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Fitness/Strength Conditioning Mini-lesson
Students describe a piece of strength conditioning equipment, what muscle (or muscles) are isolated, and how strengthening this muscle improve skill performance in the unit they are presently taking.
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Write, Read and Play
Students integrate writing, reading and movement skills. They draw from a hat a movement skill (e.g., throwing, catching, kicking, etc.), sport, or related word (e. g., heart, muscle, etc.) and create a book written on the first or...
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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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Fire Chief
Students practice locomotor movements while pretending to be "firemen" at "fire stations". For this movement lesson, students stand in hoola hoops representing their fire station. They practice 8 different locomotor movements while...
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Team Target Golf Chip
Students practice chipping golf balls towards a target. In teams, students chip golf balls into a hula hoop, getting one point for each ball that is chipped in the hula hoop.
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Shrek Tag
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the game of freeze tag that is adapted using the movie characters from "Shrek". Each one takes on the role of one of the characters with a role to play when tagged by the taggers.
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Cooperation Tag
Students brainstorm a definition for the word cooperation. As a class, they participate in a game in which they try to avoid the taggers. In groups, they surround a tag classmate and help them get to safety. To end the lesson, they share...
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Broken Heart Station Warm Up
Students are divided into six groups which be your six stations for this activity. On the teachers signal, students work together to assemble a heart puzzle that is scattered on the floor.
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Frog Pond
Students practice the locomotor movements of skipping, galloping, hopping, jumping, etc. They gain practice in moving safely through general space.
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Math Tag
Learners work on solving arithmetic problems with a game of tag. They must solve a problem to be unfrozen.
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Sink The Ship
Students throw balls using correct overhand technique in a dynamic setting.
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Caveman Tag
Students practice fleeing and dodging skills, spatial awareness, some experience with normal tag games.
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Scooter Pathways
Students travel different pathways on scooters - with a partner. The partner is evaluating whether or not the person on the scooter is moving in the correct pathway.
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Dribbling Math Challenge
Students practice foot dribbling and hand dribbling with control. In addition it helps to reinforce math concepts.
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Steps to Fitness (with pedometers)
Students evaluate the fitness potential of different activities using pedometers in game/play/exercise situations.
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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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Sharks and Minnows Soccer Style
Students practice dribbling and shielding a ball with control while someone else is trying to steal it from them.
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Soccer Tennis
Young scholars work together in teams to play a variation of tennis and soccer combined.
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Football Frenzy
Students practice throwing and catching a football in a dynamic setting. The quarterbacks throw passes to their receivers. If the receiver catches a pass, then they jog back to their quarterback area and they become a quarterback.
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Throw and Catch Tag
Students throw and catch, moving through general space safely amongst others.