Instant Activities
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1. Name of Activity: Soccer Scatter |
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Materials Needed: Cones for general
space boundaries, appropriate sized balls to foot dribble with
Description of Idea
This activity is preferably done in a large outdoor
grassy area. Pair students up (groups of three will work fine if the class size
is odd in number). One partner has a ball at their feet while the other partner
does not. On the teachers signal the person with the ball dribbles throughout
the coned off general space while their partner runs/jogs all over the area.
On the stop signal the person with the ball
traps the ball, the partner without the ball needs to get in position to
receive a pass. He/she calls for the ball (e.g., "Hey, I'm open"),
the person with the ball makes a nice inside of the foot pass to the person and
they start moving again. Keep repeating this process and vary it accordingly.
Variations:
Have the partners move far away from each
other in general space. They have a tendency to stick close together
Vary the kind of pass that is delivered. For
example, have the passer use the outside of the foot or have them pick the ball
up and toss to the thigh of the receiver.
This simulates a game very well so you may
want to talk about how to move without the ball and moving to a teammate to
collect a pass
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2. Name of Activity: Statues and Dribblers |
Materials Needed: Cones for general
space, balls to dribble with the feet
Description of Idea
Have half of the class stand in general space
with their feet apart (i.e., Statues).
Have some students stand with their feet far apart, some at medium distance
apart, and some with their feet just far enough apart for the ball to go
through. The other students will get a ball and stand wherever they want in
general space with their ball at their feet. They are the Dribblers.
On the teachers signal the Dribblers are to dribble the ball with
their feet throughout the space trying not to lose control of the ball
(important cue "soft taps on ball").
When they come to a Statue they are
to "foot pass" the ball through the statues feet and quickly run
around the statue and trap the ball on the other side of the statue. (NOTE: They can't make the pass from
behind the statue-it must be from the front of the statue). They continue
dribbling from there trying to keep control and finding other statues to pass
the ball through. Switch dribblers and statues.
Teaching Suggestions:
Encourage students to use "very soft taps"
on the ball for control
Statues can't take the ball from the dribbler
Make sure the statues are standing far away
from other statues so there is room to get ball on other side
Variations:
Challenge them to go through as many statues
as possible a minute or two
Use cones in place of the student statues
After passing the ball through a statue have
students go around a cone that is lining the playing area
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3. Name of Activity: Dribble Tag |
Materials Needed: Cones for general space
boundaries, balls for all students that bounce
Description of Idea
Give all students a ball that they are
comfortable dribbling with their feet (i.e., soccer ball). Designate 2/3
students as taggers. These taggers, while still dribbling a ball themselves,
move throughout the area trying to tag other students who are also dribbling a
ball. Players who are tagged hold their ball above their head. They are free to
join the game again after a "free dribbler" tags them.
Teaching Suggestions:
Have boundary cones away from walls if playing
inside.
Stop the game if the students are aren't
moving safely.
(This activity is taken from the book "Children Moving: A Reflective
Approach to Teaching Physical Education (3rd Edition)" by George
Graham, Shirley Holt/Hale, and Melissa Parker. Mayfield Publishing has granted
exclusive permission to PE Central
to reprint this activity. Further reproduction of this task is strictly
prohibited unless permission is obtained from Mayfield Publishers. To order the
book (ISBN #1-55934-130-0) or to seek permission call 1-415-960-3222.)
Variations:
If students lose control of the ball have them
stand with ball over head.
Have students walk instead of running.
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4. Name of Activity: 3 Team Soccer |
Materials Needed: Outside area with
several soccer fields, two or three sets of pinnies per court and one
basketball for each court
Description of Idea
Form students into groups of anywhere between
3-5. This will depend on your class size and facilities. Give the students different
colored pennies to identify their teams.
Team A begins at one goal, Team B is at the
other goal while Team C begins at center field. Team C receives the ball and
moves down the field to play against Team A. If Team C scores, they keep
possession of the ball and they go down to play Team B. If Team A stops Team C
from scoring or Team C violates a rule, then Team A dribbles down and plays
Team B. Team C stays at the goal where Team A was and waits. This continues in
this manner until the teacher stops it (preferably only 5-10 min.). Feel free
to keep score for each team if you want.
Rules:
Offense only gets one attempt at scoring.
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5. Name of Activity: Fancy Dribbling/Juggling
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Materials Needed: Appropriate sized balls
to dribble with, (i.e., playground balls, soccer balls), up tempo music,
tape/cd player, cones to define the boundaries of the playing area.
Description of Idea
As students enter the playing area instruct
them to go to a ball of their choice to dribble with their feet. Then they are
to find a good self-space and face the teacher with the ball between their
feet. When the music starts they are to dribble all over the playing area.
Encourage them to keep their eyes up so they don't run into others.
When the music stops they are to stop and
practice dribbling in their own self-space. Encourage them to practice juggling the ball with their feet and
knees while in this self-space position. When the music starts again they are
off and moving again.
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6. Name of Activity: Juggle Jacks |
Materials needed: 1 ball to dribble
per 2 students
Description of Idea
Students pair-up and have a ball to juggle
with their feet. The students decide who will exercise and who will juggle first.
On the teachers command, one student juggles with any body parts except arms
while the other completes jumping jacks (or any other exercise that would be
appropriate--jumping rope, etc.) for a period of time set by the teacher
(twenty to thirty seconds). At the end of the time period the students switch.
Assessment Ideas: This is a nice time
to see how your students are doing with their soccer juggling skills.
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7. Name of Activity: Soccer Warm-Ups |
Materials Needed: Masking tape, task
cards that explain each warm-up, each student should have 1 ball for individual
warm-ups or each partner group should have 1 ball for partner warm-ups
Description of Idea
Create stations by posting the task cards on the
gymnasium walls with masking tape. Distribute the balls equally among the
stations. For example, if you have 30 students and five stations, place 6 balls
at each station for the individual warm-up or place 3 balls at each station for
the partner warm-up.
On the teacher's "GO" signal, have
each student or partner group find a ball at a station and begin to perform the
activity described on the task card for 30-45 seconds. On the teacher's
"STOP" signal, the students take their ball, go to the next station,
and begin to perform the next activity described on the task card for 30-45
seconds. Continue to rotate stations until all students have gone to each
station once. Descriptions of the individual and partner ball warm-ups are
listed below.
Individual Ball Warm-Ups:
Hamstring-Tricep Extensions: Stand up and hold
the ball with both hands. Bending at the waist, hold the ball between your feet
and hold this position for 3 counts. Then extend both arms straight overhead
and hold this position for 3 counts. Repeat this movement sequence until you
hear the teacher's "STOP" signal. Remember, keep your knees slightly
bent and perform the sequence in a slow fluid motion.
Sit-Ups: Get into the sit-up position and hold
the ball against your chest with both hands. Perform sit-ups and see how close
or how many times you can get the ball to your knees.
Ball Push-Ups: Get into the push-up or
modified push-up position. Place the ball so each time you go down during a
push-up, your chest touches the ball. See how close or how many times you can
touch the ball. .
Ball Straddle Stretch: Sit down on the floor
in a straddle position (legs spread apart in a "V" formation). With
both hands, roll the ball around each foot, along the outer side of your leg,
behind the back, along the other leg, and back around the feet. Remember, keep
your knees slightly bent, perform the sequence in a slow fluid motion, and
change directions.
Partner Ball Warm-Ups:
Partner Sit-Ups: Get into the sit-up position
facing your partner and toes touching. One student holds the ball against
his/her chest with both hands and then both students perform sit-ups at the
same time. When the students are in the "UP" position of the sit-up,
the student with the ball extends both arms toward his/her partner, while the
partner also extends both arms to grab hold of the ball. Repeat this movement
sequence, handing off the ball each time.
Partner Straddle Stretch: Sit down on the
floor in a straddle position (legs spread apart in a "V" formation)
facing your partner and touching toes. With both hands, the student with the
ball rolls the ball behind the back, along the outside leg, and up to the feet.
The other partner then rolls the ball along the outer side of his/her leg,
behind the back, along the other leg, and back to the feet where the other
partner then continues to roll the ball. Remember, keep your knees slightly
bent, perform the sequence in a slow fluid motion, and change directions.
Back-to-Back Figure 8: Stand
back to back with your partner and then each of you takes a half step forward.
Have one student hold the ball with both hands. At the same time both students
will twist their waists to the left. The student with the ball will hand it off
to his/her partner. Both students will then twist their waists to the right and
then hand of the ball again. Repeat this movement sequence, handing off the
ball each time. Remember, keep your knees slightly bent, perform the sequence
in a slow fluid motion, and change directions.
Over and Under: Stand back to back with your
partner. The student holding the ball extends both arms straight overhead while
the other student extends both arms straight overhead to grab hold of the ball.
The student who has the ball now, bends at the waist and extends both arms
between his/her legs while the other student extends both arms to grab hold of
the ball. Repeat this movement sequence. Remember, keep your knees slightly
bent, perform the sequence in a slow fluid motion, and change directions.
Teaching Suggestions:
Demonstrate each task and the correct rotation
before letting the students perform the stations.
Have students dribble with their feet to the
next station.
Use music as your stop and go signals.
Have students create other individual and
partner warm-up stations.
Laminate the tasks cards
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8. Name of Activity: Partner Tag |
Materials Needed: Cones for general
space
Description of Idea
Have students 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.
On the teacher’s signal, the chaser will have thirty seconds to try
to tag the dodger. If the dodger gets tagged then he/she then
becomes the chaser. They keep
switching in this manner until the time limit is up. Let this continue for
about 30-40 seconds, then stop them. After this time period make sure to change
the chaser and dodger just in case no one was tagged. This is quite a workout
for the students! May want to take pulse before and after activity.
If you have an odd number in your class have
one group of three. One student can rest for the 30 seconds and then be
partnered up with one of the other two when the teacher stops the game.
Teaching Suggestions:
Make sure your students have a good grasp on
how to move safely in and around others while in general space (i.e., they have
learned some chasing, fleeing, and dodging skills).
Remind the kids to keep their eyes up and be
adamant about not allowing students to dive to tag someone. They must stay on
their feet at all times.
Do not use the walls of a gym as boundaries of
the space. Use cones that are away from the walls.
Variations:
May want to have the chasers give each other a
five second start before they start chasing.
Have the students switch partners.
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9. Name of Activity: Safety Bases |
Materials Needed: Cones for general
space boundaries, 6-8 hoops
Description of Idea
The object is for students to work on dodging in
a game situation. The object is for one team, team 1, to cross the space
without being touched by a team of taggers, team 2. Team 1 begins at one end of
the designated space, the taggers on team 2 begin at the other end. On the
signal, the runners try to cross the space without being tagged; the taggers
try to stop as many runners as possible from getting across the designated
space. Spread out hoops across the designated space which if the runners are
inside the hoops (saftey bases) they can't be tagged. Give the runners about 2
minutes or less to cross the designated space. Give each team a chance to be
both the runners and taggers.
Teaching Suggestions:
Have boundary cones away from walls if playing
inside.
Have students walk instead of running if they
are unable to move safely.
Stop the game if the students are unable to
move safely.
Variations:
You may want to change the method in which the
runners and taggers travel such as; hopping, skipping, galloping, sliding, etc.
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10. Name of Activity: Team Leap Frog |
Materials Needed: A large outdoor
grassy playing area, cones
Description of Idea
Split the class in half by handing every other
person in class a penny of the same color (see our forming groups section for other ways of forming
teams). Using half of a soccer field (or another large open field space) one
team gets on one end of the field and the other team on the other end.
On the teachers signal give one team 45-60
seconds to see how many people on the other team they can tag and have
squatting at the end of the time. When someone is tagged they must squat down at a low level. The only
problem for the tagging team is that members of the other team may jump or leap
over squatting teammates and that unfreezes those people so they are up and
running again. After 45 seconds, switch chasing and fleeing teams.
Teaching Suggestions:
Stress to students that when squatting they
are not to rise up while other kids
are moving over them.
Make sure the field space is large enough to
give fleeing persons room to run and find people on their team to jump over. A
small area defeats the purpose.
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11. Name of Activity: Everybody It |
Materials Needed: Cones for general
space boundaries
Description of Idea
Children are in scattered formation within the
playing area. The activity begins with all of the students being
"it". The objective of the activity is for the students to move about
the general space tagging various classmates while avoiding being tagged.
Once a student is tagged he/she must perform a
previously identified fitness exercise (i.e., sit ups, dance). If a double tag
occurs both students perform the agreed upon task. The length of time to use
for this instant activity should be based on how safely the students are able
to move about the general space.
Teaching Suggestions:
1. Don't let students perform the exercises
incorrectly! Have them redo if they perform them using poor techniques.
2. Limit the speed and type of movement until
the students are able to move safely through general space (i.e. walking
first).
3. Once the students are comfortable with the activity
it is possible to alternate between the fitness components (i.e., curl-ups and
static stretching).
4. May want to have students move to the side
of the area to complete their exercises if you are working in a very crowded
area.
5. Make sure all students understand that they
need to be aware of students on the floor while they are moving. Don't trip
over them.
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12. Name of Activity: Clothespin Steal |
Materials Needed: Cones for general
space boundaries, 3 clothespins for each student
Description of Idea
Have ALL of the students pick up three
clothespins as they enter the gym or playing area. After they have found a good
self space in a coned off area ask them to attach the clothespins to the back
or on the sides of their shirts (nearby classmates can help if they can't do it
by themselves).
After they have secured the clothespins
explain the object of the activity is to collect as many clothespins from your
classmates as possible in a specified time limit (i.e., length of a short song).
You are only allowed to take one pin at
a time however. When you get a clothespin you put it on your shirt.
If someone loses all of their clothespins they
continue to play because they are trying to retrieve pins from others.
Teaching Suggestions:
Kids have a tendency to hold the clothespins
they steal in their hands. Please remind them to put them on their shirt before
they continue to try to steal others pins.
Give them feedback about the dodging skills
they use.
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13. Name of Activity: Flag Steal |
Materials Needed: Cones for general
space boundaries and for "the stolen flag/safe area", two velcro
flags, one flag belt for each student
Description of Idea
Have each student put on the flag belt and then
attach the two flags so they are hanging from their hips. On the signal,
students are to move throughout the playing space (i.e., walking, skipping)
trying to steal as many flags as possible from other students in the playing
area.
Upon stealing a flag students are to go to the
stolen flag/safe area (coned off
area in the middle or outside of playing area) and drop the flag. They can
either go back out and try to get more flags or they can put flags on their
empty belt if they had one stolen. No students are eliminated. Activity stops
on teachers signal.
Teaching Suggestions:
1. Give feedback to those making nice dodges
to avoid getting a flag taken.
2. Take resting pulse before and after
activity to see how this activity raises heart rate.
3. Do not let students protect their belts
with their hands. They need to use their dodging skills.
4. Set up boundary cones so they are AWAY from walls.
5. Make sure students can already move safely
in general space with others before doing this activity.
6. Start the activity off by walking. Then change to more difficult
locomotor movements, as you are satisfied with
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14. Name of Activity: Builders and Bulldozers
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Materials Needed: Cones for
boundaries, pennies to designate groups
Description of Idea
After randomly setting cones (these cones
should be light so they are easily knocked over) throughout the playing area
explain to the students that there will be two groups moving around the general
space during this activity. One group, the Bulldozers,
will wear pennies and their job is to go around tipping over as many buildings
(cones) as they can.
The Builders
are to rebuild the fallen cones by standing the fallen cones back up. All
students will have to travel from cone to cone using a pre-determined locomotor
movement (walk, hop, jump, etc.). Have the students switch groups midway
through the instant activity.
Teaching Suggestions:
Please have students walk in general space
before trying to run and do this activity. As you see them get more adept at
moving through space then you can add more difficult locomotor movements like
skipping, sliding, and/or skipping.
Variations:
Have the Bulldozers
knock down the cones with different body parts (e.g. knees, toes, hips, etc.).
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15. Name of Activity: Fortune Cookie Warm-up
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Materials Needed: index cards with
instructions/activities written on them, couple of boxes to put cards in,
various balls, hoops, cones, and other equipment that match the activities on
the cards, stop watch or clock on wall that students can see, upbeat music
Description of Idea
Put a number of index cards with written
activities and instructions (see below) on them in one or two boxes in the gym.
Divide your class into groups of two or three. Have the students read an
activity index card from one of the boxes. They are to return the card to the
box and then their task is to perform the activity as it was explained on the
card.
It is fine to use one box but I use two boxes
so they aren't doing the same activity at the same time. Tell the students how
many activity cards they will have to complete (older students can do 5-8,
younger students 3 or 4). It is best to mix up harder tasks with easy ones.
Inform the students that you have the authority to have them do the activity
again if you notice them not doing it properly or following the directions on
the card.
Sample Activities for Index Cards
(These are a mixture of elem. and secondary activities)
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score two goals a piece while playing Push Up Position Hockey
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play leapfrog from one end of the gym to the
other
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hula hoop with a partner for a minute without
it falling to the floor
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tell your teacher the most important cues for shooting
a basketball
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jump rope around the gym or track do the
Macarena dance with a partner for 3 min.
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take your heart rate and record it on a piece
of paper
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do fun pushups
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20 overhand throws with a partner
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volley a ball back and forth without it hitting
the floor 5 times
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25 figure 8 basketball dribbles around each
leg
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30 abdominal crunches
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3 successful tennis serves
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Rest for one minute while doing an appropriate
stretch (this can't be your first activity because we don't stretch cold
muscles). If you get this card first please select another one.
Variations:
As students get used
to this IA, you may want to hide the box so then one of their tasks is to first
find it and then do the task. This adds some excitement.
Add music and when
you stop the music that means they have to get another card regardless
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16. Name of Activity: Flag Drag Tag |
Materials Needed: Hula hoops
(quantity depends on the number of taggers), 2 flags per student, and cones for
boundaries
Description of Idea
Flag Drag Tag is a nice instant activity for a
field hockey unit. It's a good warm-up for students' legs and also gets them
comfortable moving about in the bent over position that is necessary to
properly grip a field hockey stick.
Use cones to establish the playing area. Place
the hula hoops around the perimeter of this area. The number of hula hoops will
depend on class size and also on the amount of taggers.
Hand out two flags (one for each hand) to all
students except 2-4 (depends on class size--you can have more or less). These
students (called the runners) will
have one flag in each hand and will move (i.e., jogging, running, walking,
etc.) in the designated area dragging the flags behind them. The runners' flags must stay in contact
with the ground and behind them at all times. The taggers (who do not have flags) will then "tag" the
runners by "stepping" on their flags with their feet.
Once a runner has his/her flag "stepped
on", they must release the "stepped on" flag. The tagger then
takes the "stepped on" flag and places it inside one of the hula
hoops. The runner (whose flag was "stepped on") continues to
participate in the game until his/her other flag is "stepped on".
When a runner has no flags left, he/she must step outside of the playing area
and do five jumping jacks before retrieving two flags from the hula hoops to
rejoin the game. Be sure to switch taggers often.
Teaching Suggestions:
You will need at least one hula hoop per
tagger.
Flags must be long enough so they drag at
least three feet behind the runners while in a bent over position.
Flags can be made from plastic garbage bags
cut into strips; however, these tend to "float" above the ground. A
heavier material, like a heavy canvas or cotton cloth, will work better.
You can substitute any appropriate movement
for the five jumping jacks such as abdominal crunches, push-ups, dynabands,
etc.
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17. Name of Activity: Team Marathon |
Materials Needed: Hula Hoops,
Basketballs, Jump Ropes, and music (not required)
Description of Idea
Have your students get into groups of three.
Within each group the students need to number off 1, 2, and 3. When this is
finished have the students get 1 basketball, 1 hula hoop, 1 jump rope, and 1
sheet with the activities on it. Have the students find a spot on the outer
part of the gym where they need sit down with their equipment inside the hula
hoop.
The teacher then explains the
"Marathon" sequence. The students will perform only the activities on
the sheet that correspond with the number they are. Example: The entire group runs 1 lap of the gym, then 2 dribbles a
basketball 50 times, 1 does 10 tuck jumps, etc. Only one person will be at an
activity at a time unless everyone is behind the activity.
Team Marathon Activities and Sequence:
Run 1 lap (everyone)
1. 25 jumps with the jump rope
2. Dribble a basketball 50 times
3. 10 push - ups
1. 10 tuck jumps Skip 1 lap (everyone)
2. 15 jumping jacks
3. Jump rope 50 times
1. Snap fingers 20 times Gallop 1 lap (everyone)
2. Walk toe to heel across the gym (run back)
3. Take a basketball around the waist 15 times
1. Hula Hoop 15 times
2. Give a high five to everyone on the team
3. Make a fist 20 times Grapevine 1 lap (everyone)
1. 15 toe raises
2. Sing all of the song "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" (LOUD
ENOUGH TO BE HEARD ACROSS THE GYM)
3. 10 sit - ups
1. 10 cart wheels Slide a lap (everyone)
2. Clap 20 times for each person on your team
3. Jump over and back on a line - 20 times
1. Leap across the gym (run back)
2. Crawl through a tunnel formed by the others legs
3. Touch all four wall of the gym Run backwards 1 lap (everyone)
1. 15 sit - ups
2. Flap chicken wing arms 15 times
3. Bell jump 25 times
1. Jump rope 20 times
2. Do four 180 degree turns
3. Jump in and out of the hula hoop 15 times.
1. Carry one team member across the gym and all run back.
2. Bounce pass the basketball around the team circle 7 times.
3. Yell "I LOVE PE" 5 times (everyone)
Run a final lap (everyone). Put all equipment
in the hoop and sit in a line behind the hoop
Variations:
The hula hoop does not have to be done around
the waist they can use their arm, wrist, ankle, anything. The laps can be
anything you would like to make them (speedwalk, push a wheel chair, etc.) The
list can also be shortened to your needs.
Assessment Ideas:
This activity should get their heart rate
going. Check their pulse before and after finishing.
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18. Name of Activity: Aerobic Exchange |
Materials Needed: All available PE equipment,
the physical plant, paper, cardboard, task cards with about 50 different
activity words which may be laminated
Description of Idea
Place five words on a task card that pertain
to the physical plant or objects that may be found in the gym or playing area.
For instance the task card may have the following words on a card: pole, cloth, blue, wood, rectangle. (Make
about 28 task cards with different sequential orders to make the exchanges
challenging.)
On the teachers signal students must touch something
in the room that matches the words on their activity cards. In the example
above the students would first touch a pole, then something made out of cloth,
something that is blue in color, etc. Upon completion of the five tasks they exchange their card with another
student in the designated exchanging area (i.e. coned off area of your choice).
The object is to exchange as many task cards in the time allotted. 3-5 minutes
is typically a good time allotment for this.
Teaching Suggestions:
Stress "eyes up" at all times so
students don't run into one another.
Make sure they touch the objects gently!
Variations:
To incorporate a complete aerobic workout,
have the student jog in place and search out another jogger and this will determine
when the task is completed and cards need to be exchanged.
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19. Name of Activity: Mat Move Over |
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Prerequisites: To successfully
complete this IA students must have prior work with moving safely in general space
and they must have had practice with transferring weight skills such as
different kinds of rolls.
Materials Needed: 5-7 mats, cones for
general space boundaries
Spread mats a safe distance from each other
throughout the playing area. Have students spread out in the area. On the
teacher’s signal, students are to move throughout the space using locomotor
movements of their choice. Upon coming to an open mat students are to move
across the mat using some sort of weight transfer. Some choices are to log
roll, cartwheel, forward roll, egg roll, leap over, walk over, etc. Students
must be completely off the mat
before a new person can go to a mat. Please make sure to tell students that
they need to make sure it is clear before moving over the mat.
Not all students have to go to a mat. They are
free to just move about the general space on their feet.
Teaching Suggestions:
DO NOT allow students to jump and make the
mat slide.
Make sure students do not got to a mat until
it is completely open
Make sure students move with their eyes up so
they can see if another student is about to go to a mat
It is best to have students NOT RUN during this activity.
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20. Name of Activity: Keep Up |
Description of Idea
Have student’s line-up single file on a line.
There should be two other lines each approximately 5 feet from the students.
One line is on their left and one on their right.
Tell the students the object is to follow the
"called" signals, without making a mistake.