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Stress Hot Potato
Students listen to a brief description of stress including an emphasis given on distress and eustress as well as a description of the emotional and physiological understanding of stress. They then get into groups of 4 or 5 standing in a...
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Scooter Signal
Students practice the use of hand signals to designate right or left turns. In this safety instructional activity, students ride a scooter following paths set up to look like sidewalks and roads. Students practice forming the proper...
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Winter Quilt
Second graders create a class winter quilt. In this visual arts lesson plan, 2nd graders use construction paper, glitter, markers, and ribbon to create a patchwork quilt of winter scenes or memories.
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Mapping the Circulatory System
Students investigate the circulatory system in human beings. In this human body lesson, students create an outline of a human body using colored markers and butcher paper. Students use red and blue colors to simulate the oxygenated...
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Class Book: My Favorite Valentine
Students create a class book for Valentine's Day. In this holiday instructional activity, students draw a picture and write a few sentences about their favorite valentine. Students put their pictures together to create a class book.
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Food Group Craze
Students play a game to learn or reinforce prior learning of the food groups within the food guide pryamid.
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"It's the Great Pumpkin" Game
Young scholars demonstrate the ability to perform a variety of locomotor movements and body shapes. The student book "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" is used with this lesson.
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Sugar for Breakfast
Students calculate the calories and carbohydrates in breakfast cereals. They learn the nutritional value of sugar-filled cereals. They can also figure out the nutritional value of other breakfast items, such as toast, orange juice, etc ....
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Our Senses
Students practice identifying the five senses using such things as a fluff ball, train whistle, tennis ball, package of potpourri, lollipop
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Four-Corner Cartoon Traveling
Students practice moving safely in a general space and travel using a variety of locomotor movements in this variation of the game Four Corners.
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Pedometer Calorie Counter Game
Students investigate food and calories. They examine the amount of work it takes to burn those excess calories.
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Lace Pictures
Students create Valentine's Day gifts. In this visual arts lesson plan, students create a Valentine's Day project using paper doilies pasted onto construction paper. Students frame their art with brown construction paper and give their...
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Valentine's Day Recipes
Students create a recipe using traditional Valentine's Day treats. In this recipe lesson, students brainstorm about Valentine's Day treats and choose one or two to create the recipe. Students list measurements and ingredients. Students...
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Island Hopping
Students collaborate to play a game. In this island hopping lesson plan, students face obstacles and imaginary situations in which they have to problem solve in order to complete the task.
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Manners
Students are given opportunities to become aware of manners. They become aware of their behaviors and choices and to provide a positive place for students to think about their choices.
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Quieting Down Muscles and Bones
Students familiarize themselves with the proper names of muscles and bones and where they are located.
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Impaired
Students examine how drug and alcohol use diminishes our ability to perform tasks that require manual dexterity such as driving a vehicle. Using gloves and sunglasses students attempt tasks and compare it with the relationsip to an...
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Lacrosse Tag
Students play a game using lacrosse sticks and practice their cradling and scooping.
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Groundhog Tag
Students act like groundhogs in order to practice the skills of chasing, fleeing, and dodging.
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Stacker Mania
Students upstack and downstack cups while performing various locomotor skills.
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Lumini Stick Macarena
Students use lummi sticks to perform a routine and identify a rhythmical beat.
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Turkey Round-up
Students perform this game as a warm-up for their bodies and a review of game strategies. It is designed to be used around Thanksgiving.
