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Fire Chief

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice locomotor movements while pretending to be "firemen" at "fire stations". In this movement lesson, students stand in hoola hoops representing their fire station. They practice 8 different locomotor movements while...
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Cut on the Dotted Line

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this cutting skills worksheet, students practice using scissors to follow the straight dotted lines. Students cut on the dotted line until they read the pictures of summer objects.
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Happy New Year

For Teachers K - 5th
Students play a game sing poly spots, balloons, beach balls, volleyball trainers, foam balls, and music that requires them to develop locomotor movement skills.
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Same and Different

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are taught the concept of what looks the same and what looks different, with both objects and movement.
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Skipping Tag

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in a tagging game that involves skipping as the locomotor skill. With one person playing "it," students must skip around the tag area trying to get away from the tagger, and with the tagged students trying to deter...
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Scrabble Laps

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice spelling. In this scrabble laps lesson, students divide into teams and complete laps around a track to earn letters.  Students use letters earned to form as many words as they can using random letters given for...
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Spaceship Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars understand personal and general space by playing Spaceship Tag. Students get a "spaceship," which will be their own personal space. While in their "spaceship," they will not be allowed in any other student's personal space.
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"It's the Great Pumpkin" Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate the ability to perform a variety of locomotor movements and body shapes. The student book "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" is used with this lesson.
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Water Polo

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders warm-up and practice passing drills in groups of four or five before being divided into teams for a full court game of Water Polo. Students are observed during practice for how well they work as a team.
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"I can move" but why?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students analyze the movements they can do with their bones, muscles and joints. They explore, have discovery and review knowledge of movement. Students are asked to find their personal space.
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Noodle Knockdown

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students perform a proper overhand throw. In this physical education lesson, students practice overhand throwing using specific sequential cues such as "statue" and "muscleman". Each step is explained in detail. Students play a team game...
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Sugar and Fat Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a game of chase and learn about healthy food choices. In this physical activity and healthy diet lesson, students play a game of chase by role playing as sugar and fat examples Students name examples of fruits and...
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Frog Pond

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the locomotor movements of skipping, galloping, hopping, jumping, etc. They gain practice in moving safely through general space.
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Locomotor Hello's

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play a musical movement game in order to explore self space and general space using a variety of locomotor movements.
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Introduction to Pinning Insects

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students are introduced to how to properly pin insects by reviewing insect morphology, insect orders and recognizing that the second and third thoracic segments contain large locomotor muscles that bind to the pin.
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Witches Brew

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students reinforce AB patterns taught in the classroom and practice locomotor movements. They cut out and laminate 20 of each of the following Halloween items: bats, ghosts, Frankenstein faces, spiders, Jack-O¿¿¿-Lanterns, witches...
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Ocean Life Zones Notes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this ocean zones worksheet, students label the ocean diagram with the different zones. Then students write in animals that live in each of the zones and research basic information about those animals. This worksheet has 6 fill in the...
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Linear and Locomotor Movements

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners develop locomotor movements. In this dance movement lesson plan, students identify lines and develop creativity while performing to "Cha Cha Slide". Learners discuss how to create dances and difficulty of movements. 
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Snakes: Illusions in Locomotion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn how snakes move. In this locomotion lesson, students learn the four main methods of locomotion that snakes use. Students visually create one locomotive movement.
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Tracing Practice with Curved Lines

For Students Pre-K - 3rd
In this tracing practice activity, learners practice tracing curved lines. Learners practice tracing 10 curved lines, or you could cut the sheet in half so they trace 5.
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Tracing Practice with Zig Zag Lines

For Students Pre-K - 5th
In this tracing worksheet, learners trace ten zig-zag lines. This worksheet is geared towards special education students and the lower grades.
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Shapes and Review of Locomotor Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students engage in a series of loco-motor activities based on shapes. In this loco-motor instructional activity, students demonstrate physical skills through races, jumping, hopping, galloping in circles, squares, rectangles and triangles.
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Number Push-ups

For Teachers 1st
First graders integrate math with an upper body movement exercise.
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Sunflowers

For Teachers K
Students create a portrait of sunflowers using construction paper and tempera paint. They complete an assessment in which they pick out a sunflower from a field of flowers.

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