Looking for DPA ideas? Check out these resources:
1. Functional Fitness Charts
All elementary schools will receive a set of these Functional Fitness charts in January 2017 to help implement DPA. Click here for video lesson plans to accompany these charts.
2. SCDSB Instructional Videos
Just press play! Check out these easy to follow SCDSB DPA videos.
3. ACTIVITY IDEAS
A variety of games and activities to use in your classroom
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Grades 1 - 3
4. Go Noodle! and Free the Numbum
Set up a free account at www.gonoodle.com for hundreds of fun and interactive DPA videos and brain break videos.
Set up a free SCDSB account at http://www.freethenumbum.com/ use these DPA videos. Great for all grade levels, even junior and intermediate! Many describe the experience as a video game style adventure.
5. POSSIBLE TECH TOOLS
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Sworkit - Students can design their own workout. Great for small spaces. Project this in your classroom or students can use with partners on an iPad
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Move It - Add this extension to your Chrome browser. Here’s how: instructional video
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PE Shake - An app with 100 different warm- up activities and game ideas that are easy to set up with minimal equipment. Each time you shake your device a new, random game pops up!
6. TWITTER
Check out #DPAaDay by @debshackell for DPA ideas and #scdsbHAL for all ideas related to Healthy Active Living. Contribute your ideas using the #DPAaDay or #scdsbHAL hashtag too!
7.ONTARIO HEALTHY SCHOOLS
This site provides DPA videos as well as other supports for your DPA.
8. OPHEA - DPA Appendix
Go to teachingtools.ophea.net and log-in. PLEASE NOTE: Starting January 1st, 2016 you need to create your own, free OPHEA log-in.
Once you are logged in, click on lesson plans for your grade. There will be a list of appendices down the left hand side of the page. You can find DPA ideas (by divison), listed there:
Grades 1 - 3
Sworkit - Students can design their own workout. Great for small spaces. Project this in your classroom or students can use with partners on an iPad
Move It - Add this extension to your Chrome browser. Here’s how: instructional video
PE Shake - An app with 100 different warm- up activities and game ideas that are easy to set up with minimal equipment. Each time you shake your device a new, random game pops up!
7.ONTARIO HEALTHY SCHOOLS
Once you are logged in, click on lesson plans for your grade. There will be a list of appendices down the left hand side of the page. You can find DPA ideas (by divison), listed there:
9. DPA FRESH IDEAS
Go to Check out these videos starring SCDSB students. They demonstrate games to try in your classroom for DPA.
9. DPA FRESH IDEAS