A kindergarten sports matching worksheet where children draw a line from each sport word—soccer, basketball, baseball, football, tennis, and hockey—to its picture. Answer key included for quick, no-prep vocabulary practice.
These sports flash cards help PreK to 3rd Grade students name 18 sports from pictures of their gear, with an answer key included, to grow everyday vocabulary.
This Fitness Package Download provides you and your students with all of the Have Fun Teaching Fitness DVDs, CDs, and Reading Comprehension Workbook.
This Fitness Songs (MP3 Album) provides you and your students with seven fitness songs to get your class moving and fit in a fun and musical way!
This Identifying Unknown Words in a Text Worksheet gives 1st Grade readers a soccer passage and five context clue questions, with an answer key included, so they learn to work out new words from the sentences around them.
This Fitness Songs (Classic Video Collection) provides you and your students with seven fitness songs to get your class moving and fit in a fun and musical way!
This Kelly's Gym Class reading comprehension worksheet gives 3rd grade readers an original story about effort, warming up, water, and healthy food, with four questions, a writing prompt, and an answer key included.
These baseball flash cards for PreK to 1st Grade pair 18 baseball pictures with their words and a wear, play or ballpark tag. Answer key included for easy checking.
This Tommy's Field Day reading comprehension worksheet helps 2nd graders read a cheerful story about field day events, then answer questions and explain a character trait. Includes an answer key.
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Physical education teaches kids how to move well and stay healthy for life. Younger students practice basic movement skills like running, hopping, skipping, throwing and catching. As they grow, they combine those skills in games and sports, learn rules and teamwork, and practice good sportsmanship. Older students learn the parts of fitness and why exercise matters for the heart, muscles and brain. The click comes when a child who struggled to catch finally snags the ball and the whole team cheers.
PE is about moving, but a little reading and talking makes the lessons last.
Start every class with an exercise song and let kids follow the moves. It gets bodies warm and focused, and kids learn new exercises without needing long explanations.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withFitness Songs (Classic Video Collection)SongsOpen it →Show sports flash cards and have kids name the sport and the equipment. Then act out a move from that sport. Learning the words helps kids follow directions and join games with confidence.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withSports Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Pair a short reading passage about gym class with a few questions, then talk about rules and good sportsmanship. Reading gives kids language for what fair play looks like.
Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withKelly's Gym Class Reading Comprehension WorksheetAssessmentsOpen it →Because it already is! Here are some extras.
WorksheetsRead about a field day, then plan your own class events and practice them.
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WorksheetsMatch each sport to its equipment, then try a quick move from each one.
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Flash CardsUse baseball cards to learn the positions and rules, then play a classroom-friendly game.
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They learn movement skills like running, jumping and throwing, how to play games safely, teamwork and sportsmanship, and why physical activity keeps them healthy.
Health guidelines recommend at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity a day for children and teens. PE, recess and play at home all count.
Set up an obstacle course, play catch, have a family dance party or go on a bike ride. Mix in a simple game with rules so kids practice taking turns.
Sportsmanship teaches kids to play fairly, respect others and handle winning and losing gracefully. These skills help in the classroom and in life.
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