Check individual podcast resources for even more downloadable goodies!
Podcast Checklist and Mileage Tracker
Keep track of the podcasts your students have listened to AND how far your class has walked with this handy checklist and tracker. It’s available as a PDF as well as Google Sheet (with built-in mileage calculations) for all three versions of The Walking Classroom program:
Complete Program WalkKit (190 episodes)
Monthly Walking Log
Laminate this Monthly Walking Log and use it month after month.
Turn your walks into a math lesson!
Track your daily distance and number of walkers. Multiply those to get your total mileage for the day. Add up your daily totals to get your total for the month and transfer it to the bottom. At the end of school year, add up the monthly totals for your grand total!
›› Download the Monthly Walking Guide (8.5 x 14)
›› Download the Monthly Walking Guide (11 x 17)
›› Google Sheet Walking Log
Walk-Tracking Sneaker Wall Guide
Build more physical activity into the school day. Take learning on the move and build excitement by setting up a Walk-Tracking Sneaker Wall!
To get started, students each choose their “sneaker” from four sneaker designs and color and decorate it as they wish. Our guide provides the steps you need for your students to have great walking discussions on any topic, book, or whatever else you can think of! Each day that students complete a walk, they get a sticker for their “sneaker” on the Sneaker Wall. You can award additional stickers for extra walks.
Wild and Wacky Weather Words Puzzle
Learning about weather will be fun with this weather words crossword puzzle!
After lessons on meteorology, students will use the clues in this puzzle (and the weather words they have learned!) to complete the crossword puzzle.
Fun with Figurative Language Worksheet
After your lessons on idioms, similes, metaphors, and other figurative language, have your students do this fun coloring exercise to test their knowledge.
They’ll use what they’ve learned to identify 22 figurative language examples in an assortment of foliage. They’ll label, then color the leaves using the provided key.
Guide to Writing a Friendly Letter
Learning to write a friendly letter fits the social and emotional learning competency involving relationship skills. Students need to learn how to communicate clearly when establishing and maintaining healthy and rewarding relationships. Our “Guide to Writing a Friendly Letter” illustrates and walks your students through the steps of writing a friendly letter! This exercise will help your students with their communication, social engagement, relationship-building, and teamwork.
Looking for Listening Journal Ideas?
Look no further! Whether your students are listening to a presentation by you or one of their peers or listening to a podcast, video, audio book, etc., these fun ideas will help them summarize what they’ve learned while listening. Download a free PDF with four fun journaling ideas below.
Having Meaningful Discussions Using THICK Questions
Wondering how to get your students to engage in deeper discussion after listening to a Walking Classroom podcast or a class read-aloud? The key is to help them ask better questions and actively listen in order to build on their peers’ thoughts. Download this PDF that guides you through leading your students to understand and ask “thick” questions.
Guide Starting a Walking Club!
A Walking Club is an easy and inexpensive opportunity for students and staff to increase their current level of physical activity. Walking and tracking miles and/or minutes helps foster an appreciation for physical activity and develops healthy habits at an early age. Download this guide for lots of tips on making it fun, keeping it safe, getting kids engaged, tracking your progress, and more!