MR. FOX

Sports Games

STORYLINE
Today we are playing Mr. Fox. In this game, you are a group of very polite students that do not know what the time is. Your goal is to ask Mr. Fox what time it is but you must change direction in response to "It's dinner time!" so that you avoid being eaten.   

INSTRUCTIONS

• Before the game begins, you will line up on the baseline shoulder-to-shoulder.
• Mr. Fox will stand at the opposite end of the field with his/her back turned.
• As a class you will shout out, “What time is it Mr. Wolf?”
• Mr. Fox will respond with the time (ex: “It’s 3 o’clock or it’s 7 o’clock”) or “It’s dinner time!”
• If Mr. Fox responds with the time, you must take that many steps towards Mr. Wolf.
• If Mr. Fox responds with, “It’s dinner time!” you must turn and run back to the end line without getting tagged.

TEACHING TIPS

• Approach: Remind students to be honest and only gallop as many times as Mr. Fox says.
• Approach: Consider allowing the students to make it back to the end line without being tagged for the first few rounds.