Last week we introduced all the Fitness Gram fitness tests to the 1st – 5th graders. The kindergarten students got a peek at a few of them, but not the whole array of tests. This week- it is time to do them for real.
Each grade level 1st – 5th will be tested, however, only the 4th and 5th graders will have their scores recorded and tracked. The 1st-3rd graders will perform the tests only. We will discuss our scores, and talk about the importance of trying to improve our fitness.
As for the little guys and gals- kindergarten will be heading into the next phase of our basic skills review. We will be introducing the boys and girls to kicking. We will break down the skill into a few simple steps, and allow them to practice their kicking! Once they have gotten a day or two of practice we will play a kicking game to help reinforce their skills work!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Oops!
Sorry everyone, I was trying to post this last week, but accidentaly hit the save button instead of the publish button. A little late but here was last weeks blog entry:
So, we are now finished with our basic skills review for 1st- 5th. Those guys and girls did a great job. We were able to hit the basics on- throwing and catching, kicking (long and short distances), and striking (with long and short handled implements).
This week we have started…..Fitness Testing! For right now we are introducing all the tests, and allowing the students to have a practice run or two. Next week we will start recording scores! As last year, we will be using the Fitness Gram Fitness Tests in our classes. They have a web site if you care to check it out: www.fitnessgram.net
The kindergarten classes finished up throwing and catching last week. We are going to be taking a small break in our basic skills intro to do a little fitness of our own. We are not testing the kindergarteners, but we are introducing them to the tests. Just allowing the little guys and gals some time to try the tests and talk a little about why we want to keep our bodies healthy!
thanks!
Coach Jones
So, we are now finished with our basic skills review for 1st- 5th. Those guys and girls did a great job. We were able to hit the basics on- throwing and catching, kicking (long and short distances), and striking (with long and short handled implements).
This week we have started…..Fitness Testing! For right now we are introducing all the tests, and allowing the students to have a practice run or two. Next week we will start recording scores! As last year, we will be using the Fitness Gram Fitness Tests in our classes. They have a web site if you care to check it out: www.fitnessgram.net
The kindergarten classes finished up throwing and catching last week. We are going to be taking a small break in our basic skills intro to do a little fitness of our own. We are not testing the kindergarteners, but we are introducing them to the tests. Just allowing the little guys and gals some time to try the tests and talk a little about why we want to keep our bodies healthy!
thanks!
Coach Jones
Friday, September 5, 2008
Getting into the flow of things!
Oops! I am a little late with this post. Sorry! We have been doing some awesome things in PE. The 1st -5th graders have been working through our skills review unit. We finished throwing and catching the first week, and we moved into kicking last week.
In our kicking unit we covered the short distance kick, long distance kick, and the punt. We did run into a little rain last week, and couldn’t get outside, so we are spilling the kicking over into this week. The weather this week has been great! 2-5th have been out almost every day!
Kindergarten- we are now masters of the warm-up walls! These guys and girls do their warm ups better than some of the bigger kids…well, most of the time! This week we got to dive into our first skill based lessons! We have been working on throwing and catching. Man, these little ones are doing great! We spent a little bit of time working on how to treat PE equipment, and now when you watch, it’s as if they have been in PE for weeks and weeks. Oh, wait….they have been in PE for a few weeks huh? I still can’t believe it’s September!
Next week we will be moving on to a new skill- striking! Should be a good time. We will be getting out all sorts of striking implements- both long handle and short handle. The Kindergarten will work on throwing and catching a little longer (I have some fun games we get to play next week that really emphasize those skills).
Thanks for supporting PE!!
Coach Jones
In our kicking unit we covered the short distance kick, long distance kick, and the punt. We did run into a little rain last week, and couldn’t get outside, so we are spilling the kicking over into this week. The weather this week has been great! 2-5th have been out almost every day!
Kindergarten- we are now masters of the warm-up walls! These guys and girls do their warm ups better than some of the bigger kids…well, most of the time! This week we got to dive into our first skill based lessons! We have been working on throwing and catching. Man, these little ones are doing great! We spent a little bit of time working on how to treat PE equipment, and now when you watch, it’s as if they have been in PE for weeks and weeks. Oh, wait….they have been in PE for a few weeks huh? I still can’t believe it’s September!
Next week we will be moving on to a new skill- striking! Should be a good time. We will be getting out all sorts of striking implements- both long handle and short handle. The Kindergarten will work on throwing and catching a little longer (I have some fun games we get to play next week that really emphasize those skills).
Thanks for supporting PE!!
Coach Jones
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