High-Five+Curl-Ups


 * **Name of Activity:** **High-Five Curl-Ups** ||

**Suggested Grade Level:** 3-5 **Materials Needed:** 1 hoop per every 3 students, Tape/CD player, Music **__Description of Idea__**

Have the hoops scattered on the floor within the boundaries. When the students enter the gym have them begin to walk/jog within the boundaries between the hoops, without touching them. On the signal, (I play music to start and stop activities) the students stop and get into groups of 3 by placing one foot in the nearest hoop.

Once they have a group of 3, they sit down with both their feet inside the hoop. Explain how to perform high-five curl-ups. Demonstrate all three students curling up at the same time. Then they high-five their partners to either side with the hand on that side. Right hand to left hand. Then they curl back down. The group tries to get as many high five curl-ups as they can before the music starts again.

Next time the music starts encourage the students to get into a different group with other students instead of the same group they were in before.

**Variations:** Allow the students to select the size of their group, not to exceed, say 4.

Change the locomotor skills used.

Do push-ups, but have the students alternate hand high fives in the center with the whole group. **Assessment Ideas:** Check for students curling up without using their elbows.

Cooperative assessment: How well do students work together in small groups before you add to the number in the hoop. **Adaptations for Students with Disabilities:** Students in wheelchair can have an implement in each hand that the other students tag when curling up.

Use the hoop to hold on to when performing the curl-ups.