SPORT THEME IDEAS IN THE CLASSROOM

SPORT THEME IDEAS IN THE CLASSROOM

As you can tell from this blog, I love the idea of combining sports and education. Associating education with sports gets children excited about learning and allows them to connect what they're learning to the real world. That's why many teachers use themes in their classrooms-- to inspire students. Themes can focus on certain units or be used all year long. Many students love sports, which is why sports themes are a great idea to incorporate into a classroom.

Looking for ideas? Here are a few sports themes that will get students in the game...
ALL-STAR BEHAVIOR:
*students earn fouls that are posted on their basketball around the room (you can also use football helmets, and penalty flags for 1st down, 2nd down, etc... or 3 strikes and baseball)
*use football helmets and penalty flags
*Have a "job board" as a field goal post that lists students' jobs for the day. List the jobs on the uprights and the horizontal bar can read "Teamwork."
*You can also call it 'Swinging for Good Behavior' with a baseball theme.
*You can set up a behavior system with bowling pins. Good behavior gets pins taken down...
to try to get a strike.
*Give out awards for good behavior such as clean desk awards. You can call it "Hit a Grand Slam with good behavior" and when students exemplify good behavior, they get a baby ruth...

MORE:http://sportsbooksforkidsandteens.blogspot.com/2009/09/sports-theme-ideas-for-classroom.html