| Sept 6 |
Steve Cone |
Animal Obstacle Walk - students move around the room as a designated animal (change the animal every 15 seconds) and go over fallen trees or obstacles |
| Sept 6 |
Steve Cone |
Paper Triangle Table Football - students make up their own rules and use the table top for a football game |
| Sept
8 |
Class |
Quotes - Curricular Team sharing |
| Sept 13 |
Erica Faraone |
Rock,
Paper, Scissor Math - Addition first, RPS and
extend fingers - the first person to say to total gets
credit, then do multiplication |
| Sept
13 |
Ali
Herbert |
Telephone Doodle - Form teams in
columns, person at back of line draws a picture on the
back of the person in front of them (picture is given to
each group - they can do this twice) - then that person
draws on the back of the person in front of
them.........repeat until the person in the front of the
line draws it on a piece of paper....how did you do? |
| Sept
15 |
Becca
Fasano |
The Line Up - Form one line - 3
challenges (1) without talking put yourselves in
alphabetical order (2) tallest to shortest (3) month/day
for birthday |
| Sept
15 |
Frank
Ciurlino |
Pictionary - one partner picks a
word and draws it - partner attempts to guess - reverse
roles and repeat |
| Sept 20 | Shilah Snead |
Thumb War - use non-dominant hand |
| Sept 20 | Jacob Wainwright |
Right, Left, Switch - one thumb
up and one thumb down, switch; one finger up and two down,
switch, etc. |
| Sept
22 |
Jackie
Grimm |
Speed High 5 - in 30 seconds,
students, under control, high 5 ALL students in the
classroom |
| Sept 22 | Meghan McMahon |
Mingle,
Mingle, Group - The students walk around the
classroom saying mingle, mingle, mingle in soft voices. When
the teacher says, Groups of ???, the students group
themselves with the correct number of people and sit down on
the floor. Students who are left over must do three jumping
jacks. |
| Sept 27 | Ian Stickel |
Invisible
Art - draw object in air and partner guesses
(identify categories for students to use, e.g., fruits,
sports equipment, etc.) |
| Sept 27 | Jordan Peoples |
Twenty-one - Adding numbers so one player hits 21 and loses - each player can say either 1, 2, or 3 and the partner then adds either 1, 2, or 3 - e.g., 3 for one person, the next players says 6 (they have added 3), then next person says 8 (they have added 2),then next person says 11 (they have added 3), then next person says 14 (they have added 3), then next person says 16 (they have added 2), then next person says 18 (they have added 2), then next person says 20 (they have added 2), the next person can only say 21 and that is not a good thing. |
| Sept 29 | Mike Lawler |
Partner
Memorization - partners face each other - one
partner observes the other and then closes their eyes - then
opens their eyes and identifies what change has been
made..............reverse roles. |
| Sept 29 | John
Fecich |
Weekend build up - walk around and stop at each person's paper - write a positive adjective about them on their piece of paper - think positive! |
| Oct 4 | Kevin Silverstein |
Feet
Rock, Paper, Scissors (Rock.... feet together,
Paper.... feet out to side, Scissors.... feet in stagger) -
play with a partner |
| Oct 4 | Will Flake |
Secret
Handshake - create one with your partner and then
you will demonstrate it to the class |
| Oct 6 | ||
| Oct 6 | Ryan Zeilman |
Imagination
- imagine you have just eaten one (1) M&M, then walk in
place until you think you have burned the calories
associated with it (the length of a football field) |
| Oct 11 | Christian Thomas |
Hand
Clap Game - leader indicates the number of claps
and the students respond, if the leader say half clap there
should be no clapping |
| Oct 13 | Ali Herbert |
A,B,C,1,2,3
Brain Teasers - in unison, spell your first name
backwards - then in unison, spell your last name backwards -
then, individually say the number as you air trace the
corresponding letter |
| Oct 13 | Jordan Peoples | Circle Spy - form a circle, two people are designated movers...........one mover starts a movement and the circle copies (the spy must figure out who starts the movement) - then the second person starts a movement and the circle copies (the spy must figure out who starts the movement) |
| Oct 18 | Frank Ciurlino |
State
Capitals - pair up, leaders names a state, guess
the capital |
| Oct 18 | Michal Helmstetter |
Slide
- partners - one partner extends their arms while the other
partner slides their hands from the elbows to the hands,
then high five right and then clap your own hands, high five
left and then clap your own hands, add any form of clap and
then clap your own hands, etc. |
| Oct 20 | Becca Fasano |
Yoga
- Your Inner Self --- Mountain pose - Feet shoulder
width apart, arms extended up, Extended Mountain pose - same
as Mountain except reach to side with both arms, Chair pose
- squat and arms extended out and up, Warrior - feet
shoulder width apart - one foot perpendicular and stretch to
that side then reverse feet and direction |
| Oct 20 | Shilah
Snead |
Class Story - entire class takes turns adding a word to the
sentence/story - continue until everyone
laughs................haha |
| Oct 27 | Jackie Grimm |
Thursday
Night Football TD Dance - groups of 2, 3, or 4 -
create a Touchdown dance and share it with the class. |
| Nov 1 |
Erica Faraone |
Sand,
Water, Land, Dirt - one step forward (sand), one
step forward (water), one step to the right (land), one step
to the left (dirt) - leader calls out S, W, L, D and
students respond.....for advanced, have them do the opposite |
| Nov 1 | Jacob Wainwright | Ghosting It - partners use
drawings or gestures (no talking or writing words) to
communicate what they were for Halloween, partners guess |
| Nov 10 | Kevin Silverstein | Odds
and Evens - one partner will be odd and one will be
even - 1,2,3 shoot - extend one or two fingers - add them
together and determine if the result is odd or even |
| Nov 15 | Meghan McMahon |
Let's
Recycle - True, go to one side or False, go to the
other side - a recycling statement is read and students go
to the "true" or "false" wall. |
| Nov 15 | Will Flake | Slap
- (careful) - one partner palms up, one partner palms down -
palms up tries to "slap" the palms down partner - reverse
rolls - twice on top and twice on the bottom - both hands
must be used |
| Nov 17 | John Fecich | Would
You Rather - questions are asked and students go to
the side of the class representing their choice - discuss
your reasons |
| Nov 22 | Ryan Zeilman | Name
Moves - think of your moves and then.........Ryan -
Jazz Hands; John - clap..........go around having everyone
say their name and move |
| Nov 29 | Michal Helmstetter |
Going on a Picnic - "I'm going on a picnic......A (apples)....."I'm going on a picnic......B (bananas)............."I'm going on a picnic......C (cheese), etc.....each person adds a word corresponding to the next letter........it becomes an add on as you repeat what everyone before you selected - and then add yours. |
| Dec 1 | Mike Lawler |
Counting
Backwards - partners stand back to back, on 3 they
turn and count the number of fingers on all four hands,
first person counting all fingers successfully, smiles. |
| Dec 1 | Matt Ireland | The
Game of Silence - all students are quiet - task is
assigned - complete task in silence - e.g., alphabetically
line up by job title, birthday month, first name, etc. or by
number for date of birth, age, etc. |
| Dec 6 | Christian Thomas | Simon Says - leader calls out
movements - you must hear Simon Says to use the movement |
| Dec 6 | Ian Stickel | Team Portrait - Groups of 3 with
piece of paper - piece of paper on table in front of room,
groups assemble in back of room - each team member comes
to the front and draws for 10 seconds, returns to the
group and another member comes forward to draw - the team
creates a picture without consulting with each other. |