Week 15 (December 3-7)

First Grade
This week we worked on basketball skills. We spent time learning how to dribble a basketball (head up, use the pads of your hands, push ball into ground and the ball should never go above your waist) before spending time practicing dribbling. We also worked on ball handling skills and passing to their partner.

Third Grade
This week started with us working on an extension activity to our visitiation from Katy Sullivan. We worked on a thank you card for Katy that will be given to her at a later date. We also connected the SJEA core values to the talk that Katy gave us.

Wednesday and Thursday allowed us the opportunity to run a half mile. Our goal is to introduce running to the students. We are practicing the running procedures that are required for the mile and we are also working on recording the half mile times. We spent the rest of the day walking around the track to cool down and to help remove the lactic acid from our system. The students learned that lactic acid is a build up of colorless liquid that the muscles produce when they are tired. The lactic acid build up causes us to feel sore and tired. By walking after the run it allows our cardiovascular system to remove the lactic acid from our muscles and to filter them out of the body.

Fifth Grade
This week started with us working on an extension activity to our visitiation from Katy Sullivan. We worked on a thank you card for Katy that will be given to her at a later date. We also connected the SJEA core values to the talk that Katy gave us.

On Wednesday and Thursday we worked on running the mile. When finished the students completed a new version of the mile wrap up worksheet. The students were asked a self reflection question on if they have been able to improve on the mile and why/why have they not improved.

Sixth Grade
We started the week off by writing a thank you letter to Katy Sullivan for coming to visit with us last week. We incorporated the core values into the letter by expressing the core value that we learned from Katy. Afterwards, we worked on our fitness levels and reviewed the process for the mile.

On Wednesday and Thursday we worked on running the mile. When finished the students completed a new version of the mile wrap up worksheet. The students were asked a self reflection question on if they have been able to improve on the mile and why/why have they not improved.