My PDP is to continue to incorporate literacy skills in my PE warm-ups and to do these warm-ups at least two out of the four lessons in each unit.
Classroom teachers feel free to post any literacy ideas for grades 1-5 that can be used in an active way! This is something we started last year and we really want to build on it this year and make it something that benefits the students (especially the kinesthetic learners) and something that can help improve their spelling scores and maybe even possibly their MAP/MCA scores.
Hey Jill! Here are some things I do in the classroom and in my gymnastics program:
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In my gymnastics program we did the same thing but we used jump ropes and jumped as we said the word. I have done it with partners and as a whole group.
I can't wait to hear more ideas about kinesthetic activities and literacy... You are getting some good discussion going and putting some great questions out there. I hope the blog format facilitates this process for you!
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