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Snow Man
Students sit in a circle and practice rolling balls of various sizes to classmates. They construct a paper snowman using various sized circles and then name and label different body parts.
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Triangle Tag
Students practice their chasing, fleeing, and dodging skills in small groups.
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Ghostbuster Dribble
Students practice dribbling and passing fundamentals using the appropriate cues.
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Soccer Scatter
Students practice dribbling the ball with his/her feet and passing to a partner.
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Striking Balloons
Students strike balloons with different body parts (elbow, head, knee, wrist, shoulder, etc.) to practice their striking skills.
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Locomotor / Pathway Card Swap
Students follow instructions on index card with a locomotor skill and pathway written on it, then students follow the cones which mark the boundaries. When music stops switch index cards with another student and go agian.
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E.T. Tag
Learners interact in a game of tag. When students are caught they must practice waiting skills to be "unfrozen".
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Humpty Dumpty
Students practice submerging their faces and heads in the water and blow bubbles when learning to swim. They practice this to the song of Humpty Dumpty.
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Take Five
Students transition from one activity to the other in a quiet and sequential manner. students should have a clear understanding of what the freeze/stop/halt signal means.
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Hand-Off Tag
Young scholars participate in a P.E. tag game. They demonstrate the proper football carrying form and the hand-off position throughout the game.
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Crazy Pathways
Learners, working in groups, demonstrate their ability to follow pathways using designated locomotor skills.
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Hungry Crabs
Students improve upper body strength and endurance. They crab walk inside the boundaries and collect the bean bags. They are only allowed to get one bean bag at a time. Once they get a bean bag, they place it on their stomach and crab...
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Snowflake, Snowflake
Students practice locomotor and listening skills. Students pretend to be snowflakes. As the teacher reads about snowflakes, students perform the task mentioned. They walk, dance, jump, etc.
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High Five Dance Warm Up
Students stand in a circle in sequential order. They grapevine to the middle of the circle when they hear their number. When in the middle of the circle, students high five someone and then grapevine out of the circle. Numbers may be...
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Hanukkah Tag Game
Students discuss the celebration of Hanukah. They play a Hanukkah tag game. Students pretend to be candle makers and "shamus" candles. They practice chasing, fleeing, and dodging games.
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High Five Lay-ups
Students move about the general space in the gym pretending to dribble and shoot a basketball. Two students are designed as taggers who "Freeze" other players with their hand HIGH in the air. Students who are not frozen must give a "High...
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Capture the Running Flag
Students practice a form of locomotion - walk, jog, gallop, skill. They select 2 to 4 flag holders and each one has a flag tucked into back pocket or waist band with flag exposed down to at least the knee. The goal for the non-flag...
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Madagascar Tag
Students play a tag game. They are divided into zoo keepers, penguins, and lions. Each group has different responsibilities such as skipping, galloping, and jumping. Students perform different locomotor skills each time they are tagged.
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Hungry Crabs
Students improve upper body strength and endurance. They crab walk inside the boundaries and collect the bean bags. They are only allowed to get one bean bag at a time. Once they get a bean bag, they place it on their stomach and crab...