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Gross Motor Development
Fourth graders participate in a game reflecting the solar system, stars, and rockets. They simulate how space invaders move and hit stars and rockets. They discuss how scientists study the stars and planets.
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Quick Ball
Students are introduced to the game of Quick Ball. In single file lines, they pass the ball to the person in the other line and continue to pass the balls diagonally. To end the lesson, they discuss the importance of being able to pass a...
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Beach Ball Word Families
Second graders throw a beach ball to each other to play a game that helps them practice word families. In this word family lesson plan, 2nd graders throw a beach ball to each other and whatever part their thumb lands on, they look at the...
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Hop on Down the Bunny Trail
Students practice various locomotor skills at six different stations. They move a 'bunny' down a 'trail' to track their progress. All of the activities must be done as a group and stress teamwork and sportsmanship.
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Verbs
Students play a game. In this grammar lesson, students play charades where they must act out a verb that has been written on a piece of paper.
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STXBall Soft Lacrosse
Young scholars discover how to cradle, throw and catch and scoop in order to play Lacrosse. They also need to know the simple rules of the game.
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Try to See It My Way
Middle schoolers participate in a game to identify with other people's points of view. They complete a worksheet about minefields and locate them on a map. They work together in groups to identify why the landmines were placed where they...
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Gone Fishing
Students practice decoding words phonetically. The teacher discusses the association between spoken and written language. After the discussion, each student is given a word that is spelled phonetically. They decode the word by playing...
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Passball
Students participate in an exercise activity that improves their coordination and understanding of team activities. In this physical education lesson, students work in teams to play a game similar to kickball.
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Pokemon Tag
Students play a tag variation game. Four different colored hula hoops are placed in the corners of the gym with a ball of the same color. Four students are selected to be the Pokemon taggers, they stand in their corresponding hula hoop....
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Tchoukball - Lesson 3 - Footwork and Passing
This third lesson in the Tchoukball unit is all about footwork and passing. In this lesson there are several drills to practice footwork as only three steps are allowed in regulation play. As the class works on footwork, they will also...
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Football: It's Not Just for Jocks!
Eighth graders complete a variety of football-themed activities. They develop creative writing projects with a football inspiration, research and interpret football statistics and practice football skills in P.E.
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Mental Math for Adding Decimals
Fifth graders work in groups to practice adding decimals. In this adding decimals lesson, 5th graders call out different money amounts to each other and mentally add the coins called out. Students take turns calling out and adding the...
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Frisbee
Students examine the history behind the frisbee and how Bernoulli's principle and Newton's law plays a role. In this flight lesson students complete an experiment on how the rim of a frisbee effects flight.
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Soccer
Fifth graders examine and practice the proper techniques for dribbling a soccer ball around four cones. They show both speed proficiency and ball control. They complete a warm up activity before becoming active in the soccer activities....
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Baseball Activity: Bouncing Balls
Students explore the concept of motion. In this hands-on physics instructional activity, students examine how the construction of baseballs and the temperature they are stored at affect their bounce.
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Paying Attention: an exercise in mindfulness
Fifth graders use a simple poem that introduces a clear, structured writing exercise about 8.
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Landmine Poetry
Students create a variety of poems based on information they gather about the worldwide landmine crisis. They create shape poems, diamante poems and acrostic poems. This is a very nice lesson on poetry, with a strong tie-in to the issue...
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Pokemon Tag
Young scholars play Pokemon Tag to promote the improvement of chasing and fleeing skills.