This Week's Agenda

We are well under way with President’s testing (third grade through eighth grade)—a series of Physical Education tests that gauge muscular strength, muscular endurance, speed and quickness, and flexibility among others.  The tests include pull-ups, curl-ups, flex arm hang, shuttle run, pushups, sit and reach, mile run (half mile for third grade including Mrs. Elliot’s class), and I have added an additional test and that is the pole climb on the playground.  Returning students will be told their results of last year and the idea is they show improvement from their fourth quarter results as they perform the tests in the first quarter this year.  We will be testing the next few weeks (usually one test a class period depending on class size).  The students have three stations set up in the gym during President’s testing—station 1 is testing with me, station 2 is jump rope, and station 3 is free time.  Students are expected to do their personal best at each station.

Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade will continue working with the balance beam.  We have been using the outside beam, on the playground.  We initially worked on going forward over the beam with our eyes looking forward and hands out to our sides for extra balance.  Our next step in the process has been going forward down and back over the balance beam and looking forward.  We will start going backwards over the balance beam with our eyes looking forward.

Preschool has started working on daily procedures in the gym.  We have also been working on simple games such as Simon Says.

As always, it is expected that each student is to come to class each day with their gym uniform, have a good attitude, ready to learn, and ready to work.