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Name of Activity: Fortune Cookie Warmup

Suggested Grade Level: 4th and Up

Materials Needed: index cards with instructions/activities written on them, couple of boxes to put cards in, various balls, hoops, cones, and other equipment that match the activities on the cards, stop watch or clock on wall that students can see, upbeat music

Description of Idea

• score two goals a piece while playing Push Up Position Hockey
  
• play leapfrog from one end of the gym to the other
  
• hula hoop with a partner for a minute without it falling to the floor
  
• tell your teacher the most important cues for shooting a basketball
  
• jump rope around the the gym or track do the macarena dance with a partner for 3 min.
  
• take your heart rate and record it on a piece of paper
  
• do fun pushups
• 20 overhand throws with a parter
  
• volley a ball back and forth without it hitting the floor 5 times
  
• 25 figure 8 basketball dribbles around each leg
  
• 30 abdominal crunches
  
• 3 successful tennis serves
  
• Rest for one minute while doing an appropriate stretch (this can't be your first activity because we don't stretch cold muscles). If you get this card first please select another one.

  Variations:

  As students get used to this IA, you may want to hide the box so then one of their tasks is to first find it and then do the task. This adds some excitement.

  Add music and when you stop the music that means they have to get another card regardless