Game On: High-Energy Activities That Stick
Game On: High-Energy Activities That Stick is all about bringing instant energy and excitement into your PE classes with engaging, innovative, and easy-to-implement games. In this session, participants will experience a variety of creative activities using versatile equipment that keeps students moving, motivated, and having fun. From fast-paced challenges to adaptable group games, these ideas are designed to maximize participation and minimize downtime. Get ready to energize your teaching with activities your students will ask to play again and again!
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Session Handout
Classroom Management Techniques:
FRIT
FREEZING – Blow the whistle and ask your students to freeze. Too slow? Have them walk and freeze again until students understand how to freeze after the whistle is blown.
RETRIEVING – Set up all of the equipment around the perimeter of the play area before class starts. This helps students space out while gathering equipment and prevents heavy traffic at the ball cart or equipment closet..
INSTRUCTIONS – No more than 30 seconds of instructions and get the kids moving. If the instructions are not clear or there are questions, freeze students again and correct the issues. Students have a difficult time retaining information when instructions are longer than 30 seconds.
TEAMING – Get toe to toe with someone close to you. If you don’t have a partner, raise your hand and hustle to the “Friendship” circle and match up with a partner there. If two of your students partner up who have a difficult time working together, have one of them raise their hands and separate them into two different teams. One team with their hands raised and one without.
Equipment Used
Pop-up design makes these smaller,
multipurpose goals the fastest to set up
and the easiest to store!
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