Community Level 3 – Comfortable
Materials: One or more Hula Hoops
How to Play: Players stand in a circle, holding hands. A hula
hoop is placed between any two players, resting over their clasped
hands. Players pass it around the circle while still holding hands.
The goal is to effectively cooperate and pass the hoop around the group
without letting go of hands.
Plan for Success: Be sure students can fit through the size of Hula Hoop you have.
Community Level 3 – Comfortable
Materials: None
Thanks to Mrs. Craig’s 4-6 Grade Class, Valley Crossing Community School,
Woodbury, MN
Materials: None
Materials:
None
Players shut their eyes and the teacher chooses someone to begin.
The player who is chosen opens his eyes and says “Good Morning ____________,” to
the player of his choice in the circle. When the player being greeted hears her
name, she opens her eyes, returns the greeting, and then greets someone else
whose eyes are still closed. The greetings continue until everyone has been
greeted.
After the greetings are finished it is useful to follow with a
debriefing:
How did it feel to have your eyes closed?
Materials: Name
cards
How To Play: Players are given another player’s name at the
beginning of the day or week. They are not to reveal the name they have received
to anyone else, as this other player is to be their Secret Partner. Students pay
attention to what their partner does and says, so that at the end of the day or
week each can share an acknowledgment of her partner, either verbally or in
writing.
Materials:
None
How To Play: Anyone can call out an acknowledgement to anyone
else, without raising hands or taking turns. This version takes away some of the
embarrassment factor in giving and receiving an acknowledgement, because it
de-emphasizes each particular compliment. It generates a general feeling of
well-being in the group.
Community Level 3 – Comfortable
Materials needed: A copy of the Googleheim frame for each team
Choose a word to go in the left-hand column and categories to go into
the top columns of the grid. Place students into teams of 4-5 players.
Team members work together filling in the grid as much as they can with
their joint knowledge. After a set amount of time teams come back to
the whole group and share their grids.
Sample grid:
Community Level 3 – Comfortable
Materials: None
How To Play: Working in groups or individually, students are
given events or objects related to a topic. They have a few minutes to
plan out a frozen scene or freeze frame, (not a pantomime). Without
asking questions, the audience guesses the subject of the freeze frame.
EXAMPLE
Topic: A current novel
Freeze frame what you feel was the most important scene of the book.
Freeze frame your favorite part of the book.
Community Level 3 – Comfortable
Materials Needed: A football; a large, flat outdoor or indoor
space with identifiable sidelines, a midfield line, and goal lines; a
whistle; a coin
Community Level 3 – Comfortable
Materials Needed: A large, flat outdoor or indoor space, a kickball, five bases, and a pitching circle
Community Level 3 – Comfortable
Materials: A die
How To Play: The game begins by players mingling in an open
space. A die is rolled, the number called out, and players hook arms in
groups matching the number on the die. For example, if a four is
rolled, players must hook arms in groups of four. Those left over are
eliminated.
Community Level 3 – Comfortable
Materials Needed: A large, flat indoor or outdoor space, a kickball of any size or thickness