PHYSICAL EDUCATION - ANIMALS

This game had students imitate various animals that they learned in science class.
We used different colored jerseys or handkerchiefs.
The students used two jerseys and imitated fish, birds, and a lion. They used their handkerchief or jersey to imitate the movement of each animal. To finish the activity, students played a game of ¨tail tag¨. They imitated a lion and had to catch other students´ tails. At the end each student counted how many tails he/she had caught.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION - WARM UP

We decided to incorporate vocabulary that the students study in science in P.E. games. We begin the warm-up by sitting in a circle and then having the students follow a simple set of directions. This is either in the form of a song or a physical activity. Some of the songs we use are:

“if you´re happy and you know it”. This song adapts well to any set of vocabulary (we have used the parts of the body, the five senses, and animal parts unit)


“head, shoulders, knees and toes”. We review key parts of the body and also practice going fast and slow. At times we will pick a student who knows it well to start the song.

For physical activities we have students perform simple exercises such as walking, running, skipping, jogging, walking backwards, jumping, and doing jumping jacks.