Relay 3: Grades K-2 Math Families Relay
Duration: @ 15 minutes 

1. Practice: Introduce the relay and reinforce the math skill students will be practicing Math Fact Families: 3+4=7,
   7-4=3, etc. Form teams of four or five students. Each team needs a Fact Families Gameboard (Kindergarten Fact Families,  Grade 1 Fact Families, Grade 2 Fact Families).

2. Set up a station that students will run to and return to home base. The station should include the appropriate number cards for each grade level. Each student can retrieve one card from the station and return to home base. Students at home base will work together to place the number cards in appropriate boxes to make correct fact families.

3. The final score for each tem can be a combination of number of runs achieved during the specified time, plus bonus points for each correct fact family problem correctly ordered by the team.

Relay 4 Grades K-5: CROSSING THE COUNTRY
Equipment:  Paper, pencils, calculator
Physical Education Objectives:  Fitness, class management, Participates in health enhancing physical activity at least three times a week.
Resource:  Connect by Cindy Kuhrach 

Activity:  Purchase a large map of the United States or the World, and post it on the wall of the gym or playing area.  Each day, as students enter the playing area, they should begin walking or running around the boundaries, and keeping track of their laps.  Have students record the number of laps on a sheet of paper, and tally them up, (or have a small group of students tally them.)  Calculate the number of actual miles that were covered by dividing the laps by the number of times around the playing area that equals a mile (for instance, 20 times around equals one mile, so divide laps by twenty.  Ask the class a bonus question about the state or country (for example, the capital or motto), and if they are correct, give them an additional 10-25 miles to their total.  Allow students to earn a free day when they successfully cross their state or country.  Using pedometers and converting to miles also will work. Remember approximately 2500 steps for kids equals a mile.
Variations: This lesson can be brought into the classroom setting by recording activities that students do during their recess.

Relay 5 Grades K-5:  Hellison's Model at Work
Equipment:  Tagboard
Physical Education Objectives:  Personal responsibility, class management
Social Studies Objectives:
Resource:  Connect by Cindy Kuhrach 

Activity:  Use a large tag board for each class with library pockets on it.  Each pocket has the student’s name.  At the end of class the students choose a color coded strip of paper and place it in their pocket to represent the level that they were working at that day.  You could have someone record these for you daily or leave the strips in and you can visually see how a student is doing from day to day.  It is a great visual display to talk about the entire class behavior.  Variations: This lesson is easily transferred into the classroom setting.

Relay 6 Grades 1-5: Heart Line Tag
Equipment: 3-4 yellow Frisbees and 2-3 Red Frisbees
Physical Education Objectives: Tagging, Dodging, Fleeing, Spatial Awareness
Science Objectives: Circulatory System – Arteries, Veins, Fat, and Cholesterol; How the body works

Activity:  Three or four people are it and they will have the yellow Frisbees that represent fat and cholesterol.  The rest of the students are blood running through the arteries and veins (the lines on the gym floor) If you are tagged then you turn into a clot and sit down on the line, blocking the path for anyone trying to get through.  Anyone that comes up to you must turn around and find another way.  Eventually everyone gets caught and you can talk about how eating poorly, not exercising, etc. can quickly clog up your arteries and veins which makes it difficult for your blood to move around your body and can lead to a heart attack.  Then play the game again only have two or three people have red Frisbees.  These people will represent exercise and medicine that can help your body.  Their job is to go up to the clog and unfreeze them.  After playing for a few minutes, talk about how taking care of your body helps to keep it working properly.  Switch taggers and play again.
Variations: Make the gym into a heart.  Make the students perform different locomotor movements while moving on the lines.

Relay 7 Grade 2: Wheel of Fortune
Equipment: Chalkboard or dry erase board, any equipment you want to use for relays
Physical Education Objectives: Locomotor movements, Teamwork
Literacy Objectives: Spelling, Problem Solving

Activity: Split the students up into groups of four or five.  Have each team perform different locomotor relays or any other variety of relay races such as jump rope or scooter races.  Have a word or phrase picked out and the number of letters put on a board or piece of paper so the students can see the number of letters in each word (like Hangman).  After each race the team that wins gets to pick a letter.  After you have put the letter up (if there is one in the word or phrase) that team may try and guess what the puzzle is.  If they get it right then you pick a new word and begin again.  If they do not get the puzzle right, select another relay race and the team that wins gets to pick another letter and see if they can figure out the puzzle.
Variations: Use words that fit a theme or book that they are reading in class.  Have the students make up words and phrases and see if they can stump each other or another class.

Relay 8 Grades 1-5: Spelling Tag
Equipment: Tag belts or an item to designate taggees; spelling word cards for each grade level
Physical Education Objectives:  chasing, fleeing, dodging, locomotor movements, spatial awareness
Literacy Objectives: spelling

Activity: Designate 3-5 students as the taggers and have them wear the tag belts.  Designate 3-5 students to be the teacher helpers. Give each helper a spelling word card.  When a student is tagged they are frozen in place until the teacher helper comes over.  The helper will show the student a word to spell.  If the spell it correctly they are back in the game.  If they misspell the word they must remain frozen until different helper comes over and shows them a new word.  Switch taggers and helpers until all students have had a chance to be each one time.
Variations: Use site words appropriate for each level.

Relay 9 Grade K-5:  Scrabble Relays
Equipment: Jump ropes, letter cards, word cards
Physical Education Objectives:  rope jumping skills, cardiovascular endurance
Literacy Objectives: spelling

Activity: Split students into groups of 3-4. Each set of students should have one jump rope. Lay the letter cards face down at the other end of the gym. One at a time, students jump rope down and pick up a letter and bring it back to their group. They may keep up to 7 cards. They need to make a word out of their letters. If they have letters they do not want to use, they may return them to the other end of the gym and choose other cards. Once they have made a word, they show it to the teacher. They return all their cards and begin a new game.
Variations:  With the younger students, you can have a word card for each group. They need to find the letters that go with that word. Use the site words appropriate for each grade level. Use various locomotor movements rather than the jump rope. For older students change the game to “SENTENCE RELAYS” and have students make sentences instead of words. You would need to change the letter cards to word cards and punctuation cards.

Relay 10 Grades K-3: Rhyming Words
Equipment:  1 cone and 1 scooter for every 2 students, 50 paper plates
Physical Education Objectives:  muscular strength
Literacy Objectives:  rhyming words 

Activity: Students are placed in groups of two. Cones and paper plates are scattered around the general space.  The students each have a partner and one scooter. Each group starts at a different cone for their base. At their base is a plate with a word written on the bottom. Scattered on the other half of the gym are the rest of the paper plates with words written on the bottoms of them. These plates are turned upside down so the words are not showing. Students decide who is first and they take turns riding the scooter out to try to find a work that rhymes with their word. If they turn over a plate that rhymes, they bring it back to their base. If they turn over a plate that does not rhyme, they turn it back over and leave it there. Each team is searching for a different rhyming word. Have students start with a new rhyming word and start again.
Variations: Have various sized groups or use different locomotor movements instead of scooters.
For Kindergarten use letters of the alphabet as the base card. The students must then go find a paper plate that has a picture of an item that begins with that letter. ( Example: base card letter “A” – picture of an apple)
For Kindergarten spell out various colors on the base card.  The students must then go find a paper plate that has that color on the bottom.  You could also do something with shapes. ( Example: base card letter “green” –  paper plate with green bottom)

Relay 11 Grades K-1: Alphabet Sound Tag
Equipment: Tag belts or an item to designate tagger; alphabet letter cards
Physical Education Objectives:  chasing, fleeing, dodging, locomotor movements, spatial awareness
Literacy Objectives:  letter sound recognition 

Activity: Designate 3-5 students as the taggers and have them wear the tag belts. Designate 3-5 students to be the teacher helpers. Give each helper an alphabet letter card. When a student is tagged they are frozen in place until the teacher helper comes over. The helper will show the student an alphabet letter card. If the tagged student gives the correct sound for that letter they are back in the game. If they give the incorrect sound or do not know the sound for that letter  they must remain frozen until a different helper comes over and shows them a new card. Switch taggers and helpers until all students have had a chance to be each one time.

Relay 12 Grades K-1: Alphabet Relay
Equipment: 6 sets of  3 x 5 alphabets cards (3 sets of upper case letters, 3 sets of lower case letters), 6 cones or poly spots
Physical Education Objectives:  Locomotor skills
Literacy Objectives: Sequencing the letters of the alphabet 

Activity: Scatter all of the alphabet cards, face down, out in the middle of the gym.  Arrange students into 6 small groups.  Each group lines up behind a different cone or poly spot, this is their starting point.  One at a time, students run out and grab one card from the pile and run back to their group.  If it is a card they do not have, they keep it.  If it is a card they already have the next person in line takes it back with them and lays it face down and grabs a new card.  Individuals continue to take turns until they have all the letters of the alphabet in the correct order.  Back at their cone/spot, the rest of the group should be arranging the cards so they are in alphabetical order.
Variations: Group size

Relay 13 Grades K-2: Coin Tag
Equipment:  Paper coins and regular coins (quarter, dime, nickel and penny)
Physical Education Objectives:  fitness, spatial awareness, sportsmanship
Math Objectives: Coin recognition and value 

Activity:  Choose 4-5 students to be taggers. Use some kind of pinnie, belt, etc. to recognize taggers. Have 4-5 students be the teacher’s “helpers”. The rest of the class is to be chased by the taggers. When tagged a student freezes and remains frozen until the teacher and/or teacher’s helpers show the student a coin. The student must tell the name of the coin and its value. If they are correct they are unfrozen. If they do not know the answer the helper tells them the answer.  The helper tells the student they will be back in a little bit to see if they remember the con and its value. I play music while the students are playing the game. When the music stops, students sit down quietly and the teacher changes taggers and helpers.  Continue this process until all students have had a turn to be a helper and tagger.  Usually takes about 10-12 minutes.
Variations:  Use other items in place of the coins, such as Flashcards( add – subtraction), site words, or fractions.

Relay 14 Grades 1-5: Scooter Math
Equipment:  1 cone and 1 scooter for every 2 students, 50 paper plates
Physical Education Objectives:  muscular strength
Math Objectives: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division (use math equations appropriate for each level)

Activity: Students are placed in groups of two.  Cones and paper plates are scattered around the general space.  The students each have a partner and one scooter.  Each group starts at a different cone for their base.  At their base are 2-3 plates, each with a math equation on the bottom.  Scattered on the other half of the gym are the rest of the paper plates with the answers written on the bottom.  These plates are turned upside down so the answers are not showing.  Students decide who is first and they take turns riding the scooter out to try to find the answer to their math equation.  If they turn over a plate that has the correct answer, they bring it back to their base.  If they turn over a plate that does not have the correct answer, they turn it back over and leave it there.  When a group has found all their answers they call the teacher over to check their math. Have students start with new equations and start again.
Variations: Have various sized groups, use different locomotor movements instead of scooters, use fractions rather than a math equation, (Example: Pie chart on a plate showing two-fourths colored in…find matching card that shows the fraction number 2/4 or ½)

Relay 15 Grades 1-5: Number Relays
Equipment:  6 sets of  3 x 5 number cards , 6 cones or poly spots
Physical Education Objectives:  Locomotor skills
Math Objectives: sequencing numbers 

Activity:  Scatter all of the numbercards, face down, out in the middle of the gym.  Arrange students into 6 small groups.  Each group lines up behind a different cone or poly spot, this is their starting point.  One at a time, students run out and grab one card from the pile and run back to their group.  If it is a card they do not have, they keep it.  If it is a card they already have the next person in line takes it back with them and lays it face down and grabs a new card.  Individuals continue to take turns until they have all the numbers in the correct order.  Back at their cone/spot, the rest of the group should be arranging the cards so they are in the correct order.
Variations:  Have the group count by 2, 3, 4, etc…..up to certain number. (Example: count by 2’s up to 20, count by 5’s up to 100) Do even number, odd numbers, prime numbers, etc.