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Macarena Referee Dance

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students learn officiating hand signals through dance; to give students interested in sports a connection to dance
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Physical Bean Bag

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students practice throwing beanbags at moving targets. They work in pairs and aim at particular targets. They participate in a game utilizing the color of the beanbag and their dexterity.
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The Shapes Balancing Act

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students comprehend the concept of balance, specifically the terms "base of support" and "center of gravity". They review the different basic shapes: triangle, circle, square, line, point, and rectangle. Students discuss how we use...
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Vitamin A

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify and pat the beat. They move to and play quarter notes, half notes, and eighth notes to create a "factory" movement and instrument improvisation. Students get into groups of three. Each person in the group moves to one...
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Let's Spell

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create letters and words with jump ropes to reinforce language arts work in the classroom. They make a letter with their body and then with a jump rope. Students perform alphabet and spelling activities with a jump rope.
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"Braiding and Weaving" Dance Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore braiding and weaving through dance. They create their own braiding and weaving dance.
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Molecules

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students combine movement with science in this fun integrated lesson plan. When students are "liquid" they can "melt" or "ooze" at the end and when they are are "solids" they can "freeze" in a shape.
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Slings

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners take three shots at the designated target using a slingshot. They strive to keep all of the shots close to the target or to improve with each shot; by getting closer each time.
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Letter Tag

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars play a chasing, fleeing, dodging freeze tag game while practicing identifying words that begin with a specific letters.
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Soccer Dribbling Individual and Partner

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice dribbling in the sport of soccer. In this soccer dribbling lesson plan, students practice this skill individually and with a partner.
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Foot Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students 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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Jump for Joy

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to correct form in jumping and landing and then perform these activities to rhythmic music.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Chinese Music & Dance: More or Less

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students learn about Chinese culture and the concept of greater than and less than. After watching a student performance of a Chinese song and dance students are taught the difference between locomotor and non-locomotor motions. Students...
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Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Dance Space

For Students K - 1st
In this lesson, students students explore locomotor and non-locomotor movement and calculate the area needed to perform the African-American dance Zudio.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Busy Bodies

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will engage in different activities to help them learn about physical skills. Students will play Busy Body Bingo, Movement Bingo, Silly Stretching, On the Move, Hullabaloo, Little Sliders, and Frog Pond. Students will keep a...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dancing on Different Levels

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Used in the preschool or lower elementary grades, this dance can reinforce the concepts of moving in a low, medium and high level as well as practicing movements to the right and left.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Be the Pizza

For Teachers Pre-K - K
The students are going to pretend to be pizza dough being made into a pizza pie. The teacher will give the following step by step instructions for the process of making the pizza. Children respond by moving their bodies as if they were...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Alphabet Madness

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This activity promotes movement through imagery inspired by words associated with each letter of the alphabet.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Balancing Act!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students will demonstrate body management skills specific to balance with and without the use of apparatus by working their way through a series of stations. A balancing checklist for assessment is included.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Moving With Mathematics [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, students explore the concepts of fractions, percentages, and decimals by creating dances using locomotor and non-locomotor movements.
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Arts Now Learning: Moving With Fractions [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th Standards
In this lesson, 4th graders use movement phrases to model common fractions and decimal fractions with like denominators. They compare the fraction of locomotor and non-locomotor movements in a movement phrase. Students then create their...

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