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Egg-xactly Right
Students match colors and sizes, and manipulate the plastic eggs to put them together. They stand along the perimeter of the gym with a partner. Students have an Easter basket as a pair. They are given a signal, the first person of each...
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Scream Run
Sixth graders are introduced to the rules and procedures of the game Scream Run. Individually, they scream at the top of their lungs and run when given the signal by their teacher. To end the lesson, they try to sing a song while running...
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Garden of Letters
Students use locomotor movements, spatial awareness, and letter recognition. They play "Queen Bee of the Garden." Students perform locomotor movements (walk, jump, etc.) called by the teacher as a way to get around the garden.
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Get in Shape: Exercise Daily
Students do four different exercises followed by a one lap run and four minute aerobic dance.
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Olympic Sprint Training
Young scholars observe and analyze their partner while they run fast, and teach each other up to eight cues to improve speed and technique.
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Running/Wiffle Ball
Learners explain the basic rules for wiffle ball. In this physical education activity, students record the steps they took during their 4 mile run. Additionally, learners participate in a game of wiffle ball.Â
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Heart of a Runner Word Search Puzzle
In this health worksheet, students look for the words that are related to the theme of the worksheet. They also work on the skills of spelling and word recognition.
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10-20-30 Second Club
Students participate in running exercises to accumulate points for their running team. They earn ten, twenty, or thirty points for improving their running time, then line up with their team to add up their team's total running fitness...
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Pennsylvania Walkers Club
Pupils participate in an school-wide walking club. Students choose a destination in Pennsylvania they would like to visit. After plotting the best way to get their using a map, the walk each day and record their distance in miles on a...
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White Bear Lake Fitness Challenge
High schoolers participate in fitness challenge. After choosing a destination they would like to visit, students record their mileage to their destination after riding on bikes and walking on treadmills. High schoolers receive an...
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Sun Fun
Students identify that learning letters and their individual sounds are important. They identify the letter u and the sound it can make in various words and illustrations. Finally, students practice wiriting the letter u both upper and...
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Mini Track Meet
Middle schoolers, in groups, practice all of the physical activities they have learned into a track meet. They run relays and each member of the team is to participate.
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I Walk the Line
Students walk, run, jump, and hop all over and around geometric shapes. They identify the shapes by running to and standing on the called out shape.
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Step by Step
Students measure the rise and run of steps from a place that holds meaning for them. They write a reflection (in the form of a journal entry, poem, or short story) regarding this significant place.
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Holiday Gift Exchange
Students participate in a running or ball dribbling activity, delivering a bean bag across a certain distance to their partner. They deliver as many bean bags to their partner in a two minute time period.
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Sneaker Slap
Young scholars develop agility while moving from the "ready position." students change directions efficiently in a game-like situation.
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Triangle Tag
Students practice their chasing, fleeing, and dodging skills in small groups.
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Olympic Sprint Training
Young scholars work with a partner and observe and analyze their partner's form while running. They make recommendations from a list of eight cues to help improve both running speed and technique.
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Discovery Pacing
Students discover strategies for pacing themselves when running longer distances on a quarter mile track.
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Ridgerunner
Students jog for three minutes at the beginning of the class, increasing one minute per week for ten weeks. They count each lap as one mile on the Appalachian Trail, computing the class average and plotting their progress on a class map.
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Partner Mile Run: Heart Rate Calculation
Learners improve fitness, calculate target heart rates and prepare for the mile run physical fitness test.
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Straights and Curves
Students stride the straights and walk the curves on a track in order to improve physical fitness. They work on varied lengths for the strides and walks.
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Discovery Pacing
Students run a lap as fast as they can. They discuss the problems of running that fast for longer distances and strategize a plan to pace themselves. They work with timing, distance and observation to practice monitoring their pace.