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Fitness Points
Young scholars 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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Management Stop and Go
Students discover the proper directions to follow when participating in an activity. As a class, they only move when given the correct command when playing the name game. To end the instructional activity, they stop playing the game when...
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Bulldog Tag
Learners 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 and the...
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Bean Bag Clean-up
Students perform activities to practice locomotor skills. When music begins, students pick up a bean bag and bring it to the corner corresponding to the color of the bean bag. They perform a specified locomotor skill.
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Spaceship Commander Tag
Students review key locomotor skills and the rules of the spaceship commander tag. They choose 3 students to be Space Commanders and the rest of the students are aliens. The game is played using different locomotor movements
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Wipeout (Dancing Legs) Tag
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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American Idol Tag
Students role play their favorite judge and chase the other students to try to take their flag football flags away. Then they travel around the gym freely trying not to lose their flags. Students who lose their flags help the judges to...
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Cars Tag
Students participate in a tag game using characters from the Disney movie "Cars." They role-play different characters from the movie, with students wearing different colored vests or wrist bands and jogging in the Impound Area after...
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Hanukkah Tag Game
Students participate in a tag game involving aspects of the Hanukkah holiday. They discuss the basic tenets of Hanukkah, then play the tag game, with the Candle Makers as taggers and the students tagged freezing into position as candles.
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Students participate in a "Pirates of the Caribbean" tag game to demonstrate scooter skills and safety techniques. Students identify and discuss scooter safety rules, then play a tag game with each student (pirate) on a scooter, with...
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Beat the Clock
Students discuss the importance of working together. After forming groups, they perform the movement based on their teacher's instructions. When asked to stop, they must sit down and form their groups immediately. If not, the game is over.
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Skipping Tag
Learners participate in a tagging game that involves skipping as the locomotor skill. With one person playing "it," students must skip around the tag area trying to get away from the tagger, and with the tagged learners trying to deter...
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Turtle Tag
Students review safety rules for playing a P.E. game and a few students are selected as the taggers. On the signal, students avoid being tagged by the tagger using only the locomotor skill selected. They who want to avoid an imminent tag...
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Volleyball Bonkers
Students practice aiming with the underhand hit in striking with short-handled implements to introduce them to a underhand hit in volleyball. They encounter the manipulatives of tape, hula hoops and a variety of balls to assist them with...
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Jump Jump Jump
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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Sliding Pennies
Students demonstrate a proper low level slide. In this sliding lesson, students play a game using polyspots and pennies. The students practice sliding in order to pick up one penny.
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Seahorse Tag
Students demonstrate swimming in a pool and review water safety rules. In this swimming lesson, students apply water safety rules in a game of tag. This lesson has variations to challenge more competent swimmers.
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STXBall Soft Lacrosse
Students discover how to cradle, throw and catch and scoop in order to play Lacrosse. They also need to know the simple rules of the game.
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Forming Groups
Students create groups (teams) the way a teacher hopes they -- various different ideas are presented.
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Lower Grade Basketball Activities
Students demonstrate basic knowledge about how to use a basketball properly. The teaching of the lesson is done through modeling and students assessment is done with drilling and practice with the basketball activities.
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The Twelve Days of Fitness
Students can practice this activity as a warm-up during the month of December. It's a great way to teach students about different types of exercises and how they relate to the different components of fitness.
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Hula Hoop Hoopla
Students practice the skills of using a hula hoop in order to expand other skills like following directions. They are given and experience a variety of locomotor and manipulative movements. They work as an individual and a team member.
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Dance Cards
Students choreograph a simple dance and have experience performing. students choose their own groups-usually of about 3-4, or assign the groups. Each group receives one dance card. They are to decide the order in which to do the steps.
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Soccer Tennis
Young scholars work together in teams to play a variation of tennis and soccer combined.