3rd Grade Physical Education (PE) Lesson Plans

Grade Level: 3rd and up Objectives: Students will change direction while running. Back and Forth Relay – PE Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: 1) Divide class into two or more teams. 2) Have each team line up

Level: Grade 3 and up Objective: Students will use dribbling skill while running. Basketball Relay – PE Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: 1) Divide class into four even teams. 2) Have each team line up behind

Level: 3rd grade and up Objective: Students will use ball-handling skills while running Equipment: One ball per team Ball Throw Relay – PE Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: 1) Divide students into even teams. 2) Have

Level: 3rd grade and up Objective: Students will practice jump rope skills in a relay. Equipment: One jump rope per team. Jump Rope Relay – PE Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: 1) Divide class into groups

Level: Grade 3 and up Objective: Practice skills including batting, pitching, throwing, and catching. Equipment: four bases, one softball per four players, one bat per four players Batting Rotation Baseball – Physical Education Lesson Plan

Level: Grade 3 and up Objectives: Students will practice skills used in football such as catching, throwing, and hiking. Ten Points Football – Physical Education Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: 1) Divide students into two groups.

Boundary Ball-Basketball Level: Grade 3 and up Objective: Students will participate in practicing dribbling, passing, and shooting skills. Equipment: One basketball, one court Boundary Ball Basketball – Physical Education Lesson Plan PDF Procedures:  1) Divide

Level: Grade 3 and up Objective: Practice guarding, dribbling, passing, and shooting. Equipment: One basketball, masking tape, basketball court Nine Court Basketball – PE Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: 1) Show students that basketball court is

Level: Grade 3 and up Equipment: None The Blob – Physical Education Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: 1) One person is selected to be “it” 2) The are not to go outside the boundaries. (basketball court)

Objective: Body awareness: running and tagging skills Level: Grades 3 and up Equipment: None Sharks and Barracudas – Physical Education Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: Divide the class into two teams (sharks, barracudas) Have the barracudas face

Objective: Develop Physical Fitness Level: Grade 3 and up Equipment: Either bowling pins or cones Knock Down – Physical Education Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: 1) Divide class into two teams. 2) One team will be

Level: 3rd and up Objective: Practice dribbling and passing skills. Equipment: One basketball and basketball court. Five Pass Basketball – PE Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: 1) Divide class into two teams. 2) Game is started

Level: Grade 3 and up Objective: Practice volleyball skills used in a game and keep track of the ball. Equipment: One volleyball and net. Newcomb Volleyball – PE Physical Education Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: 1)

Level: 2nd grade and up Objective: In this lesson, students will be able to integrate math and physical education by the doing addition facts during a relay. Equipment: Chalkboard or Whiteboard Chalkboard Relay – PE

Four Corner Running- Baseball Level: Grade 2 and up Objective: Students will use body awareness while running from base to base. Equipment: Four bases Running the Bases – Four Corner Running Baseball PE Lesson Plan PDF Procedures:

The following activities can be done in a physical education classroom or just for fun. Lead-up games can be used as a warm up activity or a way to practice skills used in many sports.

Level: K and up Objectives: Students will share and cooperate while participating in a relay Equipment: One burlap sack per team Three Legged Relay – Physical Education Lesson Plan PDF Procedures:  1) Divide class into

The following are relays that can be used in physical education or regular education classrooms. They can be done in a gym or outside. Relays are great activities that require students to work together and

Grade Level: K and up Objectives: Students will use jumping skills Equipment: One sack per team. Sack Relay – PE Physical Education Lesson Plan PDF Procedures:  1) Divide class into two or more teams. 2)

Level: Kindergarten and up Objective: Balancing objects on different parts of the body. Equipment: One beanbag per team Beanbag Relay – PE Physical Education Lesson Plan PDF Procedures:  1) Divide class into two or more

Objective: Cognitive awareness of distinguishing long a and o sounds. Level: Kindergarten and up Equipment: None Cranes & Crows – K-6 Physical Education Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: 1) Divide students into two groups and one

Objective: Students listening, direction Level: Kindergarten and up Equipment: None Dessert Island Stream – PE Physical Education Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: 1) Tell students that one end of the court is a desert, one is

Level: K and up Equipment: None Everyone’s It – PE Physical Education Lesson Plan PDF Procedures: 1) Every student in the class is it. 2) Anytime someone gets tagged they must do 10 jumping jacks.