Week 12 (November 5-9)

First Grade
This week was designed to work in stations. We spent time working on our jump rope skills while jumping forward. Since we didn't have enough jump ropes for everyone at one time we worked on hula hoop skills and scarf skills while waiting for our turn at jump rope.

Later in the week we had a health lesson on the importance of the whole "team" working together while running. Running isn't about how strong you are but how well you breath air in and how quickly you can get the air to the muscles. The muscles need oxygen to move, without it they would stop working.

Third Grade
This week was designed to work in stations. We spent time working on our jump rope skills while jumping forward and backwards (third grade standard). Since we didn't have enough jump ropes for everyone at one time we worked on hula hoop skills and scarf skills while waiting for our turn at jump rope.

Later in the week we had a health lesson on the importance of the whole "team" working together while running. Running isn't about how strong you are but how well you breath air in and how quickly you can get the air to the muscles. The muscles need oxygen to move, without it they would stop working.

Fifth Grade
The start of the week had the fifth graders working on learning how to use pedometers. Pedometers are devices used to track the number of steps you've taken while participating in a physical activity. We talked about how to use them, how to wear them and how to track your results. Since the pedometers are $30 each and we cannot afford to replace them we talked to the students about being personally responsible for using the pedometers and to make sure they don't fall off during class time. We spent the first part of class working on learning our stride length. This will allow us to eventually figure out how far we've been able to walk during our class time. The last part of class helped us to learn how to write down the information from our pedometers (steps taken and activity time). We will learn about how to calculate distance and steps per minute in the future.

Thursday and Friday had the students working on the mile run. This is our second run of the year and the students were encouraged to try and improve upon their scores, many were encouraged to improve by 30 seconds. When finished, the students were asked to complete a self reflection on how well they ran. Students were graded on how well they completed the worksheet and not on how fast they ran the mile.

Sixth Grade
The start of the week had the fifth graders working on learning how to use pedometers. Pedometers are devices used to track the number of steps you've taken while participating in a physical activity. We talked about how to use them, how to wear them and how to track your results. Since the pedometers are $30 each and we cannot afford to replace them we talked to the students about being personally responsible for using the pedometers and to make sure they don't fall off during class time. We spent the first part of class working on learning our stride length. This will allow us to eventually figure out how far we've been able to walk during our class time. The last part of class helped us to learn how to write down the information from our pedometers (steps taken and activity time). We will learn about how to calculate distance and steps per minute in the future.

Thursday and Friday had the students working on the mile run. This is our second run of the year and the students were encouraged to try and improve upon their scores, many were encouraged to improve by 30 seconds. When finished, the students were asked to complete a self reflection on how well they ran. Students were graded on how well they completed the worksheet and not on how fast they ran the mile.

Next Week's Goals:
First: Work on passing, receiving and dribbling a soccer ball.
Third: Work on instep pass and dribbling a soccer ball.
Fifth: Work on trapping, passing and fitness tests.
Sixth: Work on trapping, passing and fitness tests.