Grade: Grade 2 PE Lesson Title: Volleyball Skills Lesson Duration (mins): 30

Overview of lesson
This lesson has been designed to help develop skills involved in the sport of volleyball for grade 2 students. One
activity is ‘Keep it Up!’ where students need to work together in groups of 4-6 to keep a beach ball up in the air, and
the other activity is ‘Targets’ where students need to throw a volleyball over the volleyball net into a hula hoop on the
other side. Two important volleyball skills are to not let the ball touch the ground and targeting certain areas of the
opposite court. To begin, students will run 2 laps around the gym and come to the center circle for instructions. By the
end of the lesson, students will have practiced, and developed skills needed for volleyball.
Alberta Program of Study
GLO /GLE SLO/SLE
• A: Students will acquire skills through a • A2–1 select and perform locomotor skills involved in a
variety of developmentally appropriate variety of activities
movement activities; dance, games, types of • A2–5 select and perform ways to receive, retain and
gymnastics, individual activities and send an object, using a variety of body parts and
activities in an alternative environment; e.g., implements, individually and with others
aquatics and outdoor pursuits • A2–11 apply basic rules and fair play while playing and
• C: Students will interact positively with learning the strategies of lead-up games
others • C2–1 identify and demonstrate respectful
communication skills appropriate to context
• C2–5 display a willingness to play cooperatively with
others of various abilities, in large or small groups

Critical Questions
Lesson Guiding Questions:
• What strategies have you used to keep the ball from touching the ground?
• What strategies have you used to get the ball to its target on the other side of the net?

Learning Objectives
• Students will apply locomotor skills such as jumping while participating in game-based activities.
• Students will identify appropriate ways to use their body to accomplish a task in game-based activities.
• Students will apply basic rules of fair play to their game-based activities while developing volleyball skills.
• Students will use appropriate communication and collaboration while participating in game-based activities.
• Students will demonstrate a willingness to play cooperatively with others through the game-based activities.

Annotated Learning Resources List

Resource #1: Alberta Program of Studies
Resource #2: Shared PE Notebook
Material and Equipment
• Volleyball net
• Volleyballs
• Hula hoops
• Beach balls
Lesson Procedures
Introduction (9 min):
Warm-up Routine (2 min): 2 laps and sit at the middle circle (teacher sets up equipment)
Attention Grabber (1 min): Countdown (5-4-3-2-1)
Expectations (5 mins):
• Explanation of each station:
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 o Using students (who are sitting quietly and paying attention), the teacher can demonstrate what will
be happening on each side of the gym
o Ensure students understand why these activities apply to volleyball
• Before moving on, check for understanding with thumbs up/down
• Students are expected to work together in each activity (keep it up/targets) and are expected to stay at their
activity for the designated amount of time – remind students that they will all get a chance to do each station!
Transition (1 min):
• Students will be sent to either side of the gym for their first activity (equipment will be set out while students
run their laps at the beginning)

Body (13 min):

Identify Teaching Strategies:
1. Students do their first activity (6 min) • Direct instruction
2. Students switch activities (1 min) • Experiential learning
3. Students do their second activity (6 min)
Assessments
Activity 1: Keep it Up!
• The objective of this game is to keep the beach ball from Formative:
touching the ground by working as a team to keep it in the air. • Formative assessment will include
Students will need to work together to accomplish this task. observations while students are
• In volleyball, students need to be aware that the goal is for the participating in their activities.
ball not to touch the ground, so this game encourages them to Before students are set loose to
hit the ball with any body part to keep it up off the ground. their first activity, the teacher can
check for understanding of rules and
Activity 2: Targets
expectations using a thumbs
• The objective of this game is to throw a volleyball over the net
up/down approach.
into the intended hula hoop targets on the opposite side of
the net. Students will take turns (2 at a time) to accomplish Summative Assessment:
this task. • There is no summative assessment
• In volleyball, students need to be aware that often players like for this lesson.
to target specific places on the court, so this activity helps
them practice targeting different areas.

Differentiation
• If these activities are not working for the group, a back-up activity can be freeze tag!
o Before beginning this game, students will need to help clean up the equipment that is out and being
used and gather to review the rules to help prevent injury.
Consolidating and Closure (5 min):
Clean-up:
• Students will need to help clean up the equipment used throughout the gym class. Once they have collected
what they used, they will bring it to the teacher to be put away.
Gather to Line-up:
• Students will listen to the teacher with instructions to line-up.

Reflective Notes: