• floor mats
• spelling list for the week (to be determined by the teacher) · masking tape
• index cards (5x7) with words and sentences on them
• bean bags

Students will improve locomotor skills (walk while swinging arms, roll) and non locomotor skills (bending and stretching).

Students will be able to perform a correct forward roll.

Students will be able to spell the week's spelling words and use the words in sentences.

Roll out the mat. Take index cards (containing spelling words) and tape them gently to the mat at 2 foot intervals. The cards are set up with the top side having the spelling word (such as the word, "before") and the reverse side having a sentence on it (such as, "Before you go to lunch you need to finish your math.") The number of cards you use depends on how many words you have for that week.]

With the class, review the spelling words for the given week. Explain the game to the class, and then have a student demonstrate a proper forward roll. Ask students to stand in a line. Then toss the bean bag to the first student in line asking him/her to spell the first word on the spelling list (ex. "before"). The student attempts to spell the word. If the student is correct, he/she walks over to the mat and does a forward roll to the word. The student then uses the word in a sentence of his own choosing or he can read the sentence off the back of the card. If the student misses the word, then he can ask for a partner to help him spell the word and together they can try the word. If they spell the word correctly, they can do the roll to the next word together. If they miss the word, the bean bag is then passed on to another student who then attempts to spell the word correctly. The next student attempts to spell the missed word correctly or the new word; this continues until the whole class has correctly spelled a word and used it in a sentence. Every student starts on the mat where the word they just spelled lies.