WOW Game Title: Even/Odd Math Dribble
Content Area: Math
TEKS Focus: Counting number patterns to 100
Physical Education Unit: Ball Handling
Grade: 1
Resource: PE Central, www.pecentral.org
Equipment/Materials: 1 playground ball per student, stop watch.
Set Up: Students are in scattered formation
Activity:
Students will be dribbling with their dominant and/or non-dominant hand. Explain the
difference between dominant (the hand you use the most) and non-dominant (the other)
hands. On the teacher’s command, the students will dribble with their dominant hand
while reciting the odd numbers. The teacher can use a stop watch to see what number
they get to in 30 seconds. The student then switches to their non-dominant hand and
dribbles while reciting the even numbers for 30 seconds. The teacher walks around to
check individual students.
Variations:
 Put students in pairs and have one partner count the student that is dribbling.
 Students dribble with dominant hand while counting even numbers.
 Students dribble with non-dominant hand while counting odd numbers.
 Students skip count (2’s, 3’s, 5’s, 10’s).
 Students count to 100.
Review Questions:
Skill focus: Was it easier to dribble with your dominant hand or your nondominant hand?
Academic focus: Did you count more even numbers or odd numbers in 30
seconds?