This Week's Agenda

The eighth grade will continue dual units on volleyball and basketball.  We will be working on serving and footwork to spike within our volleyball unit and shooting form including work on lay-up and jump shots during our basketball unit.  We are discontinuing our Tuesday morning workouts (open gyms) with middle school due to a lack of attendance.  We may pick the workouts back up in the spring if students are interested.  Sixth and seventh grades should be working on their physical activities and journaling at home (30 minutes daily for five days of a seven day week with one parent signature per week).

Grades 4 and 5 (Eastman, McMahon, Welty) will work on a fitness circuit which incorporates speed, quickness, agility, and strength.  We will also play a dancing game as well.

Third grade (Norman) will play a dancing game and some other movement games that involve teamwork and overall physical fitness.

The following classes will continue basketball units, focusing on dribbling (hand-eye coordination) with both strong hand and weak hand along with passing (chest pass):

2/3-Elliot—class on Friday will be with 3-Norman because of the student-staff volleyball match Friday afternoon

2-O’Neal

1-Ahonen

K-Hill

K-Catton

Pre-school will start the initial stages of dribbling a basketball and work on a dancing game.

This Week's PE Agenda

The seventh grade (7-Band/Choir and 6/7-General Music) will complete their third quarter on Monday or Tuesday, respectively this week by playing both volleyball and basketball games.  Students will receive dates for journaling from third quarter to fourth quarter as well.  The eighth grade’s third quarter will start on Thursday (Band/Choir) and Friday (General Music).  We are opening up the gym between 7:00 and 7:30 on Tuesdays and offer different activities to the middle school kids (grades 6-8).  We will have our eleventh session on Tuesday (January 25) from 7:00-7:30 am in the gym.  We need more student support to continue to hold the open gyms in the mornings.  We have been averaging two students or less each week that we have done this.  It is a great way for middle school students to get 30 minutes of daily exercise and it will also count on their journaling.

Grades 4 and 5 (Eastman, McMahon, Welty) will continue work on team building activities and exercises.  The focus will be on cooperating with each other and building leadership skills in addition to follower skills.  We will also play a dancing game as well.

Third grade (Norman) will play a dancing game and some other movement games that involve teamwork and overall physical fitness.

The following classes will continue basketball units, focusing on dribbling (hand-eye coordination) with both strong hand and weak hand along with passing (bounce passing and chest passing):

2/3-Elliot

2-O’Neal

1-Ahonen

K-Hill

K-Catton

Pre-school will continue to work on throwing and catching beanbags underhand and playing a dancing game.

Middle School Take Home Test for PE

Students do have a take home basketball test that is due on Thursday January 20th for Band/Choir Seventh Grade and Friday January 21st for General Music (6/7 split).
Students may use the internet, classmates, books, parents, etc. as resources.

This Week's PE Agenda

The seventh grade (7-Band/Choir and 6/7-General Music) will continue units on basketball and volleyball.  We will spend time this week on free throws and information on fouls during the basketball portion.  During the volleyball portion of class, we will work on bumping the ball to the setter and the setter making a good set to the hitters (middle front and left front players).  The Band/Choir students will also start to play volleyball and basketball games—we will hold off on General Music until next week with us missing class on Monday for Martin Luther King Day.  We are opening up the gym between 7:00 and 7:30 on Tuesdays and offer different activities to the middle school kids (grades 6-8).  We will have our tenth session on Tuesday (January 18) from 7:00-7:30 am in the gym (we cancelled this past Tuesday due to the snow).

Grades 4 and 5 (Eastman, McMahon, Welty) will continue work on team building activities and exercises.  The focus will be on cooperating with each other and building leadership skills in addition to follower skills.

Third grade (Norman) will play a dancing game and some other movement games that involve teamwork.

The following classes will continue basketball units, focusing on dribbling (hand-eye coordination) with both strong hand and weak hand along with passing (bounce passing):

2/3-Elliot

2-O’Neal

1-Ahonen

K-Hill

K-Catton

Pre-school will continue to work on throwing and catching beanbags underhand and playing a new tag game.

Early Morning PE Activities for Middle School Cancelled

Tuesday morning PE activities for middle school students will be cancelled for Tuesday morning in anticipation of the weather.

Thank you

Agenda for January 10-14

The seventh grade (7-Band/Choir and 6/7-General Music) will continue units on basketball and volleyball.  We will work on how to shoot a basketball the proper way and how to serve the ball during volleyball and start to talk about spiking.  We are opening up the gym between 7:00 and 7:30 on Tuesdays and offer different activities to the middle school kids (grades 6-8) with the help of Mr. Roseman and myself.  The students will have some options on choices of activities.  Mr. Roseman will also bring different guests in from time to time such as a rumba instructor.  We will have our tenth session on Tuesday (January 11) from 7:00-7:30 am in the gym.

Grades 4 and 5 (Eastman, McMahon, Welty) will continue work on team building activities and exercises.  The focus will be on cooperating with each other and building leadership skills in addition to follower skills.

Third grade (Norman) will continue to work with the scooters focusing on full body exercising.  We will also play a dancing game and some other movement games.

The following classes will continue basketball units, focusing on dribbling (hand-eye coordination) with both strong hand and weak hand:

2/3-Elliot—will learn how to play Dribble Tag and will also start to work on passing

2-O’Neal—will continue to work on dribbling and play a movement game

1-Ahonen—will continue to work on dribbling and play a movement game

K-Hill—will continue to work on dribbling and play a movement game

K-Catton—will continue to work on dribbling and play a movement game

Pre-school will continue to work on throwing and catching beanbags underhand and learning a new tag game.

Go Colts!