Jeff Jacobs, 2013 Eastern District Elementary PE TOY Move It! Movement or exercise must be simplistic Movement the average person perform

Variations: freestyle word wall collectively word wall individually Word Wall in the Worcester Elementary School Gym

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A Warm-up or Fitness Activity Each giant polyspot has a deck of cards and Queen of Hearts Exercise Chart setup

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Song Length The Swimming Song0:36 Jumping Jacks0:12 Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes0:21 Cupid Shuffle0:15 YMCA0:09 Born to Run0:12 The Mack Chicken Dance0:18 These Boots are Made for Walkin’0:11 Jump My Jiggles Out0:10 Walk Like an Egyptian0:12 Kung Fu Fighting0:14 Chicken Fat (short version)0:31

The following activities are based on the Card Game “Spoons”

Practice the Challenge activity first! Use four groups (can use more) of 3-5 students Need at least 4 cards of the same suit for each group playing Specify passing to either the right or left One person from each group goes to the teacher and receives their group’s cards A very short period of time is given to organize the cards On “Pass!” One person from each group runs a card to the group on the right then sprints back to his/her group. Each time a card is passed, a different person must run it. When a group gets four cards of the same suit, they quickly complete the task then quietly sit around their giant polyspot. In the meantime, those groups who notice, immediately stop and perform the task trying not to be the last one finished. When finished the task, each group sits by their cards. The first group seated around their giant polyspot finishes first.

Rhyming Relates to the K-5 Phonics and Word Recognition anchors under Reading: Foundation Skills. Same as “Spoons” but must have three rhyming words. The rhyming word cards will form a picture when side by side.

3 Letter Words Relates to the K-4 Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use anchors under Language. Objective: Students must create a preset number of 3 letter words. Each group gets a small white board, markers, a “vowel” chart and 4 bean bags with consonants. Using the beans bags and the chart, create 10 three letter words before beginning the challenge activity.

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Aarrrrr! Once there was a pirate, Who sang the pirate song. And the pirate was interrupted, When a ___________ came along. Song by Jack Hartmann