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Food Group Fitness Relay

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Students, put in teams, line up behind one of numbered cones. Player #1 in each group does designated locomotor skill, hop, skip, gallop, slide, etc., to center circle and selects a food card, then brings card back and places it under correct food group.

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locomotor skills, gross motor skills, fitness

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fitness, locomotor skills, health
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Health
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Simulation
Year
2001
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