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Forming Groups

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create groups (teams) the way a teacher hopes they -- various different ideas are presented.
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Number Tick Tack Toe:

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice basic addition and subtration facts to twelve and use thinking skills to win at tick tack toe.
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Now You See It, Now You Don't

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners study the process of evaporation.
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Shooting for the Stars in Presidential Fitness

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars identify and explore how to set goals for their individual fitness tests, as well as to practice a positive work ethic towards completing those goals. They identify what the Presidential and National test scores are for...
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Rate It - Working With Positive and negative Numbers

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Learners practice rating things using numbers between -2 to 2. In this rating instructional activity, students determine what a rating scale is before rating things such as the weather, a book, or a day using the numbers -2 to 2. They...
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Early Explorers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research European explorers.  In this world history lesson plan, 5th graders will compare eight European explorers and identify important factual information about each.  Students will be engaged through game-play...
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Scattered Square Dance

For Teachers K - 5th
Take a good, square look at this introductory square dancing lesson plan. Each square dance move has what is termed a "call." Teach some beginning calls to your young dancers. They can be scattered around so that their focus is on...
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Volcano!

For Teachers K
Students develop problem solving techniques through movement. They coming to PE class, are told that a giant volcano has erupted and there is hot lava everywhere. They need to get to island (tumbling mat or mats) on other side of playing...
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The Incredible Journey

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study salmon and steelhead. They play a game in which they act out the salmon and steelhead journey from their spawning ground, to the open ocean, and then back to the spawning ground again. They identify obstacles these fish...
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Dry Water Skiing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how to get out of the starting position while in the water to prepare for water skiing.
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Geography General Space

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together to explore states and/or countries while designing their movement area for the day.
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Hula Hoop Dribbling

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice and improve their ability to consistently dribble a ball, using cues previously introduced.
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Pathway Dribble

For Teachers K - 1st
Students get the opportunity to explore dribbling a ball with their feet
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Starting Off

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners practice starting and stopping safely at a signal given by the teacher as they practice different locomotor movements.
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Through the Quicksand

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students select a partner, who is the travelling expert, and the other group is the rescue expert. Travel expert starts at one end of rectangular area and the rescue expert stands around the sides of the rectangular with a supply of...
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State Your Mission

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore state history and geography that correspond with classroom lessons.
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Play For Pay

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice various skills with manipulatives, such as counting correct money amounts to pay for manipulatives.
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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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Spell Craze

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice dribbling as the class spells words from a chart or board.
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Vowel Catcher

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars reinforce their knowledge of different vowel sounds while playing a form of tag.
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Partner Mile Run: Heart Rate Calculation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners improve fitness, calculate target heart rates and prepare for the mile run physical fitness test.
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Whistle While You Work

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are broken into groups and depending on the cycle if the color of their group shows on that day, that group is to help with the set up and take down of equipment.
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White Elephant Exercise Exchange

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students get moving in a fun holiday setting. They participate in a holiday tradition of exchanging gifts with the gift being an exercise to be completed. Exercises are written on small slips of paper and put into a small holiday gift bag.
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Red Ribbon Locomotor Stations (for Drug Free America Week)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students are introduced to the Red Ribbon campaign. In groups, they travel between a stations to discover how to stay away from drugs and how to say no. To end the lesson, they practice their locomotor skills to reinforce the strategies.