Today as I sit down to type this, I thought about how I loved twitter so much, and how it has sparked so many idea's for me. Then I thought, you silly girl, (I may have said that in a little bit different way) you haven't even given your twitter handle?! Geesh. It's @baugha, please go follow me if you are not already! :)
Yesterday I used one of those activities I got from good ole twitter, sort of. I found the creator on twitter. If your not following @capnPetesPE you should be, he created the cards I am about to tell you about. I purchased alphabet exercise cards from Teachers Pay Teachers (you need to know all about that too...type in Teachers Pay Teachers in google or whichever search engine you prefer). Here is a picture of these awesome cards!
Okay, so now insert the #pegeek that I am. I quickly realized when planning, that my 2nd day of school kindergartners (and even first graders) were not going to have the slightest clue how to make their way around the gym and find these cards on the walls or cones. Easy fix, I'll take pictures of each card on my ipad, set up the projector and use the air server to project them on the wall! I did just that and it was awesome! My scared to death of school kinder's had fun! And guess what? They were exercising! I simply scrolled through and found a letter, set a timer for 20 seconds and we did the exercises from the comfort of our home bases! In between I had them jog in place or do a yoga pose for 30 seconds. They loved it. So did I! I tied in a little bit of their alphabet work by having them guess what letter came next, what letter was before, etc. For my first graders, I asked them to tell me what letter was 3 behind W (example). Worked well with them too.
I like it when I can use the same equipment/lesson plans for all grades, so I adapted this to my 2nd-5th graders as well. I first scattered around the cards on the outer part of my gym. I was able to sneak in technology by using a quick and easy timer app (Stopwatch+). The students did a given motor skill on the track area for 30 seconds, then stopped at the nearest card and did the exercise for 30 seconds. I ran the clock from my ipad as I wondered around the gym checking in on the action.
They were sweating and working hard! And learning too. We talked about how many words they could come up with that started with the given letter! In the future (when their ipads are ready) I would have used an app called Educreations and had them quickly write down the words, then send them to be using an app called Showbie!
Our students ipads are still being set up for the year. Hurry up! I have a few apps I am dying to try! One is Lazy Monster, a 7 minute exercise app. Simple exercises done by a monster of course. Students will follow along! Aurasma is another app I am uber excited about! Ever heard of augmented reality? It's like QR codes on another level! I promise a post all about it in the future!
Okay, that was a techy post! Anyway, I want to share my awesome warm up from today, it's an oldie, but certainly a goodie! Next post, this #physed teacher has a group of 27 kindergartners on their third day of school about to arrive in my gym! Yikes!!
Make a difference, have a good weekend, and of course GET A TWITTER! (And follow me)!
ME!
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