| Name of Activity: Scrabble Laps | | | | Variations: |
| Academic content: Language Arts: Spelling | | | | Allow the teams to run in tag teams where each |
| Purpose of Activity: The purpose of this activity is to | | | | member runs a certain portion of the lap (relay type). |
| integrate physical fitness with spelling of core | | | | Vary the way the students move by going |
| vocabulary words used in science and social studies. | | | | backwards, sideward, jumping rope, dribbling a ball, |
| Suggested Grade Level: 3-5 | | | | etc. |
| Materials Needed: Depending on the size of the class, | | | | Assessment Ideas: |
| you will need at least 10-15 sets of letters of the | | | | The teacher will check for correct spelling. |
| alphabet. (Magnetic letters purchased at various dollar | | | | The teacher will observe the use of a variety of |
| stores works great.); one pencil and score sheet for | | | | movement, teamwork and cooperation. |
| each team; outside area or a large gym will work for | | | | Adaptations for Students with Disabilities: |
| walking/running laps | | | | For students who have difficulty moving around the |
| Physical activity: Locomotor Skills: Run,Walk, Skip, | | | | track, give them two letters for each lap. Any |
| Gallop | | | | students who are developmentally delayed are paired |
| Description of Idea | | | | with another student. |
| Students are placed in teams of 4 or 5. One student | | | | Name of Activity: Hit a Homer in PE! |
| from each team is appointed "secretary" and is | | | | Purpose of Activity: A visual reminder to students |
| responsible for writing "words" on the score sheet. All | | | | about their behavior in class. |
| names of team members should be written on the | | | | Prerequisites: A introduction to the PE rules. |
| form by each of the students on the team. | | | | Suggested Grade Level: 3-5 |
| Students are told they can walk, skip, gallop or jog | | | | Materials Needed: Bulletin board, laminated paper |
| around the track. For each lap they perform, they | | | | shoes, thumb tacks, construction paper. |
| are given a letter by the teacher. The more laps | | | | Description of Idea |
| they do, the more letters they get. The students | | | | This is a bulletin board idea that gives students visual |
| move around the track until either time is up or all | | | | feedback on their behavior in class. |
| the letters are gone. | | | | Before school starts, make a bulletin board that has a |
| When the whistle is blown, they go back to the area | | | | baseball diamond with a big outfield. In the outfield |
| where their team's Scrabble Lap Score sheet is | | | | make baseballs with a rule on each one of them. In |
| located. The students pool all their letters together | | | | the infield make sure that the bases can be seen |
| and work as a team to form as many words as they | | | | easily. Around home plate, have paper shoes. On |
| can using the letters they were randomly given. Their | | | | each shoe, write the classroom teacher's name. Title |
| words must be appropriate, three letters or longer | | | | the bulletin board, "Hit a Home Run in PE" |
| and no proper nouns or abbreviations. Additionally, the | | | | After each class period, have students gather by the |
| words must be spelled correctly. | | | | bulletin board. If the class followed all the rules that |
| The team secretary writes the words as the team | | | | are written on the baseballs, then move their class |
| forms them. The letters can be used as many times | | | | shoes up by one base. If the class did not follow the |
| as they want. Each correctly spelled word is worth | | | | rules, point out which rules the class still need to |
| one point; any words formed from their science or | | | | work on. |
| social studies vocabulary list (obtain words from the | | | | Each time the class "scores", record their runs on a |
| classroom teacher) are worth two points. At the end | | | | score sheet. At the end of the quarter, give the |
| of approximately five minutes, collect the paper and | | | | class with the most runs a prize. A good prize can be |
| pencils and evaluate the correctly spelled words to | | | | an extra gym class that day, a free day, or a your |
| announce in the next class. | | | | choice day. |