WOW Game Title: Dice-R-Cise
Content Area: Social Studies
TEKS Focus: Texas in a Changing World
Texas in the 20th century
Economic Growth in Texas and the Oil Industry
Physical Education Unit: Locomotor, Physical fitness
Grade: 4
Resource: CATCH Activity box 3-5
Equipment/Materials: Dice-R-Cise sheets, 20-25 jump ropes, 5-6 dice.
Set Up: Split students into groups of 3 or 4. Each group needs a Dice-R-Cise sheet, one
die, one jump rope, two noodles, 4 bean bags, and one box.
Activity:
Students take turns rolling the die. Students will match the number shown on the die to
the number on the Dice-R-Cise sheet and perform the task that is stated. Be sure to
emphasize the Texas history fact.
Variations:
 Change facts about Texas to include cattle, Barbra Jordan, the Alamo, Texas
Revolution, Henry B. Gonzalez, etc.
Review Questions:
Skill Focus: Which skill was most like the description of the event? For the
wheelbarrow, which muscles are you using, strengthening?
Academic Focus: Who was the first president of the Republic of Texas and how
many terms did he serve?
Austin – Texas
state capital.
Slogan “Keep
Austin Weird”
Dance “weird”
for 30 seconds.
Cesar ChavezCivil rights
activist that
founded
National
Farmers
Association
Wheelbarrow
with a partner for
four steps. Don’t
drop your
partner!
Sam Houston –
President of the
Republic of
Texas and
helped with the
annexation of
Texas to the
Union.
March around
the boundary
two times.
NASA – located
in Houston and
responsible for
the nation’s
space program.
Blastoff
(squat and
jump) five
times.
Juneteenth – Began
in Galveston in
1865 to celebrate
African American
freedom.
Do three different
tricks with a jump
rope.
Oil – First found
in Texas in 1930.
It continues to be
on of Texas
biggest industry.
Six
jumping
jacks.