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Winter Lake Skating
Students pretend to be ice skating on a frozen lake, putting on their pretend skates and place a pretend hat on their head. They watch a demonstration of the proper skating form, using their arms to give momentum to move side-to-side,...
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Self-acceptance
Young scholars assess the importance of acceptance of self and others via the development of self-worth and the looking for the good in others not the bad. They explore the task of looking at the world through the eyes of others. In...
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Hands On: Plot Points on a Coordinate Grid
In this solving coordinate grid word problem worksheet, students plot points, order pairs, identify horizontal and vertical lines, and find distances to solve problems. Students solve six problems.
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Frosty's Freeze Tag
Students improve their chasing, fleeing and dodging skills in a cooperative, fun, holiday game using white (fleece) snowballs.
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Frosty's Freeze Tag
Students participate in a holiday P.E. tagging game involving chasing, fleeing, and dodging skills. With the taggers holding a fleece ball (snowball), they chase and tag the other students, with the tagged students becoming unfrozen by...
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Water Fitness
Students participate in a series of aerobic exercises in water to help improve fitness.
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Just for the fun of it!
Students engage in non-competitive activities with peers in similar grade levels. They participate in Water Relay, Sneaker Hunt, Clothes Relay, Sacks, and Partner Squirts. Stations rotate about every 10 minutes.
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Be the Pizza
Second graders pretend to be pizza dough being made into a pizza pie. They listen to step by step instructions for the process of making the pizza and respond by moving their bodies as if they were the dough. Step by Step instructions...
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The Life and Work of Jacob Lawrence
Black History Month provides a time to talk about the accomplishments of African Americans like Jacob Lawrence.
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Art and Sole
First graders discuss how culture can be transmitted from generation to generation. In groups, they create a bust of themselves after viewing various artists artwork. They also develop their own dance routine and perform it in front of...
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Study of an Artist
Fourth graders research an artist, write a short report and do an oral presentation.
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Is it Folk Dance?
In this folk dance worksheet, students determine the characteristics of folk dancing and the dances that would fit that definition. They learn the actual dance concepts behind folk dancing.
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Create-A-Line Dance
Students demonstrate knowledge of the processes, principles, and structure of line dance. In groups students choreograph their own line dance, implementing moves learned from previous dances taught in the line dance unit.
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Hip-Hop Warm Up Dance
Students in a middle elementary physical education class participate in a warm-up activity in which they perform several hip-hop dance moves. They do the mountain climber, the coffee grinder, the seat spin, and others. They even come...
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Raise the Roof
Students appreciate the fun and enjoyment from dancing with a variety of dances such as "Raise the Roof,""Bankhead Bounce," "Grapevine," and Hydrolics."
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Who's Here Today?
Students sing a song while clapping their hands and listening for the first letter of their name. In this attendance activity, students participate in locomotor activities such as turning around and squatting down. Students jump up and...
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Haydn's Surprise
Students listen to Haydn's "Surprise" and use the score to create themes and variations with other rhythms. They create poems using Haydn's rhythm in the symphony and research his life. They also use "body percussion" to play parts of...
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Dance Team/ Collaborative Fitness Routines
Learners experience the process of creating a "dance team" type routine by following a set procedure.
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Censorship in America
Students follow resource links to study the history of art censorship in the US. They study the work of the FCC and the Hip-Hop 4 Peace campaign.
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Exploring the Roots of Modern Dance in America
Students develop an understanding of how African culture impacted modern dance in the United States.
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Hula Hoop Twister
Students demonstrate how the body moves and the use of personal and general space concepts.Students identify different body parts and colors.students identify various body parts (knees, elbows, hands, feet, etc), right and left side of...
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Native American Friendship Dance
The performing arts offer artistic perception, creative expression, historical and cultural context and aesthetic valuing. This dance helps students understand dance history and develops cultural awareness. Students are given the...
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Rockin' Robin
Learners practice weight transfer skills to the song "Rockin' Robin." students warm-up with this activity during a tumbling unit.