Alphabet Popcorn- Adapted from Ever Active Schools. (2014). Daily Physical Activity Greatest Hits.
Materials
- Index cards with the letters of the alphabet written on them
- Instruct students to stand in an open area and give each student a letter of the alphabet.
- As each student receives a letter, they squat down.
- Call out a letter and if their letter is called out, they "pop up" and then quickly squat down again.
- If the word "alphabet" is called out, everyone pops up
- After running through the alphabet and calling out all of the letters, have students work together as a class to spell words (from any unit of study!)
- GLO 2.1 - Use Strategies and Cues
- Use phonics and structural analysis
- Use references
- GLO 4.1 - Enhance and Improve
- Expand knowledge of language
- GLO 4.2 - Attend to conventions
- Attend to spelling