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Rhythm Lessons Show The Link Between Music And Math

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Educators can use music lessons that show students how to learn about rhythm in a fun and exciting way.
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Locomotor Roll

For Teachers K - 2nd
This PE lesson is designed to have young learners review and practice their locomotor skills.
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Volley A Lot

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This PE lesson is designed to have young scholars practice the skill of the forearm pass in volleyball.
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The Bus

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students must work cooperatively in teams to move a large mat around the gymnasium. This lesson focuses on working well together as a group to complete a task.
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Miniature Badminton Golf

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in a game of miniature badminton golf. In groups, they practice serving and following directions. With a partner, they create their own badminton golf course and have other pairs play their course. To end the lesson,...
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Wipe-Out Silent Jump Rope Workout

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
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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Special Delivery

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are given an envelope with the name of a locomotor skill. As a class, they practice reading the name of the skill and practice doing the movement. To end the lesson, they complete the movement only when the music is playing.
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Rod, Penny, and Lightning: The Straight Story

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review the concept of a movement story. As a class, they practice moving in straight, curved and zigzag pathways while making frozen body shapes of the characters in the story. To end the instructional activity, they must...
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4-Corner Fitness

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in a game called 4-Corner Fitness. Individually, they are given a card with an exercise and location on it. Once they finish one station, they move on to the next one following the music. To end the lesson, they...
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Hot Lava

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students pretend that the area of the gym floor that is purple is land and the yellow sections are lava. Individually, they are to make their way across the room only on land staying out of the lava. To end the lesson plan, they move...
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Winter Wonderland

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students brainstorm a list of the activities they can participate in during the winter months. In groups, they rotate between stations in which they can practice or try the different winter sports. To end the lesson, they can play the...
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Balance Stations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are introduced to the concept of balance. In groups, they travel between eight stations in which they balance their own body and different types of balls. To end the lesson, they share which one was the hardest and the easiest.
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Fitness Points

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are given an index card with a warm-up on it for them to complete when they enter the classroom. Individually, they are placed around the room in which they complete the warm-up and assigned a total point value. To end the...
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Bulldog Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars participate in a game of Bulldog tag. In groups, they are given different colored pinnies in which they try to catch those wearing a different color. To end the lesson, they switch roles between the one doing the tagging...
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Wipeout (Dancing Legs) Tag

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students choose to dance or do a stationary swimming movement within this lesson. They play a game of noodles and taggers. The teacher explains the rules to the game and then the game begins.
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Frosty the Snowman

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice throwing at a target. In this target throwing lesson, students participate in a wintertime game as they practice their overhead throwing skills.
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Tick Tock Goes the Clock

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students become familiar with cues for the one-handed underhand throw/roll. In this throwing lesson, students practice getting items into the target area as they follow commands to help them correctly underhand throw. Teacher awards...
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Jump Jump Jump

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate their ability to jump rope. In this jump rope lesson, students are divided into small groups and complete each jump challenge.
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Tick Tock Goes the Clock

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate the correct form of a one-handed underhand throw or roll. In this underhand throwing lesson, students use hoops, spider balls, and targets to practice performing an underhand throw/roll,
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Sliding Pennies

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate a proper low level slide. In this sliding lesson plan, students play a game using polyspots and pennies. The students practice sliding in order to pick up one penny.
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Football-2 Minute Drill

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils participate in two minute drills throwing and catching a football. In this football activity, the students are divided into teams and pass the football at various distances. The pupils may rotate their team roles after each drill.
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Soccer Golf

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars practice soccer kicking skills. In this soccer skills instructional activity, students participate in a game as they use the inside of their foot to kick the ball toward numbered cones.
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Playing in the Snow

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice dribbling and passing skills. In this basketball skills instructional activity, students rotate through a series of winter-themed stations with a partner and practice dribbling while jumping low hurdles, dribbling...
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Crosby Rush

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners develop their striking skills by trying to score a hockey goal. In this striking skills lesson, students use hockey sticks and small balls to practice scoring a goal.