Simple STACK UP! Lesson Plan for Substitute Teachers Time: 30 minutes-60 minutes Equipment needed: 1 set of SpeedStacks for each student. If not enough for each student to have 12 cups, give 1 set to students to work in pairs. Warm up: The 1-2-3. Students sit in a large circle. The teacher times the students as they continuously stack. 1 minute of 3-3-3 2 minutes of 3-6-3 3 minutes of NOTE: If students are sharing cups, they should alternate turns during each stack. Game Choices Play any or all of these simple stacking games that get kids moving and keep any number of students involved. All games are played with students and cups placed in a large circle. Rock, Paper, Scissors Stack Students set their cups up for a 3-6-3 and then go stand in the middle of the circle they created during the warm up. Each student finds someone to play Rock, Paper, Scissors. If they win, they go stack a 3-6-3 or a cycle and then come back to the center of the circle to play again. If they lose, they find another partner to play Rock, Paper, Scissors with until they win and can go stack. Indianapolis 500 Students work in pairs. One students sets up for a 3-3-3 and the is the “racecar.” When the teacher says go, the racecar runs around the circle 3 times while the stacker tries to do as many 3-3-3’s before their partner finishes their laps. Students then switch roles. Try it again with 6 laps and the 3-6-3 and/or 10 laps for the cycle. Try it with other locomotor movements.
Simple STACK UP! Lesson Plan for Substitute Teachers Time: 30 minutes-60 minutes Equipment needed: 1 set of SpeedStacks for each student. If not enough for each student to have 12 cups, give 1 set to students to work in pairs. Warm up: The 1-2-3. Students sit in a large circle. The teacher times the students as they continuously stack. 1 minute of 3-3-3 2 minutes of 3-6-3 3 minutes of NOTE: If students are sharing cups, they should alternate turns during each stack. Game Choices Play any or all of these simple stacking games that get kids moving and keep any number of students involved. All games are played with students and cups placed in a large circle. Rock, Paper, Scissors Stack Students set their cups up for a 3-6-3 and then go stand in the middle of the circle they created during the warm up. Each student finds someone to play Rock, Paper, Scissors. If they win, they go stack a 3-6-3 or a cycle and then come back to the center of the circle to play again. If they lose, they find another partner to play Rock, Paper, Scissors with until they win and can go stack. Indianapolis 500 Students work in pairs. One students sets up for a 3-3-3 and the is the “racecar.” When the teacher says go, the racecar runs around the circle 3 times while the stacker tries to do as many 3-3-3’s before their partner finishes their laps. Students then switch roles. Try it again with 6 laps and the 3-6-3 and/or 10 laps for the cycle. Try it with other locomotor movements.
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