WOW Game Title: Crows and Cranes
Content Area: Math
TEKS Focus: Patterns
Physical Education Unit: Cardiovascular
Grade: 1
Resource: Catch Activity Box 3-5
Equipment/Materials: 12 or more small cones to designate boundary area
Set Up: Place a line of cones at two ends of the playing area and also directly in the middle of the
playing area. Students partner up and face each other standing finger to finger with their arms
stretched out to create an equal distance in between each other.
“Odd”
“Even”
"
Activity:
One partner will represent the odd numbers and the other will be the even numbers. The teacher will
say either “odd” or “even” and that is how the students will know who the “chaser” will be. The
“chaser” chases the person straight back to distance of the cones behind them. The students come
back immediately to the middle and if the person was tagged, they perform 5 jumping jacks or pushups. If they were not tagged, the chaser must do 5 jumping jacks or push-ups. They will stand finger
to finger again to signal they are ready for the next chaser to be named.
Safety: Students need to stand in between the cones and not in front of them so that they don’t trip
over the cones. They must also only tag with 2 fingers and run in a straight line to the set of cones at
the end of the playing area. Consider starting kids off with a slower locomotor skill such as walking.
The teacher can hold up signs used in order to help students know who the chaser is. Next, the
teacher calls out an actual number instead of “odd” or “even”. Ex. Teacher calls out 4 and all the
“even” chasers move after the “odd” students.
Variations:
 Give the students a math problem and have the students call out if it’s odd or even. After
discussing if the answer is odd or even, the teacher says GO and the correct chaser chases the
other student.
Review Questions:
Skill focus: Which exercise, jumping jacks or push ups, makes your heart work harder?
Which exercise makes your muscles stronger?
Academic focus: Is 12 considered an odd or even number?