Unit Overview

Movement Competence, Active Living

Sending and Receiving within Boundaries

What Will the Students Learn?

Summary
Students will apply relationship and social skills as they participate in a variety of partner and small-group tasks.
Students will actively participate in a variety of net/wall-themed activities while identifying environmental safety risks.
Students will demonstrate the ability to apply strategies related to sending objects, preparing to receive objects and moving
within boundaries, while participating in a variety of net/wall activities.
Key Questions
How can I demonstrate relationship and social skills?
Can I identify environmental factors that pose safety risks during participation?
How can I strategically send and receive different objects against a wall or over a line within a boundary so I can be successful in a
variety of net/wall activities?
Curriculum Expectations
See the Ontario Curriculum, Health and Physical Education, Grades 1-8, revised (2010) for examples, teacher prompts
and student responses related to expectations.
1 - demonstrate personal and interpersonal skills and the use of critical and creative thinking processes as they acquire knowledge
and skills in connection with the expectations in the Active Living, Movement Competence and Healthy Living strands for this grade
1.4 - apply relationship and social skills as they participate in physical activities, develop movement competence and acquire
knowledge and skills related to healthy living to help them interact positively with others, build healthy relationships and become
effective group or team members
A1 - participate actively and regularly in a wide variety of physical activities and identify how regular physical activity can be
incorporated into their daily lives
A1.1 - actively participate in a wide variety of program activities, according to their capabilities, while applying behaviours that
enhance their readiness and ability to take part [PS, IS]
A3 - demonstrate responsibility for their own safety and the safety of others as they participate in physical activities
A3.2 - identify environmental factors that pose safety risks during their participation in physical activity, and describe ways of
preparing themselves to enjoy outdoor activities safely [PS, CT]
B1 - perform movement skills, demonstrating awareness of the basic requirements of the skills and applying movement concepts as
appropriate, as they engage in a variety of physical activities
B1.5 - receive objects of different shapes and sizes at different levels and in different ways, using different body parts [PS, IS]
B2 - apply movement strategies appropriately, demonstrating an understanding of the components of a variety of physical activities,
in order to enhance their ability to participate successfully in those activities
B2.2 - apply a variety of simple tactics to increase their chances of success while participating in and exploring physical activities
[PS, CT]

How Will I Know What the Students Have Learned?

Assessment of Learning
Students will demonstrate the ability to apply strategies related to sending objects, preparing to receive objects and moving
within boundaries while participating in a variety of net/wall activities.
Students will actively participate in a variety of net/wall-themed activities while identifying environmental safety risks.
Students will apply relationship and social skills while participating in a variety of partner and small-group tasks.
Assessment for Learning
Throughout the unit, students will be monitored using a variety of assessment strategies and tools. Ongoing observational
assessments will be made in the form of anecdotal records, checklists and rubrics and students will be given descriptive feedback
to further develop the tactical skills of net/wall games at a primary level. They will use self-assessment and peer assessment to
further their learning.

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Unit Overview
Movement Competence, Active Living
Sending and Receiving within Boundaries

How Will Assessment and Instruction Be Organized For Student Learning?

Lesson 1: Introduction to Four Square: Moving in Bounds
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
identify safety risks and cooperate effectively while actively participating in a variety of simple outdoor net/wall activities
send and receive objects over a line and within a boundary.
1.4, A1.1, A3.2, B2.2
Know before you go
Checkpoint 1:
Are students able to identify possible safety risks in the outdoor playing environment?
Teacher Resource 1: Participation and Living Skills Anecdotal Recording Chart
Checkpoint 2:
Are students able to send and receive objects within designated boundaries?
Teacher Resource 2: Net/Wall Movement Strategies Checklist
Lesson 2: More Four Square
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
recover into a ready position to receive objects within a boundary
aim to send objects to a designated area
cooperate effectively with peers while participating in a variety of simple net/wall activities.
1.4, A1.1, B2.2
Know before you go
Checkpoint 1:
Are students able to cooperate effectively with their peers by taking turns and sharing space?
Teacher Resource 1: Participation and Living Skills Anecdotal Recording Chart
Checkpoint 2:
Are students able to aim and send objects to a designated area?
Teacher Resource 2: Net/Wall Movement Strategies Checklist
Checkpoint 3:
Are students able to recover into a ready position each time an object is sent?
Teacher Resource 2: Net/Wall Movement Strategies Checklist
Lesson 3: Against the Wall Throwing and Catching
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
participate actively in a variety of simple net/wall activities
recover into a ready position to receive objects within a boundary
aim in order to send objects to a designated area, using appropriate force.
A1.1, B2.2
Know before you go
Checkpoint 1:
Are students participating actively in all activities, including Warm-Up, Action and Cool-Down?
Teacher Resource 1: Participation and Living Skills Anecdotal Recording Chart
Student self-assessment using the Four Finger Strategy

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Sending and Receiving within Boundaries

Checkpoint 2:
Are students able to recover into a ready position to receive objects sent against the wall within a boundary?
Teacher Resource 2: Net/Wall Movement Strategies Checklist
Checkpoint 3:
Are students able to aim to send objects against the wall within the boundary?
Teacher Resource 2: Net/Wall Movement Strategies Checklist
Lesson 4: Against the Wall: Using Our Feet
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
receive with their feet objects that have been sent against a wall
recover into a ready position to receive objects within a boundary.
A1.1, B1.5, B2.2
Know before you go
Checkpoint 1:
Are students able to receive objects that have been sent against a wall, using their feet?
Teacher observation during partner activities
Checkpoint 2:
Are students able to assume a ready position to receive objects, with their feet, that have been sent against the wall within a
boundary?
Teacher Resource 2: Net/Wall Movement Strategies Checklist
Lesson 5: Net/Wall Strategy Stations
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
apply a variety of simple tactics to increase their chances of success while participating in simple net/wall activities.
A1.1, B2.2
Know before you go
Checkpoint 1:
Are students able to apply the strategies they have learned to a variety of simple net/wall activities?
Teacher Resource 3: Net/Wall Movement Strategies Rubric
Checkpoint 2:
Are students able to identify a strategy they have learned that helps them to be successful in the context of simple net/wall
activities?
Teacher observation

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