The First Graders Want an Olympic Day, but the P

Olympic Day For First Graders

A Webquest for 5th graders

Written by Arlene Truitt

Erlanger Elsmere Schools, Erlanger, KY

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for HEA 599 - Summer 2002

Introduction / Task / Process / Resources / Evaluation / Conclusion

Introduction

The first graders want an Olympic Day, but the Physical Education teacher does not have the time to plan it. The principal has asked the fifth graders to come to the rescue! Will you take up this challenge? Can you and your team come up with the games and snacks in time? Get together with your team and plan an Olympic Day that will go down in history!

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Your task is to plan an Olympic Day for the first grade and submit it to the principal. You will plan games and provide a snack.

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1. First, you will be put into teams of 4. 2. Then you will decide on what part you’d like to plan 3. Two students will plan the games and two students will plan the snacks. 4. Game planners search for the best games for Olympic Day. You must have a variety of games. Have individual games, paired games, and team races. Remember to include different motor skills for the games. These skills are locomotor, nonlocomotor, and manipulative skills. Game planners need to find 8 – 10 games that first graders can play. 5. Snack planners search for the best snacks for Olympic Day. You must have a variety of snacks. Healthy snacks from the fruits, vegetables, protein, and grain categories are to be chosen. Have at least 3 snacks. Snacks can be a combination of 2 or more categories. 6. Game planners make a list of all equipment needed to play each game that was chosen. 7. Snack planners make a list of all ingredients needed to make each snack. 8. Game planners make up a time table for setting up the games. 9. Snack planners make up a time table for preparing the snacks. 10. All team members help make up the schedule of games. As a team, you are to make sure all first graders get to participate in all games. 11. Check your team’s work for spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure. Remember your team will give your ideas to the principal. 12. Hand in a copy of your plan for Olympic Day for the First Grade to your teacher. Keep a copy for your team to give to the principal.

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Both Game and Snack Planners are to use the following: books and magazines from the Physical Education Teacher and the Media Center

Game Planners

http://australianjoeyscouts1.4t.com

http://www.thekidzpage.com/freekidsgames/

http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/oly.html

http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/waterfun.html

http://www.parentcenter.com/general/7410/7432

Snack Planners http://www.parentcenter.com/community/ppt/tips/health/foodNutrition/nutriSna ck2-4/

http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dfm/fns/cacfpsnk.html

http://agpublications.tamu.edu/pubs/ecal/nutsnake.pdf (This last site is in ADOBE format)

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Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary Score

1 2 3 4

Worked as a Accomplished Accomplished Accomplished Accomplished member of a some all team few activities most activities team activities activities showing showing showing showing respect and respect and respect and respect and responsibility responsibility responsibility responsibility to team to all team to team to all team members. members. members. members.

Used a book Used books, Used only the Used few or magazine, magazines, Internet resources to and Internet and Internet Use of resources to research resources to resources to Resources research games or research research games or snacks. games or games or snacks. snacks. snacks.

Listed games Listed few Listed 4-5 Listed 6 -7 Listed 8 – 10 and games with all games with all games with all games with all equipment or some equipment equipment equipment needed equipment needed. needed. needed. needed.

Listed snacks Listed Listed 1 snack Listed 2 Listed at least and snack(s), but and all snacks and all 3 snacks and ingredients not all ingredients ingredients all ingredients needed ingredients needed. needed. needed. needed.

Estimated Time for set No time is Time for set time for set up is Time for set mentioned for up is up of games somewhat up is realistic. set up. mentioned. or snacks. realistic.

Team All team Few team Most team members members No schedule members members participate in participate in for the day is participate in participate in making up the making up the made by the making up the making up the schedule for schedule for team. schedule for schedule for the day. the day. the day. the day.

Written Plan The written The written The written The written for Olympic plan is plan is plan is well plan is not Day for First somewhat thought out, thought out, thought out, Graders thought out, workable, with workable, with not workable, somewhat no spelling, no spelling, and has workable, with sentence, or sentence, or spelling some spelling punctuation punctuation errors. errors. errors. errors. Top of Page

Conclusion

You have done it! You used the Internet to gather information to accomplish your task. The first graders will have an Olympic Day with games and a snack. You have worked as a team to put together your ideas to make a schedule of the games, a list of equipment needed for the games, a list of ingredients for the snacks, and an estimation of the time to set up the Olympic Day. Both the principal and the Physical Education teacher appreciate your time and effort putting together a great Olympic Day for the first graders.

What was the most difficult aspect of this webquest? Why?

What was the best part? Why?

How could this webquest be improved? How would you go about making this improvement?

Did you add anything to your plan for Olympic Day for First Graders that was not mentioned? If so, what was it? How did your team work out the details to this?

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References http://www.kde.state.ky.us/oapd/curric/corecontent/pl_cc_30.asp http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designpatterns/workshop-nku.htm http://www.clipart.com (I used “All Free Clipart”.)

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