
Assessment
mins
Students recap what they learnt in lessons 1 and 2.
What rules do they now know?
Students brainstorm how to stop on a base using
different body parts to touch the base.
Ask how many people can be on one base from the
batting team? 1 sometimes everyone needs to run to
the next base.
8
mins

Dynamic warm up

15
mins

Activity

Assessment
checklist
recount &
rules

Bean bag explore. In pairs students have to test out as

many ways as possible to swap bags. Suggest high
throws, backwards over head etc
Wheel Relay - Students divided into equal teams, 2
teams per diamond. 1 team line up behind home base, 1
team line up behind 2nd base. 1st runner from home base
runs through 1st base and stops on 2nd base. When
player is stopped touching 2nd base, 1st runner from 2nd
runs through 3rd base and stops on home base. When
they are stopped touching home base 2nd runner from
home base runs through first base etc.

Assessment
checklist
participates
&
sportsmanshi
p

X4
X2
3rd Base

1st Base
X1
X3

25
mins

Game

5
mins

Warm Down

Form two equal teams. Set up a diamond with a player

on each base. The batter hits the ball off the tee within
the diamond, then runs around the diamond. Fielders
throw the ball back to the catcher/wicketkeeper, then
around the bases in the opposite direction to what the
batter is running. If the batter beats the ball back to the
base they started from, they score a run for their team.
Teacher led stretches and discussion about what they
have liked so far.

Lesson 4
Targeted outcomes
GSS1.8 Performs fundamental movement skills with equipment in minor games.
ALS1.6 Participates in physical activity, recognising that it can be both enjoyable and
important for health

Supplementary outcomes
TS1.1 Communicates with an increasing range of people for a variety of
purposes on both familiar and introduced topics in spontaneous and structured
classroom activities.
WMES1.3 Describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions,
materials and informal recordings
SGS1.2 Manipulates, sorts, represents, describes and explores various two-dimensional
shapes.

WS1.9 Plans, reviews and produces a small range of simple literary and factual
texts for a variety of purposes on familiar topics for known readers.

Lesson objectives:
Students will develop knowledge and understanding about the game of tee
ball.
Students will develop the fundamental movement skill two handed catch
Students demonstrate their ability to perform the fundamental movement skill
overarm throw.
7 mins Preparation
Assessment
Brainstorm the rules we have learnt so far
Introduce concept that ball must be inside the
diamond when it is first hit (1st and 3rd bases)
7 mins

Dynamic warm up
Role play tee ball roles are called out and everyone
acts out what they do. Eg catcher crouching catch
ball, batter, fielder running and catch ball, base

runner. Nominate a few students to call out the

positions (the next person determines the time of
pretending being the previous role.)

Activity
16
mins

3 different stations set up

1) Throwing overarm into a bucket
2) Throwing and catching
3) Batting (into a soccer net)
Students can move through the stations practising
the skills they choose to practise.

Game
20
mins

Set up several stations each starting with one batter

and three or four fielders (X). The batter will attempt
to put the ball in play by hitting it inside the diamond.
If they miss the ball or if they hit the tee without
knocking the ball forward, then it will be considered a
strike. Each player has 3 strikes before it is the next
players turn. If the player hits the ball, they must
drop the bat and run to first base.
X2
X3
X1
1 st base
Batter 1

10
mins

Warm Down
Class is split into 2 or 4 teams (5 8 per team). Each
team decides on a team name and a cheer.
Encourage students to spell out their team name with
their bodies

Self
assessment of
skills. Provide
print outs of
FMS from
Good for kids,
Good for life
website

Teacher
assessment
checklist
applies FMS

Lesson 5
Targeted outcomes
GSS1.8 Performs fundamental movement skills with equipment in minor games.
ALS1.6 Participates in physical activity, recognising that it can be both enjoyable and
important for health

MOS2.4 Displays a focus on quality of movement in applying movement skills

to a variety of familiar and new situations.

Supplementary outcomes
WS1.9 Plans, reviews and produces a small range of simple literary and factual
texts for a variety of purposes on familiar topics for known readers.
WMES1.3 Describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions,
materials and informal recordings

Lesson objectives:
Students will develop knowledge and understanding about the game of tee
ball.
Students will develop the fundamental movement skill two handed catch
Students demonstrate their ability to perform the fundamental movement skill
overarm throw.
6
mins

Preparation
Each team nominates a captain who ensures that every
team member has a turn at batting and at fielding in at
least 2 different fielding positions

7
mins

Dynamic warm up

40
mins

Game

7
mins

Warm Down

Assessm
ent

Practise of team name spelling actions

Students can choose their favourite warm up to do.
Tee ball game(s)

Student choice
Discussion what did they like about the game, which
team worked best together encourage students to think
beyond just who won the game.

Assessme
nt
checklist
applies
FMS to
game