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Spelling Free Throw (Elementary, Games)
Students run to the chalk board to spell a given word, pick up a basketball, dribble to the hoop and make one shot, run the basketball back to their starting place to score points for their team.
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100 Balls
Young scholars perform locomotor skills such as throwing balls while counting up to 100. In this 100th day of school physical education lesson, the students play a Hungry, Hungry Hippos game to perform the throwing technique. There are...
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Black History Stations
Young scholars strengthen motor skills while acquiring knowledge about famous African Americans. In this Black History Physical Education activity, the students participate in various learning stations which enhance their knowledge of...
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Teaching Fundamental Movement
Students perform fundamental movement activities for flexibility and motor skills. In this movement lesson plan, students perform physical activity for all grade levels.
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Four Corners Locomotion
A simple P.E. activity will get young athletes running, jumping, hopping, skipping, and crabwalking! These locomotor movement exercises are a great way to build up aerobic endurance. Your students will ask you to play this game again and...
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The Bones of the Body
Third graders recognize the bones that make up the human body. They become more aware of the human body. Students experiment with this concept with a variety of items. They also work on this concept with dribbling a ball.
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PE on Parade
Students showcase what they are doing in physical education classes. They volunteer to participate in this activity and perform activities that they do every day in their PE classes. They demonstrate their skills in a one minute...
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Math Circuit
Students develop fitness levels and reinforce specific sports skills while integrating basic math.
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Power Up To Gear
In this healthy living worksheet, learners read a recipe for frozen peach ice pops. Students analyze two pictures of Power Panthers and circle the ten differences in the pictures.
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Movement concepts
Students recognize the connection between food labels and exercise. In this health lesson, students understand how many times they need to dribble to work off a snack. Students answer questions about the exercise.
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Teambuilding
Students work together as a team to create a birdhouse. This activity show students that each member of a team has a specific responsibility and job to perform. They compare the houses built by the different teams.
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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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Red Ribbon Locomotor Stations (for Drug Free America Week)
Students are introduced to the Red Ribbon campaign. In groups, they travel between a stations to discover how to stay away from drugs and how to say no. To end the lesson, they practice their locomotor skills to reinforce the strategies.
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Healthy Haunted House
Students participate in a fitness activity that relates to the time of year. They rotate to stations participating in P.E. activities with seasonal names.
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Candy Land
Students receive a set of five index cards with colors on them. They must run to the cones in the order their index cards are in. There are many adaptations to this game.
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Four Corners Locomotion
Students participate in warm-up activities before physical education class. They read the activities from card that are set up in the four corners of the room.
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Uen: Lower Grade Basketball Activities
Students will learn basic basketball skills and drills during this lesson plan. Different types of dribbles and tosses are the foci during the lesson plan.
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Pe Central: Macarena Basketball Review
Students review basic basketball skills-- dribbling, faking, shooting, and chest-passing-- while moving to the beat of music. This website includes a description of the activity as well as ideas for varying the lesson and assessing...
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Pe Central: Basketball Mania
In this activity, students practice dribbling a ball and making shots from different zones, varying in distance from the basket. Includes ideas for "keeping score" and varying the activity.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Lincoln Avenue Basketball
Students able to move while dribbling a basketball are ready to practice offensive and defensive strategies and skills. At this website, read about an activity through which students work on their individual skills in one-on-one matches...
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Freeze
At this website, read about a variation of basketball that allows students to score points just by being near the basketball basket. Includes ideas for varying the lesson and assessing students' participation.