WOW Game Title: Dribbling Math
Content Area: Math
TEKS Focus: Understanding Addition/Subtraction
Geometry and Spatial Reasoning
Physical Education Unit: Ball Handling
Grade: 1
Resource: PE Central, www.pecentral.org
Equipment/Materials: 1 ball for every student, a deck of cards (1-10 only)
Set Up: Every student except 2-3 (depending on the number of students in your class) has a ball.
Students without a ball stand by the teacher. The rest of the students are in scattered formation within a
25’ x 25’ area.
Activity:
On the teacher’s command, students begin dribbling a ball (dribble with dominant hand, more advanced
students dribble alternating hands). The 2-3 students who do not have a ball, go to the teacher. The
teacher holds up 2 cards from the deck and the students must add, subtract or multiply the numbers on
the cards, and give the correct answer to the teacher. Once they have the correct answer, the student then
goes into the playing area and trades places with another student. (Boys choose girls, girls choose boys;
students should choose a different student each time.) The student chosen must go to the teacher to get 2
cards to add or subtract, and tell the teacher the correct answer. The students without balls will change
frequently, so everyone should get an opportunity to answer math questions and to dribble a ball. The
game continues until the teacher signals to stop. On the teacher’s signal, the students freeze. If there are
any students who have not had an opportunity to answer math problems, the teacher should then select
them to come answer questions.
Variations
 Have students tell time
 Have students identify geometric shapes (sheet provided) and point to an identical geometric
shape from their surroundings
 Students could skip-count by (2’s, 3,’s, 5’s, 10’s) or count to 100 while dribbling
Review Questions:
Skill focus: Where should your eyes be focused while dribbling?
Academic focus: What is 3 - 1?
1.
2.
12:20
4:00
5:00
3.
3:00
12:10
2:00
10:00
12:20
11:00
12:30
6:30
6:00
12:15
3:00
1:00
4.
12:15
9:00
12:00
6.
5.
7:00
8:00
12:30
8.
7.
4:00
12:25
5:00