As the weather gets nicer, most of us are eager to get up and move. That can be tough if you are staring down the barrel of another month-plus of sitting still in a classroom trying to focus on learning. Teachers may be finding it increasingly more difficult to keep students on task when they are ready to move. In upper elementary and middle schools, we need to keep up the rigor of our academic standards through the last precious days before summer break, but research shows that incorporating movement into learning increases academic achievement and fitness scores.
Task card scoots are one way to get kids up and moving while learning.
Here are some other ways teachers can incorporate movement into their learning environments:
- Multiple Choice Movement: Students pause to think about an answer then use a specific designated pose to respond on the countdown. For example: When I count to three, put your hands on your head if you think the answer is A, on your hips if it is B, and touch your toes for C. Ready…1,2,3, Go!
- Use the 4 corners of the room to respond to a prompt.
- Think – Pair – Share: When it is time to share, students must get out of their seats to compare answers before returning to places.
- Use actions to make concepts memorable.
- Vocabulary Charades
- Learning stations around the room
- Put questions on paper which becomes a wadded ball to throw into a basket upon a correct response
- Have students draw what they learned
The possibilities are endless!
You can find the Task Card Scoot Riddles shown above HERE at Teachers Pay Teachers by visiting my TPT store.
