CO-OPERATIVE ACTIVITIES
Division:
J
Facility:
Classroom
Gymnasium
Multipurpose
Outdoors
TEN UP, TEN DOWN
Physical Activity
Level:
Moderate
Vigorous
Equipment:
• Audio equipment and upbeat music,
ball (or other object that is safe to
pass around), list of warm-up
activities, stopwatch or clock with a
second hand
Safety Considerations:
Remind students to be cautious when moving
and to be aware of the personal space of
others. During the warm-up, remind students
to pass the ball, hand to hand, rather than
throw it in the air.
WARM-UP WHO HAS THE BALL?
• Students are scattered throughout the activity area and begin by marching on the spot.
• The game begins when you start the music and pass the ball, hand to hand, to a student who in turn passes the ball to another student. Students
continue passing the ball until you stop the music.
• Call out “Who has the ball?” The student with the ball then leads the class in a warm-up activity for 10 repetitions.
• After 10 repetitions, students resume marching on the spot and passing the ball.
• Lead students through a series of dynamic stretches.
GETTING ACTIVE TEN UP, TEN DOWN
• Select, or have students select, 5 fitness activities (e.g., alternate knee lifts, jumping jacks, tuck jumps, gluteal kicks,
and can-can).
• Students begin jogging on the spot for 10 seconds.
• Call out the first fitness task, and have students do 10 repetitions. Students then jog on the spot for 20 seconds.
• Call out the second fitness task. Students perform 10 repetitions, and then jog on the spot for 30 seconds.
• The activity continues until all 5 fitness activities are completed and the students are up to 50 seconds of jogging.
• Then continue the pattern, decreasing the amount of jogging by 10 seconds after each activity.
Fitness activities could also include:
March and do high arm punches
Jump and twist
High knee lifts while marching
High leg kicks
Stride jumps
March and move arms to “climb the ladder”
Running on the spot
Squatting down to touch the floor and reaching up as high as you can
COOL-DOWN WINDOW DISPLAY
• Ask students to find a space within the activity area. Instruct them to move their shoulders, arms, wrists, legs, hips and ankles in circles, slowly
moving them through their range of motion.
• Call out “Freeze”, and students freeze in an interesting stretched position. Each stretch should be held without bouncing for 15 - 30 seconds.
• On your cues, students continue moving their bodies in different ways and then freezing.
NOTES FOR TEACHERS
• For a complete list of warm-up and cool-down stretches, and additional downloadable supports, visit www.ophea.net/dpa2007.
• In “Ten Up, Ten Down,” call the fitness tasks quickly to encourage students to move from jogging to the task without stopping.
• For the cool-down, students can count out the 15 seconds for the stretches in unison.
• For higher intensity: Play fast-paced music, to help motivate students to move in time with the beat.
• For lower intensity: Play music with a slower beat, and encourage students to move their bodies in time with it. Have students march instead of
jog on the spot.
DPA Training and Support Services
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implementing DPA, visit www.ophea.net
Copyright 2007 Ophea. All rights reserved.
This month's activities were adapted
from Toronto District School Board,
DPA Supplementary Handbook, 2007.
2007/2008
SEPTEMBER