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Pbs Learning Media: Fun in Fitness Lesson Plan
In this lesson, young scholars follow along as their teacher walks them through a variety of exercises and stretches targeting the whole body.
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Pbs Learning Media: Active Deck of Cards: Lesson Plan
Read playing cards so the suit determines the type of physical activity, and the face value determines the number of repetitions.
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Pbs Learning Media: Deal or No Deal Lesson Plan
This lesson is very similar to the popular television show Deal or No Deal. Students are chosen one by one to pick an exercise card. Once a card is selected they decide if they want to take the deal by showing a thumbs-up or decline the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Uno Fitness Lesson Plan
This instructional activity uses the popular card game, UNO. Learners form small groups, and then take turns picking up cards and performing a specific exercise. Each card color has a designated exercise associated with it and the number...
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Pbs Learning Media: Animal Fitness Lesson Plan
In this instructional activity using commonly known animals such as a fox, dog and an inchworm, students enjoy learning about the movements of various animals. The teacher demonstrates how to move and be like that animal using various...
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Pbs Learning Media: Sports Fitness Lesson Plan
In this instructional activity, students learn about fitness and sports! Students follow along with their teacher to perform exercises that can be found in all different sports.
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Pbs Learning Media: Survival Fitness Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students learn survival skills while getting in shape! Students follow along with their teacher as they act out the important survival skills they would need as if they were on a deserted island.
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Pbs Learning Media: Vacation Fitness Lesson Plan
This lesson is a very relatable fitness activity! Students use their bodies to move through the motions of going on a vacation.
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Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Bingo Lesson Plan
This lesson is similar to traditional bingo. Each student gets a fitness bingo card. Creating space between them and their peers, students will act out the exercise if they have it on their bingo card.
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Pbs Learning Media: Minute to Win It Lesson Plan
This lesson plan is based on the popular game show, Minute to Win It. Students work as a whole class to perform various exercises for one minute in order to gain points.
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Pbs Learning Media: Wheel of Fitness Lesson Plan
This lesson is very similar to the popular television show Wheel of Fortune. Young scholars are chosen to spin the Wheel of Fitness and whatever they land on is the exercise they perform.
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Pbs Learning Media: Odd Todd & Even Steven: Lesson Plan
Combine multiplication, determining if a product is odd or even, and physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a twelve to fifteen minute series of activities that can be easily tweaked...
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Pbs Learning Media: Jumping Math: Lesson Plan
Combine counting sequences with physical activity to engage young scholars and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a fifteen to twenty minute series of activities that can be easily tweaked to work in any elementary...
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Pbs Learning Media: Antonyms and Synonyms Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students learn about synonyms and antonyms through physical activity. The teacher calls out a series of commands. First, the students perform the synonyms (the same as the movement called out) and then they go through the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Waddle Lesson Plan
This lesson connects literacy, creativity and movement! Young scholars act out different animals in the book "Waddle" as the teacher reads aloud. Students listen carefully for the animal name and the verb describing how that animal...
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Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Cyberchase
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Cyberchase.
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Pbs Learning Media: Back to School: Activity Starters: Clifford
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Clifford The Big Red Dog.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Poets and Puppets: Learning English
Use these how-toos to help English Language Learners with speaking and writing. Using poetry and role playing with puppets unleashes creativity.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Imagination Voyages: Travel Simulation Activity
A WebQuest for older or adult ESL learners that simulates a group planning a trip to the Grand Canyon. Members must plot out their transportation, lodging, activities, and more within a budget. Good for high school or adult ESL students.
University of Oregon
Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Tongue Twisters
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage young scholars in writing tongue twisters. Examples of tongue twisters are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Independent Author Study Evaluation
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an author study evaluation rubric. Students will be assessed on oral communication skills, author information, and a Venn Diagram.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Poetry for the Elementary Classroom
Site contains a narrative and three lesson plans. These plans are designed to assist students with various aspects of poetry. This site discusses strategies which enable students to effectively, memorize, recite, and correctly pronounce...
Other
Six Minutes: Speech Analysis #1: How to Study and Critique a Speech
Dlugen presents a detailed collection of tips to observe when critiquing others' speeches. This skill is critical in improving individual presentation abilities. SL.9-10.3 Eval Presentation. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.3, SL.9-10.3 Eval...
TES Global
Tes: Spoken Language Study Teaching Resources 11 20
[Free Registration/Login Required] This 20-page word resource discusses the topic of "Slang" for students. Practice exercises and notes are provided. L.11-12.3 Language Functions/Style