|  Two
ways I have promoted my PE Program are: 1) I held
a multicultural games and dances field week at my school a few years
ago. Every year I have a field week with a different theme each
time, and 2) a few years ago, a 3rd/4th grade PE,
Spanish and Music night, which showcased skills from all 3 of these
subjects.
With the first one, parents were invited to watch the games, and
all the students learned a dance from a different country, which
their team represented, and they performed the dance for the rest
of their classmates, as well as the parents.
With the 3rd/4th grade night, the students performed their skills
for their parents, and then we ended the evening with all the students
and their parents doing the scatter square dance together. The first
section is of some of the games and dances my students did. The
second section is the PE activities my students did on the 3rd/4th
grade night.
Moreen Ferdie
Interdisciplinary Section Editor
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by Jean
Blaydes
This section within the Interdisciplinary page is updated
each month with a new idea from Jean Blayde's book "Thinking
on Your Feet." |
This month's
activity is called the Slap
Count, and focuses on using math and spelling skills.
The purpose of this activity is to teach children that the
brain cannot do two things at once. It helps them learn
that they can’t talk and listen at the same time by
utilizing numbers and letters.
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| Games & Dances Field Week |
| These games are
taken from the book "Children's
Games From Around the World" by Glenn Kirchner, WCB/McGraw
Hill, 1991.
SNOW WHITE
Country: Australia
Equipment: 8 hoops and 4 cones
How to play: Students are divided into 7 teams.
Each team chooses a name of one of the seven dwarfs. One student
is selected to be the "witch" (tagger), another student
becomes "Snow White" and stands in the single hoop. All
teams line up behind a line with the witch standing anywhere within
the playing area. The witch calls a name such as "Happies",
and that team tries to run to the opposite side without getting
tagged by the witch. The only safe area is between cone line that
they are running to. If tagged they are sent to the Dungeon (other
hoops) where they wait to be freed by Snow White who can at any
time, sneak across and touch them to set them free. If Snow White
is tagged by the witch, then Snow White is replaced and a new witch
is picked and game is started again.
BOKSTARBOLL
Country: Sweden
Equipment: 2 hoops, 1 cone, a ball or beanbag per
group of 4 or 5
How to play: One child holds a hoop in front of
himself and directly over another hoop on the ground. The other
players line up behind the cone. The person holding the hoop thinks
of an animal, and does not tell others what it is, may give clues
depending on age. First person in line tries to throw the beanbag
so it goes through top hoop and lands in bottom hoop. If successful
they guess a letter, if correct they get another turn to throw beanbag
in hoop. They continue until they miss a letter or miss the hoops.
Then next person's turn and so on, until animal is spelled out.
When that happens person who spelled it out now holds the hoop and
thinks of an animal.
DOUBLES
Country: China
Equipment: 1 medium to long rope per 2 people
How to play: Two students stand side by side with
the one jumprope held in their outside hands. Both are jumping at
the same time, inside of the rope. Also can be done with one inside
and one outside.
These games are taken from: "The
Multicultural Game Book," by Louise Orlando, Scholastic
Inc., 1993.
1,2,3 DRAGON
Country: China
Equipment: none
How to Play: Students form a line, and put their
hands on the shoulders in front of them. First player in line is
head, and the last person is the tail. To start game the tail shouts
out "1,2,3 dragon." The head leads the line around trying
to catch its tail. The body may not break apart. If body breaks,
round is over, and head goes to end of line, and becomes tail. Restart
game.
PALM BALL
Country: Italy
Equipment: tennis or bouncy rubber ball, chalk
How to Play: Mark off a large rectangular boundary.
Draw a line across the middle. Each player stands in one half of
the box. One player serves the ball by bouncing it and hitting it
with their palm. The ball is allowed to bounce once before the other
team hits it back over. Points are scored every time a ball is sent
out of bounds or missed by a player. First one to 21 points wins.
PELELE
Country: Spain
Equipment: stuffed doll, blanket
How to Play: Everyone holds a part of the blanket,
put doll in center of blanket. Toss him up, each time he lands on
blanket toss him back up. Say chants and poems as he flies through
the air.
| Pelele,
Pelele |
Pelele, Pelele |
| Tu madre te
quiere |
Your mother loves you, |
| Todos te queremos.
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We al love you! |
| Arriba con
el! |
Up with him! |
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| JAN-KEM-PO
Country: Japan
Equipment: none
How to play: Like rock (Jan), paper (Kem), and
scissors (Po).
These games and dances are taken from
the book "International
Playtime, Classroom Games and Dances From Around the World"
by Wayne E. Nelson and Henry "Buzz" Glass, Fearon Teacher
Aids 1992.
ANIMAL KEEPERS
Country: Kenya
Equipment: pictures or words of wild animals
How to play: A picture or word is placed on the
back of each student. Each student is the keeper of that animal
and is to see that the animal arrives safely. Circulate around
other students, other students may give hints of your animal.
You may only give 1 hint to each student. As soon as you have
guessed your animal, place on the front of your shirt.
CLAPSTICK BLIND MAN'S BLUFF
Country: Taiwan
Equipment: 2 sticks (plastic tubes) per player,
blindfold, handkerchief
How to play: Each student, not including the
Blind Man, has 2 sticks when clapped together make noise. The
rest of the students stand in a large circle. Blind man is blindfolded
and given a handkerchief, with which to tag others. Two at a time
they run across circle, while clapping their sticks and exchange
places. If tagged they become the Blind man.
STATIONS
Country: Sri Lanka
Equipment: marker, masking tape
How to play: Single circle with leader in center.
Each student has the name of a railway station, city or other
geographical entity in Sri Lanka (e.g. cities: Kandy, Galle, Badulla,
Yala, Maho, etc). Stations are marked on the masking tape, which
are put on the ground in front of each student in the circle.
The leader in the center is "Fort Station" (central
station in Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka). Leader calls two stations,
the two students at these stations try to change places before
the leader gets to one of the vacant stations. Student unable
to get to other station becomes the leader. If "trains run
express" is called all change places. Can call up to 3 stations
at a time.
CAT AND RAT
Country: Brazil
Equipment: none
How to play: One player is the cat, and one player
is the rat. Rest are in a circle holding hands with cat outside
and rat inside. Cat taps a player in the circle. Player says "What
do you want?" Cat says "I want to see the rat."
Player says "You cannot see him/her now." Cat says "When
can I see him/her?" Player says "At ten o'clock."
(player can say any time they want).
As soon as the player
says a time the circle players begin moving CCW in rhythm as they
count off the hours. "One o'clock, tick-tock, two o'clock,
tick-tock, and so on until they reach the designated time. At
this time, the circle stops, cat steps up to same player he/she
talked to before. Player "What do you want?" Cat "I
want to see the rat." Player, "What time is it?"
Cat,: "Ten o'clock." Player, "Alright, come in".
Cat then ducks into circle, at this time the rat goes out. And
the cat chases the rat. Circle players help the rat, and hinder
the cat. If caught the rat joins the circle, new cat, old cat
becomes the rat. If not caught, same cat, new rat.
NORTH WINDS AND THE SOUTH WIND
Country: Sweden
Equipment: 2 blue ribbons and 1 yellow ribbon
How to play: 2 students are the North Winds,
and wears the blue ribbons. 1 student is the South Wind and wears
the yellow ribbon. North Winds run around and try to tag as many
people as possible. Whoever is tagged, becomes stiff and motionless.
South Wind goes around and tries to free the tagged players, by
tagging them and saying "free." They are now back into
the game. Change who is North Wind and South Wind after a certain
amount of time.
OTHER DANCES
Italian Tarantella (Music from: Folk Dance Fun)
Pretend tambourine or paper plates with ribbons strung around
edge in right hand. Clap hands or tambourine when "Tarantella,
Tarantella." Place right heel forward on "with a heel,"
and then touch right toe behind you, "and then a toe."
Gallop in a circle on "Round and round we all will go"
and repeat the heel/toe combination. Tap knee twice with tambourine
when you hear "Tap your knee, tap your knee." Shake
tambourine high overhead when song says "shake your tambourine."
Skip around in a circle on "Tarantella,etc. Continue skipping
through the instrumental part of song and repeat dance sequence.
American Virgina Reel (Music from: Folk Dance
Fun)
Form two lines, facing each other. Each person should have a partner
facing them across the way. Everyone claps on "A dancing
reel." Each person takes 3 steps forward toward partner and
clap. Take 3 steps back and clap again. Repeat action. Walk toward
your partner, circle arm in arm and return to your place. Lead
couple joins hands and slides down middle of lines and back. Each
of the leaders then leads their lines around in a circleaway from
other line. When back in original position, leaders slide down
to end of line. And next two are leaders for next round, repeat
the dance.
Hornpipe (Music from: Around the World in Dance)
Group is sitting in a circle, all facing center. Slap thighs 3
times, clap hands 3 times. Look upward at sails, reach up and
down alternately with LH and RH 4 times, as if hauling sails.
Repeat all once more. Place hands on floor at sides, LH beside
L knee and RH beside R knee. Push off with LH, swaying body sidward
to the R. Reverse. Continue swaying alternately for 7 measures.
Fold arms across chest and say "Yo ho ho!" Repeat entire
dance.
OTHER RESOURCES
Multicultural
Games by Lorraine Barbarash, Human Kinetics, 1997
Games
from Long Ago and Far Away by Thomas J. Carr, Illustrations
by Deborah C. Wright, Parker Publishing Company, 2001
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| PE, Spanish, and Music Night |
| 3rd/4th
GRADE PE, SPANISH AND MUSIC NIGHT
The PE skills that were performed were
juggling, jump ropes, lummi sticks and juggling. Each group of about
7-9 students came up with their own routines for these areas. Each
group rotated around to the different areas for PE, Spanish, and
Music, and showcased their talents to their parents, who also rotated
around with them.
All students and parents came together
at the end for one huge scatter square dance. We used the music
“The
Barnyard Dance” by Sandra Boynton. Some other suggestions
for music would be “Just Hooked on Country” by Atlanta
Pops or “Big Circle Mountain Dance Music.” I found this
dance on NASPE-talk in June of 2000.
DIRECTIONS: change
partners often, pick different people, pick someone close, listen
to the calls, and lost and found (designated area to get a partner,
if you don’t have one).
STEPS:
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Hit the lonesome
trail: walk by yourself any place around the area. |
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Turn
one alone: turn a circle alone. |
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Honor
your partner: face a partner and “honor”
them |
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Promenade:
join hands with another person and walk around the area. |
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Do-si-do:
face a partner and pass right shoulder to right shoulder, passing
back to back and return to original position. |
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Do-paso:
face a partner and grasp left forearms, and turn partner once
around. |
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See
saw: face a partner and pass left shoulder to left
shoulder (opposite of do-si-do). |
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Circle
up two: join hands with a partner and walk in a circle
together. |
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Horse
and jockey: partners one behind the other, with the
back person putting hands on front person’s shoulder. |
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Alemande
left: give a partner your left hand and turn once around. |
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Circle
up all: all individuals form one big circle and move
to the left |
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Grand
right and left: call out “circle up all."
Give right hand to your partner and progress around the circle
alternating left and right hands until you return to your partner. |
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The
wave: call out “circle up all." One person
starts by bending over from the waist then coming back up. Each
person follows in ripple effect. |
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London
bridge: Two people form an arch with their hands held
high in the air; all others find a partner and couples go through
and go to “hit the lonesome trail.” |
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Tunnel:
Two people form an arch with their hands held high in the air;
all others find a partner and couples go through; they each
form an arch so all must go through and form an arch. Once out,
everyone “hits the lonesome trail.” |
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Star
(can be called for either right or left hand): four people put
correct hand up in center of circle and walk around the circle
in line of direction. |
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The cross
(right or left): four people put correct hand in center of circle
(about waist high) and walk around the circle in line of direction. |
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| Learning About Disease and Vaccinations |
| Why
Was I Vaccinated? - PBS
Teacher Source
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science, Health, Social Studies, Language Arts
In the United States all children must be immunized before entering
school. Most Americans have been vaccinated against the following
communicable diseases: Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis,
Haemophilus influenzae, Polio, Measles, Mumps, and Rubella. Chicken
Pox vaccinations have also begun in the U.S.
Have students investigate how a nation wide immunization program
against communicable diseases has eradicated some diseases in the
United States. Then have students plan a trip around the world with
stops in countries on each continent. Using the World
Health Organization website have students research what types
of immunizations are needed to enter each country, and what prevalent
communicable diseases exist in others countries that are almost
nonexistent in the US.
Students can write a persuasive narrative defending the need for
worldwide immunization, and methods to eradicate global communicable
diseases. Students can also investigate how vaccines work. How does
a shot in the arm, or a liquid, prevent people from getting ill?
Students could also make predictions as to what would happen if
we stopped vaccinations. Create a timeline from 1900-2002 showing
changes in communicable disease outbreaks and onset of immunizations
in the US.
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