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Soccer Tennis
Pupils work together in teams to play a variation of tennis and soccer combined.
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Football Frenzy
Students practice throwing and catching a football in a dynamic setting. The quarterbacks throw passes to their receivers. If the receiver catches a pass, then they jog back to their quarterback area and they become a quarterback.
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Throw and Catch Tag
Students throw and catch, moving through general space safely amongst others.
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Titanic Challenge
Students engage in this lively game that helps them develop communication/cooperation skills and strategy development.
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Mark Twain Olympics
Students, during the last week of the year, are placed into 12 teams to represent countries of the world. All of students participate in a school-wide Olympics that involves 4 rounds of fun activities.
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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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The Bus
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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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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Human Obstacle Course
Students are in a group - half of them be an obstacle and half be moving around them, and then they switch. This engaging game promotes lots of movement.
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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.