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Mark Twain Olympics

For Teachers K - 5th
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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Team Handball

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students enter the gym and immediately stretch and perform warm up activities. They work in teams to play a game of handball. They practice to increase their competency in shooting the handball into the goal. Finally, they participate in...
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Goal Ball

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in some laps around the gym and then listen as a group to learn the history of the game Goal Ball. They go over the rules and learn how to play the game dividing into two teams. Three people play first for each team...
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Turkey Hunt Obstacle Course

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students play a game. They will be the turkeys. The rest of the students stand on the basketball court sidelines with yarn balls. They are the hunters. The turkeys try to make it through the forest without getting hit. If they get hit...
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Rollerblade Scarf Tag

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students practice their rollerblading skills by participating in a form of tag using scarves. They who are not comfortable rollerblading can practice their skills in another portion of the gym.
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Sharks and Whales

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students will participate in a game to promote physical fitness. The outcome will be that learners will become more interested in fitness and remain engaged in the activity throughout its implementation.
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Teaching Free Throws

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders watch video on proper way to shoot a free throw in basketball, identify different skills in game of basketball, and shoot at least 20 free throws.
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Hungry Hungry Hippos

For Teachers K
Students play a game in which they use scooter boards to impersonate hippos. They gather balls and place them into a bucket while remaining on the scooter boards.
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Passball

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
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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Leprechaun Treasure Hunt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars play a relay race game that gives them points for finding and retrieving hidden items. They record data on a graph.
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Sportsperson of the Day

For Teachers K - 5th
Students follow the classroom and game/activities rules. They demonstrate responsibility by wearing tennis shoes to class, assisting others, taking care of equipment, helping clean-up, show respect and kindness to others during class time.
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Pokemon Tag

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
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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Physical Education Pictionary

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to a variety of physical education games and activities. In groups, they participate in the different games identifying the equipment and defining new vocabulary. To end the instructional activity, they play a...
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TOG (Jog-Tag)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils go out to the track or around the outside perimeter of a gym. Two or three taggers start at one end of the track while the rest start at the opposite end. Then all run in one direction around the track. At the signal, they begin...
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Help Your Friends

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students, through this game see the results of cooperation using bean bags and an open playing area (gym or field).
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Willie Wonka Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play "Willie Wonka" tag (a form of freeze tag). They are in two groups, runners and taggers. The runners' goal is to find a golden ticket under a gum drop (spot marker). Runners try to avoid being tagged with a licorice (foam...
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High Five Lay-ups

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students move about the general space in the gym pretending to dribble and shoot a basketball. Two students are designed as taggers who "Freeze" other players with their hand HIGH in the air. Students who are not frozen must give a "High...
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Switch and Rotate

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a game whose object is to stay so close to a partner that when the teacher says "Stop," the players freeze. The follower should touch the leader.
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Health Ball

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in a game in which they discover tips for a healthy lifestyle. They discuss that the decisions they make now affect the rest of their lives. They ask any questions they have to end the lesson.
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Hot Hoops

For Teachers K
Students work on jumping and landing skills and cooperation. This lesson enables students to better use in space, while learning different colors. For this game, everyone is a winner.
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Sneaker Slap

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students develop agility while moving from the "ready position." students change directions efficiently in a game-like situation.
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Sharks and Barracudas

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice running and tagging. For this physical education lesson plan, students play a teamed game. The class is divided into two teams, sharks and barracudas, the sharks try to tag the barracudas. Once all students are...
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Running/Wiffle Ball

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students explain the basic rules for wiffle ball. In this physical education lesson, students record the steps they took during their 4 mile run. Additionally, students participate in a game of wiffle ball. 
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Predators & Prey

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss what predators and prey are. Students participate in a playground game aimed at simulating predators and prey.

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