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Same and Different

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore similarities and differences. They name ways they are alike and different from their peers.
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Basketball/Tumbling

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students play basketball games and show knowledge of offense and defense. In this basketball lesson plan, students also answer short answer questions about offense and defense.
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Think Positive!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are read a story in which they identify the positive and negative thinking. In groups, they are given a scenerio in which they change the negatives into a positive. They perform the scenerio to tthe class and discuss how...
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I Know What You Did this Summer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the characteristics of a quality relationship and determine how such a relationship is maintained. After reading a scenario of a relationship, students take one character at a time and place themselves in the character's...
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Number Dribble

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
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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Classroom Rules

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students follow directions and adhere to the classroom rules while completing movement and equipment challenges. In this movement lesson plan, students follow the commands of the teacher and perform these movements safely.
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Rhythmic Movement Skills

For Teachers K - 1st
Students participate in series of rhythmic movements to demonstrate skill in dance elements. In this rhythmic movements lesson, students answer sequentially developed questions which include clapping and marching to explore movement....
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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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Farm Animals: blind folded

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students yell out their farm animal noise while being blind folded and have to find their animal group. In this group activity lesson plan, students learn how to work together to achieve a common goal.
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Leadership: Communicating With Your Peers

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars explore communication by using non-verbal cues. In this body language activity, students utilize blindfolds to communicate with classmates through words only, then use only physical actions to communicate and compare the...
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Soccer: Passing and Receiving on the Ground

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students demonstrate  soccer skills. In this passing and receiving instructional activity, students practice passing a soccer ball and receiving a soccer ball as part of a team. Students develop control over the ball.
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Gymnastic Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students use gymnastics beams, benches, mats, and wedges to practice gymnastics skills. In this gymnastics lesson plan, students practice balancing, tumbling, and jumping skills.
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Passing and Receiving on the Ground

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils improve skills in partner passing and zigzag soccer passing.  In this motor skills lesson, students understand the tactics and performance skills needed to pass a soccer ball.  Pupils display their increased skill in...
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Badminton

For Teachers 8th
Students evaluate their partner in playing a game of badminton. In this badminton lesson plan, 8th graders explain the rules of the game and participate in a warm up. Additionally, students observe their partners by completing a...
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Sports and Exercise Activity

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice utilizing motor skills by participating in different sports activities.  For this physical education lesson, 8th graders participate in racquetball, shuttle cock, and baseball style activities in order to...
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Suicide and Depression

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research suicide and depression in teens. They are given an essential research question then create focus questions of their own before conducting their research. Using the Internet, they find answers to their questions...
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Coordination and Flexibility

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice controlling their motion and reflexes by participating in different motor skill activities.  In this physical education instructional activity, students utilize bean bags and hula hoops to help create flexibility...
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Fitness

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice exercise.  In this physical fitness lesson, 3rd graders participate in a variety of activities at fitness stations.  Students run laps, jump rope, perform chin-ups, sit-ups, etc. 
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Bow and Arrow - physical education

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students practice archery. In this archery lesson plan, students see how to shoot the bow and hit a target. They attempt to hit balloons that are attached to a target.  
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Problem Solving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use hockey sticks to pick up bean bags and put them into hoops which they get money for in the end. In this movement and math lesson plan, students get fake money and add up how much they earned in the end based on how many...
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Diet and Exercise Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars explore their physical abilities by participating in team sports.  In this physical education lesson, students collaborate in groups in one of several team sports before moving on to the next station.  Young...
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Physical Education - Gallop

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice galloping. In this gross motor skills lesson, students review how to jump and hop using a jump-rope and hopscotch. The teacher shows the steps to gallop and they hold a noodle and pretend as if they are riding a...
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It Takes Two To Tangle

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners utilize strategies to comprehend literature. They write stories with diverse vocablulary that incorporate the difference between internal and external conflict. They make sure that the stories use methods of managing and...
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Families: Are they all the same?

For Teachers K
Students recognize different types of families through literature. In this families lesson, students understand that all families have similarities and differences. Students complete a worksheet about the traditions in their family and a...