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

Variations:

•freestyle•word wall collectively•word wall individually

Word Wall in the Worcester Elementary School Gym

The PowerPoint, Handouts, Descriptions and Charts will be available at:

•The link provided by SHAPE America

•My website:

www.tinyurl.com/JeffJacobsHPE

Queen of Hearts

A Warm-up or Fitness Activity

Each giant polyspot has a deck of cards and Queen of Hearts Exercise Chart

setup

Chart

#1

Chart

#2

Chart

#3

Chart

#4

Verbal BlendA warm-up or fitness activity using verbs describing physical

actionsTotal Time 3:21

Song LengthThe Swimming Song 0:36Jumping Jacks 0:12

Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes 0:21Cupid Shuffle 0:15YMCA 0:09Born to Run 0:12The Mack Chicken Dance 0:18These Boots are Made for Walkin’ 0:11Jump My Jiggles Out 0:10Walk Like an Egyptian 0:12Kung Fu Fighting 0:14Chicken Fat (short version) 0:31

Curriculum ConnectionsThe following activities are based on the Card Game

“Spoons”

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.

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. see teabee

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.

ae

io

u

y

b

r

t

n

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