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Throw and Catch Tag
Students throw and catch, moving through general space safely amongst others.
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Rainy Day Football
Learners participate in a rainy day game to reinforce football rules.
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Shadow Matching
Students pair up with a partner and find a good self space. They choose who "match" who first (i.e., be the "leader"). Standing next to their partner, and only looking at their shadow, each student tries to match their partner
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Larger than Life Line Dance
Young scholars are encouraged to enjoy dance, feel comfortable dancing, and perform a few simple moves to the beat of the music
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Turkeys and Feathers
Students play a game of tag while holding the position of turkey or feather. The turkey's are it and when they catch a feather they switch positions. Great for Thanksgiving.
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Mat Move Over
Students move safely in general space to practice transferring weight skills such as a log roll, cartwheel, forward roll, egg roll, leap over, walk over, etc.
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Recess Kicking and Dribbling
Students practice soccer dribbling, trapping, and kicking with strong force.
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Dance Choreography
Learners complete this assignment after several lessons where they have experienced creating their own choreography. It can be done as homework or an in class assignment. It could also be completed at a writing station during a station...
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Genes and Heredity
Students identify different traits and whether the traits are inherited or acquired.
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Rollerblade Scarf Tag
Students particpate in a rollerblading activity to increase their aerobic capacity. They who are comfortable on rollerblades participate in the game while others practice basic skills.
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Volleyball Set Assessment
Students complete a reciprocal assessment of the set used in volleyball.
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Hula Hoop Together
Young scholars use hula hoops and music to develop a motor skill. When the music stops students should find a blue hoop. This is also a good lesson for socializaiton.
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Touchdown Tag
Middle schoolers broken into teams try to score a touchdown having to get through another team first. They have flags and change positions many times throughout the game.
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Polydot Locomotor Tag
Students play a tag type game using locomotor skills as they move across the gym. They hop on one or two feet when they are tagged while waiting to be freed.
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Follow the Leader Throw and Catch
Students perform various throwing and catching activities to music with a partner, with one partner as the leader, and the other copying the movements.
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Wipe-Out Silent Jump Rope Workout
Students listen to the song "Wipe-Out". Individually, they jump with their invisible jump rope while the drums play and use different movements when the guitar plays. To end the lesson, they practice all of the locomotor skills they have...
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Highway Tag
Students choose one space on a line as their personal space while other classmates are choseen to be the taggers. Individually, they move along the line staying clear of the taggers. Within a specific time limit, new taggers are chosen.
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Hockey Hoop Dribble
Students refine/develop hockey dribbling and puck handling skills. They begin by dribbling in general space and perform the following task when they approach the hula hoops:yellow hoop: dribble slowly one time around, green hoop:...
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Bean Bag Shuffle
Students practice their locomotor skills. They are introduced to locomotor skills (skipping, galloping, etc). Students start with a bean bag in their hand. They begin on the teacher's signal to begin their locomotor skill, moving in...