Description
Every school day, more than 10 million children attend after-school programs in the United States. This book provides a research-based blueprint for offering students in grades 1-5 innovative programming that combines intensive physical activity and social-emotional skills development with academic enrichment in reading, mathematics, and social studies. Presented is an integrative approach that has been developed and tested in high-poverty schools. The volume includes explicit guidance for setting up a program, implementing cognitively engaging physical games and learning activities, working effectively with mixed-age groups, and monitoring outcomes. Reproducible forms and lesson plans can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
Chapter
2. Understanding After-School Programming for Elementary School Children
3. The Importance of Process Evaluation for After-School Programs
4. The Development of Physical Activity Games: Theory and Research Overview
5. The PAL Physical Activity Games Program in an Experimental After-School Setting
6. The Challenges Struggling Learners Face in Mathematics
7. The PAL Mathematics Enrichment Program and Challenges in the After-School Setting
8. Reading Fluency Practice as Reading Enrichment in After-School Literacy Programming
9. Improving Informational Text Literacy: Using Social Studies Education Theory to Promote Social Studies Literacy After School
10. The PAL Reading Enrichment Program in an Experimental After-School Setting
Physical Activity and Learning After School
：The PAL Program
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