Freeze Tag (Coach Odom Style)

❄️ Freeze Tag (Coach Odom Style)

K-4

2-4 taggers. “5,4,3,2,1,go!” Freeze with hand up. High-five to unfreeze. Pro Tip from Coach Odom: “The game isn’t fun if everyone is tagged so it is your job as an ‘unfrozen’ player to help your ‘frozen’ teammates.” Safety: 2-finger tag + “tag/gotcha”, eyes forward.

TEKS: K-4.1A (locomotor), K-4.2A (cooperation), K-4.4A (safe participation)

Character Focus: Helping your teammates + responsibility. Even in this exercise-based tag game, Coach Odom reminds students that the game is better when everyone participates — unfrozen players should help keep the energy high and support friends.

5E:

🔥 Engage: Quick demo of safe 2-finger tag and freeze pose.
🔍 Explore: 1-2 practice rounds with teacher as tagger.
📖 Explain: Rules + Pro Tip verbatim. Safety language. “Help your teammates.”
🚀 Elaborate: Full game, rotate taggers often. Celebrate helpers.
✅ Evaluate: Observe helping, safe tagging, quick freezes, positive language.