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Valentine Volley

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners choose one half of a heart and a balloon at random. Theybegin traveling on the teachers signal or when music begins to find someone who has the other half.
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Elastic Band Shapes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify basic shapes (triangle, square, rectangle, circle), create shapes with different body parts, and create shapes at various levels (high, low)
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Pilgrim Needs a Home

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice skipping and hopping and understanding self space. Music begins playing and students are directed on what movement skill to do. When music stops students need to find a "home" by hopping or skipping into their...
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Frosty Tag

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students demonstrate locomotor skills in a game of tag.
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Shark Attack

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students develop the different jumping patterns (hopping; jumping using 2 feet take-offs and landings; leaping; 1-to-2 foot jumps; 2-to-1 foot jumps)
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Fitness Lottery

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice fitness components at the beginning of class.
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Basketball Mania

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice dribbling and shooting with the hands. They be on a group of two or three players; each group stand behind one of the ten frisbees or hoops.
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Follow the Leader Fitness Jog/Walk

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students demonstrate the fun of jogging/walking in a creative way, work on pacing. They work cooperatively in groups.Students begin by following the teacher and later after they become comfortable and get to be leaders themselves.
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Toad Tag

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners who are chosen as taggers move throughout the area tagging others using a locomotor pattern of choice like walking, hopping, skipping, etc. When tagged, a spell has been cast upon them, turning them into a toad or frog.
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Foot Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars use a yarn or fleece ball. On the signal (whistle, music) students move around trying to hit as many different classmates feet as possible.
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Scoot Shoot

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice moving to an open space to receive a pass.
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21 - Football

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils practice catching and throwing while being defended and defending areas of a field.
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Jumping Numbers

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice jumping with a two foot take-off and a two foot landing using the given cues.
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Shake It Up!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students shake a bottle of water to a CD of "Twist and Shout". They shake the bottle high, low, right, left, two hands, one hand, under the leg, etc.
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Mulberry Hide and Seek

For Teachers K
Students practice body and space awareness. Listening skills are also reinforced.
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Healthy Island

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in an activity that integrates nutrition information with upper body strengthening physical activities.
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Dribble Frenzy

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars reinforce and review dribbling skills taught in previous class lessons and compare their ability to dribble with different types of balls.
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Dribbling for Nutrition

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice reading food labels and determining the correct number of grams of fat and carbohydrates in a single serving. They work on improving dribbling skills during the task.
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Walk the State Line

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners practice balancing activities while learning the states in the USA.
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Soccer Golf

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students practice golf etiquette without the use of golf clubs, balls, etc.
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Button Bonanza

For Teachers 1st
First graders sort, classify, and write about how they sort buttons.
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The Mysterious Person

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students each create a small piece of a larger picture. When assembled the final piece match a photograph of a famous individual.
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A Penny for Your Thoughts

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students collect pennies to donate to Kiwanis International for their international effort to buy salt for children's bone development. They calculate the amount of money donated, calculate how many children will receive salt, and write...
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3-2-1 Blast Off!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders work cooperatively in groups to assemble and launch a rocket.