Innovative Play A Variety of Elementary Ideas and Activities

1. Innovative PlayA Variety of Elementary Ideas and Activities Jeff Jacobs, 2013 Eastern District Elementary PE TOY • Move It! Move It! • Movement or exercise must be • simplistic • Movement the average person • perform

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

3. The PowerPoint, Handouts, Descriptions and Chartswill be available at: • The link provided by SHAPE America • My website: • www.tinyurl.com/JeffJacobsHPE

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

5. Chart #1

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8. Chart #4

9. Verbal BlendA warm-up or fitness activity using verbs describing physical actionsTotal Time 3:21 SongLength The Swimming Song 0:36 Jumping Jacks 0:12 Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes 0:21 Cupid Shuffle 0:15 YMCA 0:09 Born to Run 0:12 The Mack Chicken Dance 0:18 These Boots are Made for Walkin’ 0:11 Jump My Jiggles Out 0:10 Walk Like an Egyptian 0:12 Kung Fu Fighting 0:14 Chicken Fat (short version) 0:31

10. Curriculum Connections The following activities are based on the Card Game “Spoons”

11. How to play 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.

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

13. 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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15. The Silly Pirate SongCredit goes to Mary Lou Baranowski, 2013 Southwest District Elementary PE TOY Aarrrrr! Once there was a pirate, Who sang the pirate song. And the pirate was interrupted, When a ___________ came along. Song by Jack Hartmann