Elementary PE Brainbooster

fingers that only tag on U.S.A. ○ Upper back ○ Shoulders ○ Arms ● No matter the locomotor skill (running, galloping, leaping, etc.), review how students can move safely.

Debrief

Return to Home Base and ask the following: ● What does running do for our bodies? ● How does running lead to good health? ● Where could we play this game during recess?

Prepare students for the next activity.

Strength/Flexibility/Endurance Stations

Show How How to Play:

● Split students up into groups based on stations with even numbers for partners, assigning each group to a station. ● The main stations will test one of the health components: ○ Muscular Strength: Push Up ○ Cardiovascular Fitness: Line Touches ○ Muscular Endurance: Sit Ups ○ Flexibility: Sit and Reach ● Other stations can consist of: ○ JumpRope ○ Jump Test (Vertical height up a wall) ○ Dance/Hula Hoops/Fun ○ Rest Station (Get water and relax) ○ Your choice! Review what each station looks like with a student who can help model each station. Play music to “start” stations, pausing it to stop and rotate the groups. ● If you don’t have music, identify a “Go Word” and “Stop Word” to help students know when to begin the exercise and when to rotate. 5th Grade Modification ● Give students their Fall “Fitness Assessment and Goals” paper and encourage them to improve their Fall scores. ● Tell them that they will have a partner to help count repetitions for each other in the push up, sit up, and line touches test. They will also help measure the sit and reach test for each other. ● At each station, they will record how many they got in “Round 2” with the pencil/pen at each cone.

Practice andPlay

Debrief

Ask the following:

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