Contribution de Heidi Stallings

Description

Cette activité développe la concentration et la créativité, et renforce le concept d'activité par rapport à l'action. Elle fait appel à la physicalité, à la voix et à la collaboration.

instructions

• Begin in a standing circle.
• Ask students, “What’s one thing you did today before you came to school?”
• Popcorn a few ideas out (e.g., “Ate breakfast,” “Watched a video,” “Brushed my teeth.”)
• Choose one of the ideas, such as “Brushed my teeth.”
• Mime brushing your teeth, and ask students, “What am I doing?”
• Call on a quiet hand. The student answers, “Brushing your teeth.”
• Ask students, “Can you think of other activities we might do or have seen someone else do, such as brushing your hair or playing basketball?”
• Take a few suggestions, then ask for a few volunteers to act out the suggestions. This time, the whole group, on the count of three, asks, “What are you doing?” to the volunteer. The volunteer then responds with what they are doing.
• Ask, “Are you ready for the next challenge?”
• Walk to the center of the circle and start an activity such as skipping. Then ask for a volunteer to come into the circle, and ask them, “What are you doing?”
• Encourage the volunteer to act out what they say they’re doing.
• You then reply with something other than what they are doing, such as “Petting my dog.”
• The student acts out “Petting my dog.”
• Repeat with a new volunteer entering the circle.
• Réflexion:
  • “What surprised you?” 
  • “Did you surprise yourself?”
  • “Which was more fun for you, doing the activity or asking, ‘What are you doing?’ Why?”
  • “How did it feel to express yourself without words?

Transition hors de l'activité

Choose an activity that was generated during the game, or if the final activity is active, such as dribbling a basketball, use that activity and ask students to return to their desks doing that on a count of 10.

Aménagement de la salle de classe

Open playing space.

Supports/Matériaux adaptatifs/Outils

• This activity can be done in pairs, with each pair doing a couple rounds of the game so it is not as high focus. 
• Students can participate by offering suggestions of activities, but only if the participant asks for help. 
• Students who are less verbal or nonverbal can participate by striking a pose like a statue. 
• Classroom Teachers and Paraprofessionals can side coach throughout to support engagement.
• Students can add sound effects, such as the sound of an airplane flying overhead, etc. 
• A Classroom Teacher would be a great first volunteer or the first volunteer to go to the center of the circle and ask, “What are you doing?

Rôles possibles pour les professionnels de la classe

• Participate and help generate ideas for what activity the students may be doing. 
• Model the first round.

Réglages pour l'instruction à distance

This can be played remotely as long as you and the students can perform the activity in front of the screen.