Week 2 (August 27-31)

This week started off as planned but the hot weather at the end of the week caused us to change plans.

First Grade:
The week started with our procedures outside. We started out class time with our stretching procedures. We learned that we should not bounce when stretching, we should count slow (20-30 seconds) and we should never feel a sharp pain. We also worked on learning the names of the muscles that we were stretching. So far we have learned how to stretch the hamstrings, triceps, deltoids, quadriceps and also warmed up our Tarsals (ankles) and Carpals (wrist).

We worked on our freeze signal (hands on knees, eyes on me, mouths closed) and also how to walk to and from class. We also spent time working on circle games for duck-duck-goose and cut the cake. Afterwards we worked on procedures for water and also jobs for water time (counters, tappers, officers).

The end of the week we watched a video about the human body and how the body works. The three concepts that we really worked on was that the body uses bones for support and structure, the joints to help with movement and muscles to give the energy to move.

Third Grade:
The week started with our procedures outside. We started out class time with our stretching procedures. We learned that we should not bounce when stretching, we should count slow (20-30 seconds) and we should never feel a sharp pain. We also worked on learning the names of the muscles that we were stretching. So far we have learned how to stretch the hamstrings, triceps, deltoids, quadriceps and also warmed up our Tarsals (ankles) and Carpals (wrist).

After we finished stretching we started with an activity called Group Juggling. We worked on the procedures for creating an order to group juggling and also worked on practicing the order that each group created. We then added a yarn ball and continued with the group order and eventually added a second yarn ball to the group. We will be using Group Juggling throughout the year and change the tasks that the students are to perform for group juggling.

Later in the week we spent time inside. First, we worked on the expectations handout. We didn't have enough time last week to finish our paper. We wrote down the five expectations for class (listen to the teacher, follow directions, participation is required, show the core values and stay in class) and we also wrote down the grading procedure (60% for participation and 40% for classwork). After reviewing our expectations we started labeling the muscles of the body on a piece of paper. We started by labeling the front side (anterior) muscles (deltoid, biceps, obliques, quadriceps, tibialis anterior, pectoralis major and rectus abdominus). We will finish the back side of the paper on another day.

Fifth Grade:
The week started with our procedures outside. We started out class time with our stretching procedures. We learned that we should not bounce when stretching, we should count slow (20-30 seconds) and we should never feel a sharp pain. We also worked on learning the names of the muscles that we were stretching. So far we have learned how to stretch the hamstrings, triceps, deltoids, quadriceps, groin and also warmed up our lower back, Tarsals (ankles) and Carpals (wrist).

After we finished stretching we started with an activity called Group Juggling. We worked on the procedures for creating an order to group juggling and also worked on practicing the order that each group created. We then added a yarn ball and continued with the group order and eventually added a second yarn ball to the group. We will be using Group Juggling throughout the year and change the tasks that the students are to perform for group juggling.

Later in the week we spent time inside. First, we worked on the expectations handout. We didn't have enough time last week to finish our paper. We wrote down the five expectations for class (listen to the teacher, follow directions, participation is required, show the core values and stay in class) and we also wrote down the grading procedure (60% for participation and 40% for classwork).

After reviewing our expectations we started to learn about the five components of physical fitness (cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, body composition and flexibility). These five components deal with the fitness testing that are required as part of the FitnessGram tests that should be completed in the spring of every year. Each student was given one of the components to research and given a research page to read over. They were asked to know how to define their component, learn which tests to use for their component and to know what activities that a student could perform to improve on their component. After they learned about their component they started making a poster promoting their component. These posters will be completed in class on another day.

Sixth Grade:
The week started with our procedures outside. We started out class time with our stretching procedures. We learned that we should not bounce when stretching, we should count slow (20-30 seconds) and we should never feel a sharp pain. We also worked on learning the names of the muscles that we were stretching. So far we have learned how to stretch the hamstrings, triceps, deltoids, quadriceps, groin and also warmed up our lower back, Tarsals (ankles) and Carpals (wrist).

After we finished stretching we started with an activity called Group Juggling. We worked on the procedures for creating an order to group juggling and also worked on practicing the order that each group created. We then added a yarn ball and continued with the group order and eventually added a second yarn ball to the group. We will be using Group Juggling throughout the year and change the tasks that the students are to perform for group juggling.

Later in the week we started by learning the five components of physical fitness (cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, body composition and flexibility). These five components deal with the fitness testing that are required as part of the FitnessGram tests that should be completed in the spring of every year. Each student was given one of the components to research and given a research page to read over. They were asked to know how to define their component, learn which tests to use for their component and to know what activities that a student could perform to improve on their component. After they learned about their component they started making a poster promoting their component. These posters will be completed in class on another day.