Tag Archives: movement

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Embodied Teaching and Learning

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park: Turning Movement into Meaning

March 2, 2022 – 1:54 pm

Allison Samokar, 7th Grade ELA, Wilson STEM Academy

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Can’t Stop the Feelings!

March 2, 2022 – 1:46 pm

Genitia Johnson, 1st Grade, Huntingtowne Farms Elementary School

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In this unit students will learn feelings/emotions vocabulary words and actions. They will learn how to identify their feelings and character feelings. Students will learn how to write about their feelings and explain why they are expressing those feelings. They will learn how to determine character’s feelings while reading fiction stories by looking at the illustration and text.
The lessons will also include movement, music and gestures.

Tags emotional development, emotions, feelings, Motion, movement, read alouds, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), social skills | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Embodied Teaching and Learning

Embodied linguistics and “Papel Picado” in the Spanish I class

March 2, 2022 – 1:40 pm

Milagros Ugueto, Spanish, Independence High School

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Tags Culture, embodiment, Linguistics, movement, papel picado, school, Spanish, TPR, Vocabulary, World Languages | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Embodied Teaching and Learning

Think, Sense and Move: An Exploration of a French Song and Several Francophone Paintings

March 2, 2022 – 1:37 pm

Pam Shembo, 5th Grade, South Academy of International Languages

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Tags “Walking Propositions”, Brain Dance, Christophe Mae, Critical Multimodal Literacies (CML), Embodied learning, embodied teaching, Francophone painters, global warming, L’Ours, la Francophonie, La liseuse, Le champ de coquelicots, lyricstraining.com, mindfulness, movement, senses, snapshot, tableau, Youssou N’Dour | Permalink | Comments Off

Moving Towards Mindfulness: Social Emotional Regulation through Movement

March 2, 2022 – 1:33 pm

Taylor Woods, 6th Grade, Whitewater Middle School

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Tags 5 Competencies, 6th grade, Caring Schools, community, embodied, empathy, identity, mindfulness, movement, relationship skills, responsible decision making, SEL, self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, Social-Emotional Learning | Permalink | Comments Off

Listen, Breath and Move: A Curriculum Unit on Mindfulness Practices In the Classroom

January 27, 2021 – 12:16 pm

Danyeal Morrison, 2nd Grade, Ballantyne Elementary

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Tags 2nd grade, breathing, listening, mindfulness, movement, practices, SEL, self-awareness, self-management, self-regulate, Social Emotional Learning, techniques, visualization | Permalink | Comments Off

2020 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Black Girl Magic (Mis)Understood: Representations and Perceptions of Black Women and Girls in the Education System

Moving up: Learning to move and moving to learn

January 27, 2021 – 10:51 am

Darian Redfearn, 3rd Grade, Mountain Island Lake Academy

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2015 Vol 1: Exercise and the Brain

How Exercise Affects the Brain and Academic Performance of Elementary School Students

January 29, 2016 – 12:01 pm

Ted Miracle, Fifth Grade, Grand Oak Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

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2015 Vol 1: Exercise and the Brain

I Just Want to Move It, Move It

January 29, 2016 – 11:54 am

Tracie D. Cooper, Fourth Grade, Hidden Valley Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags ADHD, attention, behavior, brain, classroom management, Elementary School, Exercise, movement, socioeconomic | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 CTI News Vol 1: Exercise and the Brain

Algernon’s Exercise Regimen

January 29, 2016 – 11:47 am

Molly McCarthy, Language Arts, Piedmont IB Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Exercise, fiction, Flowers for Algernon, kinesthetic classroom, Language Arts, layered curriculum, Literature, Middle School, movement, podcasts, The Walking Classroom | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 CTI News Vol 1: Exercise and the Brain

Learning through Movement: Applying Exercise Education and Movement Activities in a Library Setting

January 29, 2016 – 11:22 am

Deborah Yu-Yuk Jung, Media Skills, Winding Springs Elementary

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Art, Elementary School, Exercise—Physiological Effects, Kinesthetic Learning, Mind and Body, movement, yoga | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 CTI News Vol 1: Exercise and the Brain

The Brain, Exercise, and Teaching Students of Poverty

January 29, 2016 – 10:27 am

Cassandra Black, PreK-8, Ashley Park

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags and growing the brain, Elementary School, engagement, Exercise, Health, literacy, Math, memory, movement, physical activity, poverty, the brain | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 CTI News Vol 1: Exercise and the Brain

Exercise and the Brain: Examining Why It Is Important To Take An Active Role In Learning How Exercise and Eating Healthy Can Affect The Brain.

January 29, 2016 – 10:17 am

Brandy Daniels, Kindergarten, Irwin Academic Center

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags amygdala, brain, brain stem, cerebellum, cerebrum, Elementary School, Exercise, frontal lobe, Kindergarten, memory, movement, neurobic, neurons, nutrition, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, plasticity, Science, temporal lobe | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Exercise and the Brain

Math in the Gym?

January 25, 2016 – 6:10 pm

Benjamin Lewis, K-5, Physical Education, Barnette Elementary School

Final Unit (pdf) Implementing Common Core Standards (pdf)

Tags Body Mass Index, Content Integration, Exercise, movement, Physical Education, Student Health, VO2 max | Permalink | Comments Off

2013 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Math and Sports

Ladies and Gentlemen- Announcing the Great Tumbling Geometrics Geometry and Gymnastics

February 11, 2014 – 8:28 pm

Cynthia Hicks, Kindergarten, Steele Creek Elementary School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags 2-D Shapes, 3-D Shapes, Geometry, gymnastics, movement | Permalink | Comments Off

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