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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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Civil Rights and the ADA
Students examine and discuss the 14th and 15th amentments, and evaluate the agendas of Americans from underrepresented groups in the quest for civil rights. They conduct Internet research and create essays or posters regarding Civil Rights.
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Stayin' Alive
Students pick an object of their choice based on their ability to kick. The object is not to touch the ground. Group sizes vary within the lesson.
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Over, Under, Around, and Through
Students explore a variety of traveling skills. They explain the concepts of moving over, under, around, and through objects while moving slowly, and under control.
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Deal or No Deal
Students play a game based on the popular TV Show "Deal or no Deal." They have several envelopes labeled by their type of exercise such as "push-ups", "jumping jacks", "sit-ups, "mountain climbers", "jogging", etc. Students listen as...
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Balloon Round-Up
Students practice using paddles to hit objects. In this striking skills lesson, students use wooden paddles to round up balloon farm animals without touching the balloons with their hands.
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The Bunny Trail
Students practice 'delivering' eggs for the Easter Bunny along an obstacle course through which they perform various locomotor skills. They can also practice number and shape matching skills as they navigate the course.
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Pilgrim Needs a Home
Second graders practice skipping and hopping and understanding self space. Music begins playing and students are directed on what movement skill to do. When music stops students need to find a "home" by hopping or skipping into their...
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Directions Boogie
Young scholars demonstrate knowledge of directions while moving to a rhythm as the teacher calls out directions and the count.
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Coral Reef Choreographic ProjectTo
Young scholars enhance their understanding of how animals function in a habitat.Students are scattered individually and in small groups. About half of young scholars make coral shapes in small groups. The other half of students move like...
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Easter Basket Bonanza
Students pass a soccer ball under control so they explain the force necessary to reach a target.
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Shape Shifters
Students recognize different shapes and colors. When the music stops students should move to and stand on a shape. Ask students "who is standing by a square, circle," etc., and ask what color they are standing on.
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Throw and Catch Tennis
Students practicewith a racket, to learn strategies for moving the ball around the court and the importance of placing the ball in different spots .
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Hula Hoop Dribbling
Young scholars practice and improve their ability to consistently dribble a ball, using cues previously introduced.
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Shake It Up!
Young scholars shake a bottle of water to a CD of "Twist and Shout". They shake the bottle high, low, right, left, two hands, one hand, under the leg, etc.
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Little Sliders
Second graders travel though general space using correct form for the locomotor movements of walk, jog, jump, skip, hop, gallop, and slide.
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Mulberry Hide and Seek
Students practice body and space awareness. Listening skills are also reinforced.
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Olympics
Learners rotate through a variety of Olympic activities and record their results. Teams rotate through stations and practice units of measurement.
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Freeze and Thaw Continuous Tag
Students dressed as "Snow Angels" run from "Jack Frosts" until a "Heat Meister" comes to unthaw them. They play this tag game in order to increase their heart rate and warm-up the large muscles (and to have fun.)
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Willie Wonka Tag
Students play "Willie Wonka" tag (a form of freeze tag). They are in two groups, runners and taggers. The runners' goal is to find a golden ticket under a gum drop (spot marker). Runners try to avoid being tagged with a licorice (foam...