G5 Volleyball - Coaching, Peer Formative Assessment & Feedback - Reflections

G5 Coaching, Peer Formative Assessment & Feedback
The main concepts running through this unit are... 

• introducing volleyball so that the students can inquire into and develop an understanding of the sport and play competitively with peers.
• developing the students ability to peer coach, break down skills, create and develop a checklist, model skills and present feedback.

The skills the students examine are either the overhead pass or the forearm pass. Two skills that are fundamental to volleyball. Last year I had one class work on both checklists for each of the skills. This time I have split that job, requiring Grade 5E to design and develop a checklist for the overhead pass and 5B the forearm pass.

During the lesson I have the students break down their designated skills into manageable steps.

Once they have their 5 or 6 steps in a rough order, they then have the opportunity to test the validity of their checklists.

Once the groups are satisfied with their checklists, the class reconvenes to discuss and agree upon the order and steps for the final draft.

Below are the students and class checklist for G5B and G5E.

From these collaborations I developed two checklists that both classes could work from. I included two USA Volleyball diagrams that really helped the G5s last year when working on this unit.

Over the next couple of lessons the students get the opportunity to coach, give feedback and develop a peers skill set.

It is during these lessons I introduce the video delay app on the iPad, giving the students the option of getting additional feedback on their performance. 

 

Reflections