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Catch the Beat
Use this rhythm and pattern activity during transition times or on it own. Start by introducing a rhythm with 2, 3, or 4 beats; use your feet, hands, or entire body to demonstrate. Once learners have figured out the pattern, they join...
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Heritage: Line Dance is a Pattern!
Line dancing is the repeating of a pattern of steps, done to music. Teach youngsters how to line dance and they won't feel so awkward when they grow up. Let them experiment with creating their own patterns and teaching their classmates....
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The Human Body
Explore the human body through hands-on activities. Young learners will trace their bodies and place cut out body organs in the proper place, print patterns using cut fruit, sing songs about good nutrition, and use their five senses...
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Points on a Line
Get your learners up and moving, all while reviewing numbers on the number line! For this activity, learners are grouped in teams outdoors. The teacher will have already created number lines on the ground (with chalk, tape, etc.), and...
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Moving-Math Hopscotch
Young scholars engage in a hopscotch game where each square represents a number. In this mental math and movement lesson, students take turns playing traditional hopscotch, but add a mental math component where they add or subtract...
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Number Dribble
Students dribble and catch a ball. In this number dribble lesson students are given numbers and math equations that require them to dribble or throw the ball a specific number of times. The students practice dribbling independently and...
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Jumping Addition
Students add and jump using a number line. In this jumping addition lesson students solve addition problems. Students work with a partner to solve a series of addition problems.
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Jumping Patterns
Second graders count by fives and tens to 100 as they jump rope. They share ropes and one counts as one jumps. They may be asked to count by twos and even ones or double jump.
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Exploring Shapes
Students practice moving over shapes they have designed. They work on trying to travel around the shapes while practicing their jumping and landing patterns.
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Rhythmic Multiples
Students practice multiples of the numbers 1-9 and different manipulative skills such as clapping and snapping.
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Physical Education Meets Geometry
Students create geometric shapes with a jump rope. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students review the different shapes while getting some physical activity.
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Shapes and Review of Locomotor Skills
Students engage in a series of loco-motor activities based on shapes. In this loco-motor instructional activity, students demonstrate physical skills through races, jumping, hopping, galloping in circles, squares, rectangles and triangles.