Elementary+Misc+Games+and+Activities

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__//** Other: **//__Sample Text __//**Name/Title:**//__ //Fruit Basket//

__//**Materials Needed:**//__ //10 soft balls//

__//** Objective/Goal: **//__ //Run across the gym, dodging balls. Throw balls//

__//** Skills: **//__ //Throwing, Running, Dodging//

__//** Lesson Description: **//__ //Put students together in groups of 3. Give each group a name of a fruit. One person stands on the side of the gym and calls the name of the fruit groups. When a name is called, students with that name run across the gym. The person on the side is equipped with a soft ball which they throw at the "fruits" legs. If they get hit, they join the person on the sideline as a thrower. The person calling out fruits can say "Fruit Basket". This will result in having all the students run across the gym at one time.//

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__//** Other: **//__Nancy West

__**//Name/Title://**__ **Crunchball**

__**//Materials Needed://**__ playground ball, wall, 2 players

__**//Objective/Goal://**__ How to play: player with crunchball is in the bent-knee crunch position holding ball with arms extended above head (on the floor) with toes touching the wall. player does a full crunch and tosses ball off the wall (perpendicular to wall) and tries to hit the floor with the ball Hitting the floor scores a point. If the opponent catches the ball in the air no point is scored and they switch. __//** Skills: **//__ abdominal strength, catching ability

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__//** Other: **//__ (Rumbold, Johnson Elem. 2009)

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=__//Objective/Goal://__ Ice Breaker for first day of class, make friends, raise heart rate=

=__//Skills://__ Remember names and favorite physical activities of classmates=

=__//Lesson Description://__ Freeze/tunnel tag. Have 3 students stand and say their name and favorite sport or physical activity. These students are it and will touch other students to freeze them unless the student says their name and favorite activity before being touched. If frozen, student stands with arms out and legs apart for other players the "unfreeze" them by crawling through their legs.=

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= __//Other: (Chris Hunt, Traut, 2009)//__ =

__ //Skills// __// : Teamwork //
==== __ **Lesson Description** __ **: //In four groups, students will start in a single file line at one end of the gym. The first person in each group will start with a beanbag. When the teacher says...GO! The first person will reach behind their head with both hands and pass the beanbag to the next person in line. The line will continue to pass the beanbag until it gets to the last person in line. When the last person in line gets the beanbag, him/her will run to the front of the line and continue passing the beanbag. The group that gets to the other end of the gym first wins!//** ====

==== __ //** Variations/Modifications **// __ //** : Half-way through the activity you can stop students and have them begin passing the beanbag through their legs or twist to one side and handoff the beanbag that way. **// ====

__ //Other// __ //: Bryan Uhrich, Laurel, 2010//
//**Name/Title:__**// Parachute Please see the attached documents (these are aligned with the 2010 CO Comprehensive Health & Physical Education Standards). Ken Arledge

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 * //Teaching 4th and 5th graders to belay themselves//**
 * //see attached//**
 * //﻿Ken Arledge//**