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Fitness Obstacle Course
Students run through an obstacle course to practice jumping, vaulting, pull-ups, and other physical endeavors. The obstacles are set up in a gymnasium, and students rotate through each task.
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Note Bowling
Students practice recognition of different music notes and their values and work on throwing cues, scoring, and addition.
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Larger than Life Line Dance
Students are encouraged to enjoy dance, feel comfortable dancing, and perform a few simple moves to the beat of the music
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Dance Tag
Students get moving instantly while reviewing already learned dance movements, the levels concept, and the self-space concept.
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Basketball Assessment: Right/Left Hand Dribble
Students see if they can identify if their peers are using the correct cues when dribbling a basketball.
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Genes and Heredity
Students identify different traits and whether the traits are inherited or acquired.
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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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Dueling Bumpers
Middle schoolers get an opportunity to show control of force and accuracy using a volleyball bump.
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Service Anyone?
Students practice an overhand serve in both the deuce and the ad courts. They focus on having the proper grip, cues such as having a stiff wrist, and practicing a follow through.
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Halloween Carnival
Students, in order to participate in the carnival, dress out and participate in a Fitness Activity for the day, e.g., 2 minute jog, warm-up by stretching, etc.
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Mark Twain Olympics
Students, during the last week of the year, are placed into 12 teams to represent countries of the world. All of students participate in a school-wide Olympics that involves 4 rounds of fun activities.
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Macarena Referee Dance
Students learn officiating hand signals through dance; to give students interested in sports a connection to dance
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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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A Spin On Fitness
Young scholars perform a variety of exercises pertaining to each component of fitness while working in a cooperative situation.
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Cranium Cool Down
Learners cool down from physical activity and to reinforce the location of bones.
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Math Circuit
Students develop fitness levels and reinforce specific sports skills while integrating basic math.
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Raise the Roof
Students appreciate the fun and enjoyment from dancing with a variety of dances such as "Raise the Roof,""Bankhead Bounce," "Grapevine," and Hydrolics."
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Jingle Bells Streamer Routine
Students perform movements with streamers as part of a P.E. activity. They dance to the song Jingle Bells, following explicit directions. They practice a dance routine, and can create their own dance.
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Hockey Dribbling
Students practice their ability to dribble/control a ball/puck in hockey. They work to show they have mastered the skill, and work with a partner to identify their strenths/weaknesses.
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To The Beat
Students to get a feel for different rhythms through throwing and catching. They are asked to throw to their partner keeping time with the beat of the music. The partner catch the ball and throw it back to their partner in rhythm.
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Recess Kicking and Dribbling
Students practice soccer dribbling, trapping, and kicking with strong force.
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Dinosaur Tag
Students review dodging, chasing and fleeing skills while reinforcing concepts about dinosaurs. They need to review the following concepts about how dinosaurs eat and move: Herbivores eat plants, carnivores eat meat, and omnivores eat both.
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Dribbling Math Challenge
Students practice foot dribbling and hand dribbling with control. In addition it helps to reinforce math concepts.
