Look for one energizer and Post it here!

=] Please make sure that we do not overlap and please be careful about erasing other peoples work! =] The only part that is cooperative is the energizer part, the rest is individual. 1. Kelsey K--The wind blows--The class forms a circle (easiest if done with chairs). One student (or the teacher) stands in the middle and says The wind blows to anyone who... and then anyone who has that same quality stands up and trades places with all of the students that have this same quality. The last student who does not have a place to sit in the circle then stands in the middle and says, the wind blows to anyone who.... Let me know if this doesnt make sense and if I should elaborate. 2. Heather B-- http://www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com/Energizers/Middle.html this is a whole webiste that is organized in to pdfs by subject for energizers in middle school. One of my favorites: Dont Break Newtons Laws Grade Level: 7th Science Formation: Standing at desks Equipment: Paper ball Rules/Directions: 1. Students make a paper ball and perform the following activities for one minute each. They will record the number of successful catches for each activity. a. Toss and catch (to self). b. Toss and catch (to self) while hopping on left foot. c. Toss and catch (to self) while walking in place. d. Toss and catch (to self) while hopping on right foot. e. Toss and catch (to self) while jumping in place. f. Toss and catch (to self) while jogging in place. g. Compare recordings and discuss Newtons laws. the force and friction retards motion for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction the greater the force, the greater the change in motion the objects motion is the result of the combined effects of all the force acting on the object a moving object that is not subjected to a force will continue to move at a constant speed in a straight line an object at rest will remain at rest Variations: 1. Perform each activity with a partner. 2. Adapt this activity for the solar system to introduce weight on other plants. 3. Students can create movements. 3. Lindsay- One, Two Energizer that utilizes rhythm, timing and memory. Have students sit in a circle.

Assign everyone a number: Start with yourself as number one, and have students gone around the circle counting up. Start the rhythm: 1. slap both hands on your legs 2. clap your hands 3. snap your right hand 4. snap your left hand 5. repeat Once students have the rhythm, add the numbers: When you snap your right hand you say your number. When you snap you left hand you say someone elses number in the circle. The student with that number does the same thing: they say their number when they snap their right hand, and another students number when they snap their left hand. The important thing is to stay keep the rhythm consistent and keep the game going. Kelly:

4.Sports Galore Grade Level: 2-5 Formation: Standing at desks Equipment: None Rules/Directions:
1. Teacher calls out the following sports skills to mimic for at least 10-15 seconds: Shooting a jump shot Running through tires Batting a baseball Serving a tennis ball Downhill skiing Spiking a volleyball Swinging a golf club Throwing a football Juggling a soccer ball Shooting an arrow Shooting a hockey puck Swimming underwater Fielding a ground ball and throwing it to first base Dunking a basketball

Variations:
1. Teacher can also integrate skills into word problems and have students repeat the number he or she calls

out: If Juan made 5 jump shots (students act out) and 2 went in the basket, how many did he miss? (3) If Briana hit 2 homeruns (students act out), how many bases would she have to touch? (8) 3. Ask students for skills to mimic. Jenny: 5. Who Changed the Movement? An energizer where students learn to observe and communicate without words. Have students stand in a circle. Start a movement: for example: slap one leg, clap your hands, stomp one foot. Instruct students to do the same movement they see. Once all the students in the circle are doing the movement, ask for one student to change the movement. They are not allowed to say anything, just do a different moment. Everyone else in the circle must observe the change in movement and perform it. Once everyone in the circle has changed to the new movement, instruct students that another student can change the movement as soon as they see that everyone in the circle is performing the change together. You can assist in students catching on by saying I see a change, as you perform the new movement when you see someone in the circle has changed it. Play a few rounds, then call stop. Assessment: Ask students, What did you have to do to play this game successfully? Answers: use their eyes, communicate without sounds, work together. Instruct students that the best movements are those that do not turn around. Ask them why. Play again: Allow student to add sound to the movement. 6. Lauren: Name of Activity: Pass it OnUNO style Grade Level: 1-3 Formation: Form a circle around perimeter of the room Equipment: UNO cards Rules/Directions:

1. Teacher hands out one card to each student. 2. Students identify color on card and perform activity that corresponds to that color for 1015 seconds: Blue: jump to the sky Red: squats Yellow: twist Green: swim Variations: 1. Teach colors in Spanish. 2. For younger children, squat and slide card on floor to the right rather than handing the card to the next person. 7. Jennie Aten Name of Activity: As If Grade Level: K-3 Formation: Standing at desks Equipment: None Rules/Directions: 1. Teacher reads sentence to class: Jog in place as if a big scary bear is chasing you Walk forward as if youre walking through chocolate pudding Jump in place as if you are popcorn popping Reach up as if grabbing balloons out of the air March in place and play the drums as if you are in a marching band Paint as if the paint brush is attached to your head Swim as if you are in a giant pool of Jell-O Move your feet on the floor as if you are ice skating Shake your body as if you are a wet dog 2. Students act out each sentence for 20 30 seconds. 3. Students may create their own sentences for additional activities. Suggestion: 1. Use a tree map for children to generate additional action words 8. Rachel Name of Activity: Pass the Prop Formation: Standing in a circle Equipment: a prop (ex. paper cup, scarf, a piece of rope, book, etc.) Rules/Directions:

1. Instruct students that the object of this game is to change the prop you are holding into something it is not. They must use it as if it is that object. There is no sound in this game. 2. Hold the prop in your hands and demonstrate. For example: pretend it is a telephone, hold it to your ear and mouth words as if you are talking into it; pretend it is a shoe and you are slipping it on your foot; pretend it is a fork and use it to eat. 3. Students are to call out what they think you have turned the object into. When they call out the correct answer, pass the prop to the student to the right. That student is to do the same. 4. Tell students there are no repeaters allowed. Continue the game until everyone has had one turn. Variation: 1. Have students add sound to the game. For example: if you change the object into a phone, you can make a ringing sound and actually talk into it. 2.The game can also be played without an actual object, so the students have to mime.

9. Katy Rehus - Hello Mr. Judge Grade level: Primary Elementary Formation: Seated at desks or carpet Equipment: None Rules/Directions: 1.

Kelsey Che 10. Filler/Activity: Sparkle Objective: To practice spelling (or math) Materials: Spelling list Procedures: 1. Students form a circle. 2. Someone is chosen to begin. 3. When the teacher says the spelling word the student must say the first letter and the next student the second letter and so on until the word is spelled. 4. After the entire word has been spelled correctly, the very next person has to say Sparkle! 5. The student after that has to sit down. 6. A new word is given. 7. If a student says the wrong letter, they must also sit down. Note: If you dont want the students to just sit out and do nothing, then you can have the students who are out for spelling incorrectly to take out a piece of paper and write the misspelled word 5 times. They may rejoin the game afterwards.

If the student doesnt want to rejoin the game, they can just stay out and write out all the spelling words 5 times as the rest of the class plays the game. Variations: - This game can also work with math concepts. Instead of using spelling words, you can also give them a mathematics rule like multiples of 3. Students will have to start from 1, then each person says the next consecutive number but when they come to multiples of 3, they have to yell SPARKLE. The next person is out. - To make it harder, you can say multiples of 3 and numbers with a 3 in it. That would be 3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34...etc. Becca Kissel 11. Physical Energizer to shake out stress, distraction and help focus energy. Have students stand in a circle or just by their desks. Instruct student to follow your lead: 1. Hold out your right hand and shake it and count from one to eight. 2. Hold out your left hand and shake it and count from one to eight. 3. Hold out your right leg and shake it and count from one to eight. 4. Hold out your left leg and shake it and count from one to eight. Continue: 1. Hold out your right hand and shake it and count from one to seven. 2. Hold out your left hand and shake it and count from one to seven. 3. Hold out your right leg and shake it and count from one to seven. 4. Hold out your left leg and shake it and count from one to seven. Continue to shake and count decreasing by one count until you get down to one. 12. Laura Litwin http://www.realclassroomideas.com/resources/Tribes-Traffic+Jam+Energizer.pdf Mary Beth Berger 13. Factor It In Grades: 4-5 Equipment: 4 pieces of scrap paper labeled with 2, 3, 4, and 5 Formation: Students divide into four groups and each group is sent to a separate corner. Rules/ Direction: 1. Label each corner of the room with one of the pieces of scrap of paper. 2. Teacher calls out a multiple of 2, 3, 4, or 5. 3. Students in the corner that is a factor of that number move to another corner. 4. Movements include: jumping, skipping, walking, marching, hopping on one foot Example: If the teacher calls out 6, the students in corners 2 and 3 move to another corner by using one of the movements.

Michelle Matyja

14. The Paper Exercise This is a communication exercise. Procedure: Give each member of the group an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper, the facilitator needs one too. Have them close their eyes. The facilitator issues the instructions and follows them as well. No questions are allowed. Instructions: Fold the paper in half. 1. Rip off a corner 2. Fold the paper in half 3. Rip off a corner 4. Fold the paper in half 5. Rip off a corner The group can now open their eyes and find that there are many different shapes of paper. The debrief covers the need for two way communication and that the different perceptions of the people caused the many different designs. If time permits the group can be put in pairs. Have the pairs sit back to back and repeat the exercise using two way communications and find that the patterns come out closer Materials: 8 x 11 sheets of paper for every one. 15. Amanda Dobrowski This is part of the Kagan Cooperative Learning program that Plainfield has started using. It is good for most any grade level. My middle schoolers really like their teambuilding activities, and this would be one of them.
Balloon Bounce 1. Form groups of 4 or more. 2. Each group inflates and ties off two balloons, preferably of different colors. 3. Players hold hands in a circle, holding the balloons in their hands. 4. Players bounce a balloon in the air without letting go of their hands. They use hands, heads, elbows, feet, or any body part to keep the balloon afloat. 5. When the group feels confident, they release the second balloon and try to keep two balloons in the air at once. If a balloon lands on the ground, players must pick it up and get it bouncing again without letting go of their hands

16. Whitney Slovick When I Go to California Energizer that strengthens memory and teaches tricks to memorizing.

Have students stand in a circle. Start the game by saying, When I go to California Im going to bring my _______, and fill in the blank. For ex.: my suitcase, my dog, my swimsuit. Ask the student to your right to repeat what you said, then add what they will bring. For example: When I go to California, Im going to bring my suitcase and my ______. Student will fill in the blank for what they will bring. The next student starts from the beginning by saying, When I go to California, Im going to bring my They must repeat what you said, what the student to your right said, and then add what they will bring. Repeat the game around the circle. Assessment: Ask students if this was easy or hard. Ask them to explain. What did they do to remember what each person was going to bring to California? Discuss 17. Steph Schmidt
GET A GRIP: This is a quick energizer that will get students out of their chairs and help release a little energy to regain focus. 1. Tell students to stand in a large circle 2. Tell each person to place their right hand palm up in front of the person on their rights midsection 3. Then tell students to put their left hand directly over the palm in front of their own midsection with index finger pointing down a little bit above the palm 4. On the count of three, each person should try to grab the finger above their right palm while simultaneously moving their own left index finger up, out and away to safety. 5. One, two, three . . . do the activity as many times as desired Take away: It is difficult to concentrate on more than one thing at the same time

18. Megan Kelley

Energizer: Silent Signs Grades:4-5 Formation: Standing at desks Materials: Map 1. Teacher chooses 1 student to go to the back of the room. 2.Teacher chooses a location on the map (state or country) and tells everyone except the student at the back of the room. 3. The student at the back must guess which state or country it is based off he students directions. 4. The students in the class will give silent directions: East- high knees West- jumping jacks North- raise the roof South-squats 5. Repeat with a new student and new city 19. Reilly Robertson Activity: Plates

This activity can be played to help get students up and moving out of their seats so they dont have to be sitting in their seats all day. Materials: Paper Plates, classroom space 1. Hand each student a paper plate and have them place it on their head 2. Have each student move around the room as they want but they cant have the paper plate fall off the top of their head 3. If the plate falls then the student must freeze 4. The only way that a student can become unfrozen is if another classmate picks up their plate without letting the one on their head fall off http://www.proteacher.net/discussions/showthread.php?t=20962

20. Andrew Oh High Fliers! Each person needs a sheet of blank paper (notebook paper also works) and a pencil, or pen. Everyone stars by writing a topic, idea, or a problem at the top of the page. Then each person folds the paper into a paper airplane. They may get as creative as they want with this. 1. The leader says High Fliers and everyone flies his/her plane. 2. The leader says Stop and each person looks around the room for a plane that is not their own. 3. Then they have to unfold the plane, read it, and write the first thought that comes to mind. 4. Then everyone refolds the paper airplane and waits for the leader to signal High Fliers again. 5. This process can be repeated several times. At the very end, each person writes a report about everything thats written on the last plane that he/she picks up and shares it with the class! 21. Carly Hermsdorf False Memory
Grades: 3-12 Materials: word lists

Sometimes your brain makes up its own memories. Try to "implant" a memory by asking people to remember the words on list 1. Wait about five minutes, then probe their memory by asking them which words on list 1 they remember. List 1: read, pages, letters, school, study, reading, stories, sheets, cover, pen, pencil, magazine, paper, words List 2: house, pencil, apple, shoe, book, flag, rock, train, ocean, hill, music, water, glass, school Did they say that "book" was on list 1? Only pencil and school were on list 1. Try these words: List 1: sheets, pillow, mattress, blanket, comfortable, room, dream, lay, chair, rest, tired, night, dark, time List 2: door, tree, eye, song, pillow, juice, orange, radio, rain, car, sleep, cat, dream, eat Did they say that "sleep" was on list 1? Only pillow and dream were on list 1. Make up your own lists and see if you can create a false memory.
22. Marcus Eck Name of Activity: Sign Me Up Grade Level: 7th Subject Area: Math North Carolina Standard Course of Study Objective Number(s): 1.02 Develop fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of rational numbers. Formation: Students stand at desks. Equipment: None Rules/Directions: 1. Teacher tells students to hop, march, or jog in place to indicate the sign of the answer to integer computation. Hop up and down if the answer is positive March in place if the answer is negative Jog in place for 10 seconds if the answer is zero 2. Teacher calls out integer expressions such as, negative six times positive three. 3. Students hop, march, or jog in place for 10-15 seconds. Variations: 1. Have students perform the same activity using absolute value 2. Use this activity to reinforce integer computation 23. Alicia Hernan Vocabulary Freeze This activity could be used for a variety of grade levels. It gives students a chance to get up and moving while working on vocabulary words. Ask students to stand up and spread apart from one another so they have space to move around. Tell them that when you say, they should begin jogging in place. Once you say freeze then each student must freeze in the position they are in until someone is able to use a vocabulary word in a sentence correct. Draw sticks to determine which students will be required to use the vocabulary word properly. Students may begin to move around again after the sentence has been approved. Each round could consist of different movements, such as reaching up high and then low, arm circles, jumping jacks, etc.

24. Sally Herrmann Grade level: 3-4 Subject Area: Math Play quick clip of music (10 seconds or so) and have students get to a spot in the room. When the music stops they must freeze. The teacher will then count down from a chosen number (i.e. 8) the student must figure out how to get back to their seat in exactly 8 steps. Round 2: Play the same music clip, students freeze when music stops. This time, count down from a number in fractions (halves, fourths, etc. and tell the students how you are going to count down before you start so they can decide how big/little their steps should be). Students should try to step an equal distance each time, and reach their desk at zero. This activity is a fun way to energize students and work on fractions at the same time.

25. Loren Martell

Energizer: Everyone Has Value Grades:6-8 Objective: To show that it is only fair to treat everyone equally Materials: Deck of playing cards Procedure: 1.Pass out one NUMBERED card to each student but tell them not to look at their card. 2. Have students switch cards with the person next to them (do this a few times) to make sure they dont know what number is on their card. 3. Tell students to put the card on their forehead, without looking at it, so that it is facing outward and the other students can see. 4. Tell students to treat everyone according to their value. This should be the teachers only direction. Do not answer any other questions. 5. After a few minutes ask the students how they were treated. Have them talk about how it make them feel, and then explain to them that everyone should have been treated the same because EVERYONE HAS VALUE!
26. Matt Hiser

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/blog/energizers-energizing-dinosaurs
This clapping chant is fun for K-3 students anytime, but especially when theyre studying dinosaurs! Called "Dino Dinner Chant," its from Energizers ! 88 Quick Movement Activities That Refresh and Refocus , by Susan Lattanzi Roser. Dino Dinner Chant Practice saying the chant together before trying it for real. As you chant, clap hands on thighs to keep a steady beat. Allosaurus!

Stegosaurus! Apatosaurus too! They all went out to dinner At the dinosaur zoo.

Along came a wait er called Tyrannosaurus Rex He gobbled up their table cause they wouldnt pay their checks ! They wouldnt pay their checks!
Variations : Try using different dinosaur names.