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Earth
To Kids
In this wonderful website you will find a selection of activities
that challenge students to consider their impact on the earth.
From Project Adventure, these dilemmas serve as a nice springboard
to movement activities.
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for details.
Cindy Kuhrasch
Interdisciplinary
Section Editor
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Beginning of the Year Community Builder –
Materials:
3 balls (different colors) – Blue (“names”), green (“colors”) and
yellow (“numbers”).
Procedures:
- Review activity directions below with students.
- The kids should form a seated circle.
- One student begins with the blue ball, which is the “name” ball.
This student makes eye contact with another student, and says
that student’s name while softly throwing the ball to him/her.
The student who catches the ball repeats this process.
- Once the blue ball has successfully been passed for several
minutes, the teacher should introduce the green ball, which is
the “color” ball. While the name ball continues to be passed,
the teacher introduces the color ball by making eye contact with
another student and softly throws the ball while saying a color
(i.e. “purple”). The student that catches this ball repeats the
process to another student, but must say a color that has not
been said yet.
- At this point, both the blue and green balls should be in play
simultaneously. Now, the teacher should gauge the student’s group
achievement level, and decided whether or not to introduce the
yellow ball, which is the “number” ball. The yellow ball is introduced
and played similar to the green ball, but numbers should be substituted
for colors.
Slanty-Rope Approach:
This approach allows the students to achieve throwing the ball
softly at different levels while encouraging them to self-challenge.
By nature of the circle, a student may toss the ball a short distance
to a student beside him/her, or a long distance by tossing the ball
to a student across the circle.
I would begin by highlighting what students CAN do instead of
what they cannot do. For example, I would say “you can throw the
ball softly once you have made eye contact with another person”,
“you can include all people” and “you have the right to feel safe
and valuable to the group.” I would also invite students to discuss
general behavioral expectations by asking question such as “please
tell me what we do when…?” or “please share with me three rights
that we have in this classroom.”
Created by Jennifer Reidel of UW-Madison
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Around the Continents |
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The students will practice throwing skills by rolling a ball at
a target. They will also be learning about the location of the seven
continents, the equator, and the northern and southern hemispheres.
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In this activity students create a collage of images from popular
magazines as a means of depicting an autobiographical account
of their sport, leisure, and recreation activities.
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for details.
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Questions to Ask, or
Thoughts to Share?
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