Duck, Duck, Goose

Grade 2

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Math & Movement

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Activity Instructions

In this activity, twelve students sit around the clock, one student on each of the multiples of five. One person is โ€œitโ€ and walks around the mat. As they walk around, they tap the heads of the students sitting around the mat while quietly skip counting by fives.

As soon as the โ€œitโ€ student shouts the multiple of the student they are behind, that student becomes the โ€œgoose.โ€ The โ€œgooseโ€ gets up and tries to chase โ€œitโ€ around the mat. The goal is to tap the โ€œitโ€ before the โ€œitโ€ is able to sit down in the โ€œgooseโ€™sโ€ spot. If the โ€œgooseโ€ is not able to tag the โ€œit,โ€ they become โ€œitโ€ for the next round, and play continues. If they do tap the โ€œitโ€ person, the person tagged has to sit in the center of the mat. Then, the โ€œgooseโ€ becomes the โ€œitโ€ for the next round. The person in the middle canโ€™t leave until another person is tagged and they are replaced.

Modification: One student (the counter) walks around the clock touching the head of each student while skip counting by fives. As soon as the student makes a mistake in the skip counting (as a real error or an error purposely made), the student sitting on the mat closest to the โ€œitโ€ gets up and chases the โ€œitโ€ (the child counting).

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