This Week's Agenda

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, National Birth Defects Prevention Month, National Glaucoma Awareness Month, National Radon Action Month, National Stalking Awareness Month, Thyroid Awareness Month, and National Folic Acid Awareness Week (8-14) in conjunction with the Spina Bifida Association.

As the Super Bowl nears this next weekend, here is the link to a website that contains information regarding different activities that will be in and around Indy in conjunction with the Super Bowl.  We will have a noon dismissal on Friday February 3 and no school at all the day after the Super Bowl (February 6).  This very well could be a once in a lifetime chance for Indy to host the big game, so it might be worth spending some money on parking to head downtown.

http://visitindy.com/indianapolis-events-super-bowl-xlvi

Middle School

We have been working on different teamwork activities and thoughts concerning teammates, treating each other the right way, etc.  We are all a part of a team in some way, shape or form even though we may not play on an athletic team.  Our goals for this: to think about the words we use with others, a sense of belonging on a team and the realization that each piece of that team is important, and the power a group of people together can accomplish when they have the same goal in mind.  We will be using both Physical Education and Health State Standards as we work on this.  We are working on a Handball unit that the students seem to enjoy very much—working on passing, proper footwork (3 steps with the ball), and playing man to man defense.

Grades 4/5

We have been working on different teamwork activities and thoughts concerning teammates, treating each other the right way, etc.  We are all a part of a team in some way, shape or form even though we may not play on an athletic team.  Our goals for this: to think about the words we use with others, a sense of belonging on a team and the realization that each piece of that team is important, and the power a group of people together can accomplish when they have the same goal in mind.  We will be using both Physical Education and Health State Standards as we work on this.  The students have really been working hard to come together and focus on the teamwork activities as a group, not just individuals, and choosing our words carefully.

Grades 2/3

We are working on a basketball unit, focusing on dribbling—knees bent, head up, using our fingertips, and dribbling the ball below our waist.  We have started to work on two-basketball dribbling as well to get both our left and right brains thinking at the same time, and some ball-handling to help improve our one-ball dribbling and we will learn a dribbling game.

Kindergarten/Grade 1

We have begun to work on partner overhand throwing.  The students are realizing that they cannot throw the ball as hard as they did against the wall with a teammate and they have shown some very good improvement.  We will also work with the jump ropes and do some movement activities.

Preschool

We will work on stretches, some movement activities going sideline to sideline; follow the leader, and some free time using the PE equipment.

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.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

This Week's Agenda

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, National Birth Defects Prevention Month, National Glaucoma Awareness Month, National Radon Action Month, National Stalking Awareness Month, Thyroid Awareness Month, and National Folic Acid Awareness Week (8-14) in conjunction with the Spina Bifida Association.

 As the Super Bowl nears, here is the link to a website that contains information regarding different activities that will be in and around Indy in conjunction with the Super Bowl.  We will have a noon dismissal on Friday February 3 and no school at all the day after the Super Bowl (February 6).  This very well could be a once in a lifetime chance for Indy to host the big game, so it might be worth spending some money on parking to head downtown.

http://visitindy.com/indianapolis-events-super-bowl-xlvi

Middle School

We have discussed the qualities and characteristics of what the students believe a good teammate is.  We are all a part of a team in some way, shape or form even though we may not play on an athletic team.  We will take the information we learn and use it in teamwork activities that we do over the next few weeks.  Our goals for this: to think about the words we use with others, a sense of belonging on a team and the realization that each piece of that team is important, and the power a group of people together can accomplish when they have the same goal in mind.  We will be using both Physical Education and Health State Standards as we work on this.  We have started a Handball unit that the students seem to enjoy very much—working on passing, proper footwork (3 steps with the ball), and playing man to man defense.

Grades 4/5

We have discussed the qualities and characteristics of what the students believe a good teammate is.  We have learned that we are all a part of a team in some way, shape or form even though we may not play on an athletic team.  We will apply the information we have learned and use it in teamwork activities that we do over the next few weeks.  Our goals for this: to think about the words we use with others, a sense of belonging on a team and the realization that each piece of that team is important, and the power a group of people together can accomplish when they have the same goal in mind.  We will be using both Physical Education and Health State Standards as we work on this.  We will also work with jump ropes and play some movement activities.

Grades 2/3

We have started a basketball unit, focusing on dribbling—knees bent, head up, using our fingertips, and dribbling the ball below our waist.  We have started to incorporate some two-basketball dribbling as well to get both our left and right brains thinking at the same time, and some ball-handling to help improve our one-ball dribbling.

Kindergarten/Grade 1

We have started working on throwing overhand—throwing the tennis ball against the walls of the gym using proper technique of stepping towards our target with the lead foot and a good follow through after we throw.  We will start to work on partner overhand throwing.  We will also work with the jump ropes and do some movement activities.

Preschool

We will work on stretches, some movement activities going sideline to sideline; follow the leader, and some free time using the PE equipment.

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.

This Week's Agenda

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, National Birth Defects Prevention Month, National Glaucoma Awareness Month, National Radon Action Month, National Stalking Awareness Month, Thyroid Awareness Month, and National Folic Acid Awareness Week (8-14) in conjunction with the Spina Bifida Association.

Middle School

We will be talking about the qualities and characteristics of what the students believe a good teammate is.  We are all a part of a team in some way, shape or form even though we may not play on an athletic team.  We will take the information we learn and use it in teamwork activities that we do over the next few weeks.  Our goals for this: to think about the words we use with others, a sense of belonging on a team and the realization that each piece of that team is important, and the power a group of people together can accomplish when they have the same goal in mind.  We will be using both Physical Education and Health State Standards as we work on this.  We will also start a Handball unit.  We will learn basic rules of the sport, a brief history of the sport, and we will play it as well.  We will modify some of the rules to fit our equipment and our classes and we hope that there is carry over from our teamwork activities as we play the sport.

Grades 4/5

We have discussed the qualities and characteristics of what the students believe a good teammate is.  We have learned that we are all a part of a team in some way, shape or form even though we may not play on an athletic team.  We will apply the information we have learned and use it in teamwork activities that we do over the next few weeks.  Our goals for this: to think about the words we use with others, a sense of belonging on a team and the realization that each piece of that team is important, and the power a group of people together can accomplish when they have the same goal in mind.  We will be using both Physical Education and Health State Standards as we work on this.  We will also work with jump ropes and play some movement activities.

Grades 2/3

We have started a basketball unit, focusing on dribbling—knees bent, head up, using our fingertips, and dribbling the ball below our waist.  We will start to incorporate some two-basketball dribbling as well to get both our left and right brains thinking at the same time.

 Kindergarten/Grade 1

We will continue to work on our throwing and catching—using both our strong hand and opposite hand underhand.  We will start the process of learning how to throw the ball overhand.  We will also work with the jump ropes and do some movement activities.

Preschool

We will work on stretches and some movement activities.

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.

This Week's Agenda

Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! 

Middle School 
Students worked on creating a workout plan to help them reach their fourth quarter President’s testing goals near the end of the second quarter and we will begin to put that into action in to play in the third quarter by actually doing the plan at home and writing the results down in journals. We will also start to work on some teamwork oriented activities within class. 

Grades 4/5 
We will start to work on teamwork games and activities and discuss what teamwork is and why it is important, and how we can use teamwork in everyday life. 

Grades 2/3 
We will start a basketball unit this, focusing on dribbling—knees bent, head up, using our fingertips, and dribbling the ball below our waist. 

Kindergarten/Grade 1 
We will come back to our throwing and catching—using both our strong hand and opposite hand. We will also work with the jump ropes and do some movement activities.

Preschool 
We will work on stretches and some movement activities. 

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.