You Can Run a Mile: Help Children Believe That They Can Succeed

Are you looking for a way to motivate your students to run a mile and exercise daily AND say, “That was easy!”? Well, look no further. This interdisciplinary project shows you how, plus sooo much more.

Students will follow a process of incrementally increasing their distance until they reach their goal of running a mile. They will also learn the “Why?” behind running and exercise by reading informative texts and answering comprehension questions. Students learn about creating mini habits by reading original informative text and answering comprehension questions. They will complete a fun interactive lesson based upon The Rechargables by Tom Rath on the importance of eating properly, moving consistently, and getting a good night’s sleep.

Students gain confidence, self-efficacy, and challenge their growth mindset. Students go from, “I can’t run a mile.” to, “Running a mile is easy!” in just a matter of weeks. This shift supports other areas of your curriculum. “I can’t read an entire chapter book.” Becomes, “I can read entire chapter book, if I read it a little bit at a time.”

Students use data collection and graphing to track their progress and set goals.

Packet Includes:

•Complete lesson for The Rechargables: Eat, Move, Sleep by Tom Rath. From the co-author of How Full is Your Bucket? For Kids. Lesson includes printable discussion cards, chart headers, before, during, and after questions along with an independent writing sheet.

•Complete lessons with comprehension questions and answer keys for two original informative texts.

•Math problem solving activities that incorporate all math operations, data collection and graphing, and writing about math processes. Student tracking packet with included calendars and graphs.

•Award certificates for running and exercise in color and black and white.

•Four motivational posters in color and black and white.