Tempos and Creative Moves

    1. National and State PE Standards Addressed
      • Movement/Skills:
        1. Spatial awareness
        2. Locomotor skills
        3. Tempo
      • Fitness:
        1. Participates in physical activities that are enjoyable and challenging.
        2. Cardiovascular endurance.
      • Personal/Social:
        1. Participates
        2. Appreciates
        3. Enjoys movement
        4. Cooperates in large group activities
      • Academic Integrations:
        1. Language Arts:
          • Read Action Alphabet by Marty Neumeier & Byron Claser; Jiggle, Wiggle, Prance by Sally Knoll; and/or Slither, Swoop, Swing by Alex Ayliffe.
        2. Social Studies:
          • In the classroom, ask which animals jump, hop, side-slide, gallop, leap.
        3. Vocabulary:
          • Set
          • Beat
          • Snowflake
          • Scarecrow