Classroom Teacher Integrated

Name of Activity: Friendly Letter Body Language

Academic content: Language Arts

Purpose of Activity: To review the parts of a friendly letter while incorporating various manipulative skills.

Prerequisites: The class needs to be familiar with the parts of a friendly letter and basic cues for throwing and catching.

Suggested Grade Level: 3-4

Materials Needed: A display chart modeling a friendly letter labeled with a date, heading, body, closing, signature, and beanbags (1 per student).

Physical activity: Throwing and Catching

Description of Idea

Variations:

The activity positions can be substituted for bigger sized groups depending on the class size, or made for the student to perform alone in their personal space. Beanbags can also be substituted with large foam balls, or tennis balls depending on the skill levels of the class.

Assessment Ideas:

The teacher will have a review at the end of the activity and have the class be able to describe the different parts of a friendly letter in the correct order.

Recite and perform the parts of a friendly letter in order at the end of the activity.

Adaptations for Students with Disabilities:

Students with disabilities will be allowed to use other forms of movement or ways of handling the beanbags. They may also “tag team” and move around with the help of a partner.