Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Lauren Connellan
Professional Inquiry Project, PSIII
University of Lethbridge
Spring 2017
2
Table of Contents
Contents
1. Over, Under, Around and Through ................................................................................... 4
2. Card Fitness ................................................................................................................................ 4
3. Sports Galore .............................................................................................................................. 5
4. As If ................................................................................................................................................. 5
5. Space Jam..................................................................................................................................... 6
6. Stop and Spell ............................................................................................................................. 7
7. Morning Routine ....................................................................................................................... 7
8. Body Part to Body Part .......................................................................................................... 8
9. Memory Lane .............................................................................................................................. 8
10. The 12 Days of Fitness ............................................................................................................ 9
11. Yoga Deck ..................................................................................................................................... 9
12. Dance Breaks ............................................................................................................................ 10
13. Trading Places ......................................................................................................................... 10
14. Freeze Dance ............................................................................................................................ 11
15. Six Spots ..................................................................................................................................... 11
16. 54321 ............................................................................................................................. 11
17. Would You Rather................................................................................................................... 12
18. Name Moves .............................................................................................................................. 12
19. Physical Challenge ................................................................................................................. 12
20. Chair Action .............................................................................................................................. 13
21. Cross Crawls ............................................................................................................................. 13
22. Thats My Song! ........................................................................................................................ 13
23. Mime Drill .................................................................................................................................. 14
24. Jammin Minute....................................................................................................................... 14
25. Quiz Me ....................................................................................................................................... 14
26. Super Bowl: Rock, Paper, Scissors Challenge ............................................................ 15
27. Rock-Paper-Scissors with Feet ......................................................................................... 15
28. Minute Masters ........................................................................................................................ 16
29. Textbook Aerobics .................................................................................................................. 16
3
2. Card Fitness
Form a circle around the room. Hand out playing cards (1-10) to each
students, you might need more than one deck. Students will look at the
number and perform the exercise that corresponds with the number. After
doing the exercise, students will pass their card to the person on the right
and repeat with a new card. Some examples might be:
1: Five squats
2: Five push-ups
3: Five jumping jacks
4: Five sit-ups
5: Five seconds of planking
6: Five tricep dips
7: Five burpees
8: Five jumps
9: Five kicks
10: Five jabs
Variation: use card suits instead of numbers. Write four different activities
for the four card suits.
5
3. Sports Galore
Have students stand next to their desks. The teacher will call out the
following sports to mimic for at least 10-15 seconds:
Shooting a jump shot
Running through tires
Batting a baseball
Serving a tennis ball
Snowboarding
Slalom skiing
Spiking a volleyball
Swinging a golf club
Throwing a football
Juggling a soccer ball
Shooting an arrow
Shooting a hockey puck
Swimming underwater
Fielding a ground ball and throwing it to first base
Dunking a basketball
(North Carolina Healthy Schools, 2015).
4. As If
The teacher will read sentences to the class. Have students act out each
sentence for 30 seconds.
Move your feet as if you were skating
Shake your body as if you are a wet dog
Swim as if you are swimming in the ocean
Jump in place as if you are popcorn popping
Run on the spot as if a bear is chasing you
Reach up as if you are grabbing balloons out of the air
Walk forward as if you are walking through a field of daisies
March in place and play the drums as if you are in a marching band
(North Carolina Healthy Schools, 2015)
6
5. Space Jam
The teacher will read this story to the class and students will act out the
action words. Teacher will pause during reading while the class acts out each
verb. Prompt students if needed. Continue throughout the story:
Our next stop is Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun. It has a rocky
core and there are areas of ice throughout the planet. There are also rings of
gases around Saturn. WHOA, there is a huge piece of ice, be careful and slide
across it. Hop on one of the rings surrounding Saturn and spin around in
circles. Uranus is our next stop. It has a small rocky core. Can everyone tiptoe
across Uranus watching out for the ice? Next, lets visit Neptune. Neptune has
four rings and large storms with fast winds. It also has 13 moons. Quick,
duck! Here comes a moon, move to the left so you do not get hit. Pluto is our
next stop. It is the smallest planet and is furthest from the sun. It is a cold
planet because it is furthest from the sun. Shiver and rub your hands together
to stay warm. This ends our tour of space. Grab a partner and hop back to the
space station
Students will stand at their desks with a partner. Each pair will need a scrap
piece of paper. The teacher will call out a physical activity (jumping, jogging,
jumping jacks, high knees, etc.). Students will do that activity until the
teacher calls out a spelling word. Students will
freeze and work together with their partner to try
and spell the word correctly on their paper. After
15-20 seconds, the teacher will call out a new
activity. Continue until all spelling words have
been completed. After, write all the spelling
words down on the board for students to check
their work.
(North Carolina Healthy Schools, 2015)
7. Morning Routine
Get students into the habit of beginning the day with a series of simple
activities lasting 30 seconds each:
Jumping jacks
Knee lifts
Flapping arms
Hopping
Scissors
9. Memory Lane
The teacher will call out one task at a time and partners have to complete
that task. Tasks should be called out in the order provided. Partners repeat
the tasks beginning with the first task each time. Have students repeat the
sequence as fast as they can with accuracy.
High five right
High five left
Low five right
Low five left
High ten
Low ten
Backwards ten high
Backwards ten low
Tunnel ten (feet apart, back to
back, reach between legs and hit low ten)
Sole of shoes right
Sole of shoes left
Elbow right
Elbow left
Both elbows
16. 54321
Students stand up beside their desks. The
teacher has students do movements in
descending order. For example, do 5
jumping jacks, 4 push-ups, 3 squats, walk
around the class 2 times and give 1 high
five.
(Number One Pencils, 2012).
12
25. Quiz Me
While reviewing for a test, give students a series of true or false questions to
ask their partner. Will need two different sets of questions for each set of
partners. If the question is true, students should jump in place for 15
seconds. If it is false, they should touch their toes. Teachers can also do this
activity as a group by asking everyone the same question at once.
(Colorado Education Initiative, n.d).
15
When the music stops, students try to be the first to grab the hacky-sac.
Repeat 5 times. Have students create their own challenges.
(Colorado Education Initiative, n.d).
Cross-Curricular Linking:
Language Arts - Use the activities to reinforce vocabulary and
grammatical elements.
Social Studies and Science- Ask true and false questions related to
the social studies and science curriculum.
40. Limbo
Get a long stick such as a broom. Have yourself and another student hold it
horizontally. Students must bend backwards to walk under the stick. Get
progressively lower as students successfully walk under it. Music makes it
more entertaining!
22
43. Handshakes
Have your students find a partner. Give the class 5 minutes to create the best
and most creative handshake that they can. Encourage students to
incorporate lots of movement into their handshake. After the 5 minutes is up,
have students show it to the rest of the class.
The teacher can do each stage for about 5-7 seconds. The rain will get louder
and louder in which the teacher will lead three thunder jumps. Reverse the
stages and the rain with get softer and softer until it stops. Here is an
example video.
(Sladkey, 2009).
49. Shake it
Students remain seated and raise their hands in the air. Get out any jitters
and have them start by shaking their:
Right hand 10 times
Left hand 10 times
Left foot 10 times
Right foot 10 times
Repeat counting down the number of shakes from 9-1. Speed up or slow down
the counting to keep it interesting.
(Colorado Education Initiative, n.d).
50. Ninja
The object of the game is to avoid having your hand touched or slapped, thus
getting eliminated. The goal is to be the last Ninja standing. To begin the
game, everyone gets in a tight circle, shoulder-to-shoulder, with their hands
in the middle. On the count of three, they jump back into a "Ninja" pose (be
creative!). One-by-one going counter-clockwise, each person takes a turn
being the attacker and tries to touch another person's hand in a single
"Ninja" move. Continued on next slide Physical Activity Breaks for the
Secondary Classroom 93 The attackee, to avoid being touched, reacts with a
single Ninja move. Only the attacker and attackee may move; all others
remain frozen. Whether missing, successfully hitting or avoiding, only a
single Ninja move is permitted and both
must stay frozen in that pose (one foot is
always glued to the ground). If a
person's hand is touched, they must leave
the circle. The player to the right
automatically goes next and may choose
to attack any other player. The person
who is aimed for doesn't go next; the next
person is always to the right of the
person who just went. The game ends
when only one person remains.
(Colorado Education Initiative, n.d).
26
References
Braley, P. (2014). Activities for kids: Movement breaks to help kids stay alert and focused.
Retrieved from http://theinspiredtreehouse.com/activities-for-kids-movement-breaks-
to-help-kids-stay-alert-and-focused/
Colorado Education Initiative (n.d). Take a break! Teacher toolbox: Physical activity breaks
in the secondary classroom. Retrieved from http://www.coloradoedinitiative.org/wp-
content/uploads/2014/08/CEI-Take-a-Break-Teacher-Toolbox.pdf
North Carolina Healthy Schools (2015). Kindergarten 5th grade: Classroom energizers.
Retrieved from
http://www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com/Energizers/Texts/Energizers_K-5_2015.pdf