Classroom Teacher Integrated

Name of Activity: Pass & Rhyme

Academic content: Language Arts

Purpose of Activity: Language arts is integrated by having students rhyme while they practice throwing and catching skills.

Prerequisites: throwing and catching skills, as well as basic concept of rhyming.

Suggested Grade Level: K-2

Materials Needed: Flash cards with various vocabulary, playground/nerf balls.

Physical activity: Throwing & Catchng

Description of Idea

Variations:

If passing becomes too easy, have the students throw and catch the ball to one another while moving up and down the court.

Assessment Ideas:

Hand children an assessment worksheet with a few vocabulary words on it & have them write down as many corresponding rhyming words as they can for each one.

Adaptations for Students with Disabilities:

For students with a visual impairment, make students have partners, where one creates the rhyming word and the other passes the ball.