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Acrostic Poems: All About Me and My Favorite Things

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Budding poets create two acrostic poems, one for their name and another using a word of their choice. Over the course of five days, scholars compose, revise, publish, and share their work with their peers.
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Networking BINGO

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A Networking BINGO game asks participants to find scholars who share a variety of the same interests and characteristics. Categories include everything from shoe size, to biggest fear, to intended college major.
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My Dream Home

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students investigate the concept of a dream home and create an architectural drawing of it. They design the home with a projected budget of $500,000. They research different designs with the intent of pulling ideas for their design....
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Bear Hunt

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are introduced to the technique of pantomime. In groups, they take a story and create a pantomime for it to perform in front of the class. They also practice ways to change their body posture and facial expressions to...
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"Spatial Awareness" Dance Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore spatial awareness and then choreograph a dance.
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"Creating Movement through Literature" Dance Lesson Plan

For Teachers K
Students listen to a story and then use the words from the book to generate dance movements.
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Management Stop and Go

For Teachers K
Students discover the proper directions to follow when participating in an activity. As a class, they only move when given the correct command when playing the name game. To end the instructional activity, they stop playing the game when...
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Mirror Image

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create and act out mirror images of their partners and the movements they make. They focus on spatial awareness skills associated with this activity, including exercising in large and small movements. Students observe...
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MARVIN K. MOONEY SCOOTER ACTIVITY

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use scooter boards safely after listening to ways Marvin K. Mooney traveled on a scooter board.
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Chihauhan Desert Journaling Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore U.S. geography by completing an observational activity with classmates. For this New Mexico lesson, students research the Chihuahuan Desert by visiting several Internet sites. Middle schoolers write the data...
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Line Dance is a Pattern!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders apply the pattern of a line dance to different music tempos.
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Who's Here Today?

For Teachers Pre-K
Students sing a song while clapping their hands and listening for the first letter of their name. In this attendance activity, students participate in locomotor activities such as turning around and squatting down. Students jump up and...
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Going on a Bear Hunt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars investigate pantomiming by going on a fictitious bear hunt.  In this performing arts lesson, students collaborate in groups to sing songs and perform pantomimes based on a hunting trip.  Young scholars create...
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Toy Story Statues

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the skill of freezing and holding a still balance in different shapes.
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Developing Awareness: An Intercultural Communication Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, divided into two groups, are put into a new culture, where they must create their own body language for greetings, etc. They learn aspects of other cultures such as body language, discourse patterns, male and female roles.
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Hip-Hop Warm Up Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners in a middle elementary physical education class participate in a warm-up activity in which they perform several hip-hop dance moves. They do the mountain climber, the coffee grinder, the seat spin, and others. They even come...
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Basketball: Purposeful and Fun Fitness Activities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Studnets practice basketball skills. They combine cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, and strength fitness activities with skill practice and review of previously learned skills in the fitness development part of a basketball lesson.
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Sing Along with the Muscles Song

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students review the muscles of the body. They perform the functions of the muscles of the body to the tune of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer".
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Crazy Frog Dance

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners demonstrate the ability to use basic walking steps in several body directions while demonstrating rhythmic accuracy with their steps. Students discover that dancing makes their heart go faster and is good exercise.
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Body Words

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use their bodies to form the letters to spell each of the five words that they were given. They must spell the word correctly and the teacher must be able to read the word from left and right on their "baseline." The teacher...
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Fitness Math

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate in physical fitness activities. They role a dice and perform the activity associated with the dice number. Activities include push ups, toe touches, curl ups, jump rope, jumping jacks, sit-ups, and shooting a...
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Word Play

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize the parts of a sentence while working on their locomotor skills. Students, in teams, race to words on index cards. The team collecting enough cards to create a complete sentence wins. Additional variations on the...
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Nemo Tag

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students participate in tag games to exercise. They are divided into two groups: barracudas and Nemo fish. Barracudas tag as many students as possible. Once tagged,t he students perform fish motions, in place, until a "Nemo" touches...
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Noodle Knockdown

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students take a variety of poses to practice overhand throwing. In this overhand throw lesson, students participate as attackers (throwing the ball) or defenders (trapping the ball). Students will be assessed on their ability to...

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