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Students are given an envelope with the name of a locomotor skill. As a class, they practice reading the name of the skill and practice doing the movement. To end the instructional activity, they complete the movement only when the music...
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Olympic Volleyball Skills Station Practice
Learners review the volleyball pass, set, serve, and volleyball footwork. They pass the ball from 8-10 feet away from the wall and aim for the rings. They pass 5 balls to the wall and no matter if they make it into the hoops or not,...
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Hot Lava
Students pretend that the area of the gym floor that is purple is land and the yellow sections are lava. Individually, they are to make their way across the room only on land staying out of the lava. To end the lesson plan, they move...
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Beach Ball Striking
Students practice a variety of striking skills: "sweeping" the ball, passing to partners, and striking at a target. They review and address safety concerns with the use of a long-handled implement/stick and demonstrate how to hold 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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Muscle Match!
Students skip around the gym floor and try to match pictures of muscles and stretches. When they find a match they must run to the Muscle Mat and call out "Muscle Match!". The class then stops skipping and faces the Muscle Mat while the...
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Ghostbusters
Students pretend that they are all ghosts. They must ride on their gluts on their scooter. They then pick 2-4 taggers, also known as ghostbusters. They also ride on their gluts but hold a "tagging wand". When students get tagged they...
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Small Space Big Track
Students jog for exercise in a gym. In this jogging instructional activity, students follow a pattern in the gym to practice running in a small space while pacing themselves.
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Socketball
Students build dribbling and passing skills. In this passing skills instructional activity, students use basketballs and soccerballs to participate in a team sport in order to score points. Each team must try to pass the ball correctly...
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3-Catch Basketball
Students complete a 3-catch basketball activity to improve their basketball skills. In this basketball skills lesson, students participate in a 3-catch basketball activity with defense.
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Controlling a Ball With a Hockey Stick
Students practice stopping and guiding a ball with a hockey stick, as an introduction to floor hockey.
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"Shapes" Dance Lesson Plan
Sixth graders create dances by manipulating shapes with their bodies.
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"Creating Movement through Literature" Dance Lesson Plan
Students listen to a story and then use the words from the book to generate dance movements.
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Basketball Crossword
In this basketball crossword worksheet, students read 15 clues that pertain to the sport of basketball. Students fit their answers in a crossword. There is no word bank for this challenging puzzle.
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Batting Practice: Using Math to Calculate Baseball Statistics
Students calculate and record batting average, hits, and at bats. In this Batting Practice: Using Math to Calculate Baseball Statistics lesson plan, students utilize mathematical formulas to determine the career statistics of baseball...
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Shoot and Score
Young scholars practice accurately kicking a ball. For this gross motor skills lesson, students practice kicking a ball through the legs of a classmate, who is the "goal".
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3-Trap Hockey
Young scholars practice making three hockey traps in a row. In this hockey lesson, students are split up into offensive and defensive players. Young scholars complete three consecutive traps.
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Baseball Terms
In this interactive sports worksheet, students answer 14 multiple choice questions by selecting the answer from the drop down menu. This quiz is based on their knowledge of the sport of baseball.
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All's Fair in Sport And Competition
Learners design a physical activity contest or game that has no cultural or gender biases which includes an assessment that ranks competitors according to the competitors abilities. They participate in and evaluate the newly designed...
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Unscramble the Words: Hour of the Olympics
In this word association worksheet, students assess and utilize skills on how to unscramble twelve words that are associated with the Olympics.
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Olympic Quiz
In this Olympic quiz worksheet, students break into groups and are given 1 minute to write as many answers as they can to the questions about the Olympics.
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Geographic Luck
Students examine why some countries are rich while others remain poor. They view a video on the website, Guns, Germs and Steel, analyze primary sources to conduct research about plants and animals, and create a game based on their research.
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Science: Solids
Second graders investigate the properties of solids and discover how to classify them. Using rulers, they measure various solids on display. In groups, they play an identification game where one students names a location, such as the...
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Percussion Instruments and Pitch
Students play string instruments to discover how the pitch changes on various string instruments. In this pitch lesson plan, students listen to video clips and play an online music game. Students become familiar with music...