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Fishing for Good Nutrition
Students identify the food group that various foods fit into according to the food guide pyramid.
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Pumpkin Tag
Learners, as trick or treaters. move around the gym performing various locomotor movements. The witch moves on a broomstick. If the witch tags a trick or treater they turn into a ghost and must stay where they are and move like a ghost.
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Island Hopping
Young scholars to use cooperation, communication, problem solving, and math skills.
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Shape Shifters
Students recognize different shapes and colors. When the music stops students should move to and stand on a shape. Ask students "who is standing by a square, circle," etc., and ask what color they are standing on.
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Partner Tag
Pupils find a partner. After they are with a partner have them find a good self space in the playing area. Identify one student as the chaser and the other as the dodger. After the dodger is tagged, students switch roles.
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Plus One Volleyball
High schoolers move towards the ball while maintaining a body position that permits them to pass the ball to their team mates.
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Radioactive River
Young scholars work together as a team. Their mission is to get their entire team accross the "river" without having anyone touch the radioactive river. If any member of the team touches the river at any time, the whole team must start...
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Stepping With The Opposite Foot
Students start to explain what foot they need to step with when throwing a ball.
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Mission "Possible" Fitness
Students elevate their heart rate and practice fitness skills. They work together to complete a list of exercises simultaneously.
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Soccer Scatter
Learners practice dribbling the ball with his/her feet and passing to a partner.
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Positive Comment Walk-A-Long
Students find a partner, take a walk, and tell their partner something nice they had done or seen during the day or the week.
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Animal Antics
Students start at a posted cone with the picture of an animal of your choice. They move as they perceive that animal to get to one of the other cones. Upon arriving at another cone they repeat the process until they have portrayed all...
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Bumper Cars
Students gain trust of fellow classmates. They practice cooperation and spacial awareness. They follow directions given to them by others.
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Muscle Tag
Students get a yarn ball and find a good self space in the playing area (best designated by cones-NOT the walls of a gym). On the teacher's signal students walk and try to tag anyone and everyone in the area.
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Shake It Up!
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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See Me, Be Me
Students play follow-the-leader to music. When the music stops, the teacher is in a frozen shape. Then on cue, students follow the teacher in an activity.
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Humpty Dumpty
Students practice submerging their faces and heads in the water and blow bubbles when learning to swim. They practice this to the song of Humpty Dumpty.
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Number Jump
Students practice addition and subtraction skills while practicing jumping rope. They must jump rope using a variety of basic rope jumping skills and add and subtract in their heads.