Man, the first half of this year has flown by! I can't believe 2008 is almost over. We were able to get some pretty cool stuff squeezed into the first half of this year, but just wait...we have a ton more to do in 2009. Here is what we are looking at when we get back from the break!
-Jump Rope
-Gymnastics
-Dance
-Volleyball (my personal favorite!)
We even have a little surprise instructor who is going to help us out for part of our dance unit! I can't tell you who it is, but I can say- we are glad to have her back...even if it is just for a week!!
Mrs. Georges and I hope you all have a pleasant and relaxing break! See you all in 2009!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Getting Ready for the Break
Basketball has been going awesome! We are getting ready to take a couple weeks off for the Holiday break. So, we ill be slowing things down a little- a little less skill work and a little more games!
I am very impressed with how well ALL of the grades did with our Basketball unit. The really awesome part is we had a guest speaker come in and talk to the entire school this past Wednesday- he used basketball to get his point across! Now, I would like to say that I planned it all out, but...i can't. It was just a really cool coincidence. His performance was called "Totally Courageous Basketball." He talked about setting goals and practicing to reach your goals!
Here is a picture of what he does:
I am very impressed with how well ALL of the grades did with our Basketball unit. The really awesome part is we had a guest speaker come in and talk to the entire school this past Wednesday- he used basketball to get his point across! Now, I would like to say that I planned it all out, but...i can't. It was just a really cool coincidence. His performance was called "Totally Courageous Basketball." He talked about setting goals and practicing to reach your goals!
Here is a picture of what he does:
The kids had a great time!
Hope everyone has a great break!
Coach Jones
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Basketball
We are moving away from fitness, well sort of. We always have some bit of fitness going on each day, but we are moving into basketball. I figured it would be a good time to jump into the game since all the basketball is starting up now- high school, college, and NBA.
We are going to break our basketball unit into three main focuses- dribbling, passing, and shooting. 1st will be dribbling. We actually started this Monday. Ask your child (3-5) how long they survived in knockout. The little guys and girls (K-2) worked on some basic dribbling skills. We were even able to go over one basic strategy concept with 1st and 2nd- keeping the ball away from other people while dribbling. They picked it up great!
Coming up on the horizon next for us will be passing and then on to everyone’s favorite- shooting. All the kids are doing a great job! Thanks to the school/PTA for making sure we have enough equipment. It is so very nice to be able to work on dribbling and have a ball for every student in PE (one that actually holds air). We are getting to cover a ton!
Thanks
Coach Jones
We are going to break our basketball unit into three main focuses- dribbling, passing, and shooting. 1st will be dribbling. We actually started this Monday. Ask your child (3-5) how long they survived in knockout. The little guys and girls (K-2) worked on some basic dribbling skills. We were even able to go over one basic strategy concept with 1st and 2nd- keeping the ball away from other people while dribbling. They picked it up great!
Coming up on the horizon next for us will be passing and then on to everyone’s favorite- shooting. All the kids are doing a great job! Thanks to the school/PTA for making sure we have enough equipment. It is so very nice to be able to work on dribbling and have a ball for every student in PE (one that actually holds air). We are getting to cover a ton!
Thanks
Coach Jones
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
What have we been doing in October?
3rd – 5th : Fitness is finally over. We had a couple weeks of testing…with a few games mixed in of course, but we got it done. We have fitness scores for every 3rd-5th grader recorded and ready to go. We plan on re-administering the test late in the school year to see how much improvement your students have made.
K- 2nd : Fitness was a little different. We introduced how to the tests, but we just practiced each test once or twice…just to familiarize the students with them. They did a pretty good job! The rest of the time we got to have a little fun. We worked on some locomotor skills and even squeezed in a few large group games just for fun!
We are now on to striking for grades 2- 5. We started this week with some fun tennis relays and games. We will be trying to use striking in as many different games/activities as we can over the next couple weeks.
As for the little ones (K & 1), we are going to work on locomotor skills for a little while longer, but we are also taking a day or two at a time to get some good skills work in on throwing and catching.
Thanks for checking in on the PE blog!
Coach Jones
K- 2nd : Fitness was a little different. We introduced how to the tests, but we just practiced each test once or twice…just to familiarize the students with them. They did a pretty good job! The rest of the time we got to have a little fun. We worked on some locomotor skills and even squeezed in a few large group games just for fun!
We are now on to striking for grades 2- 5. We started this week with some fun tennis relays and games. We will be trying to use striking in as many different games/activities as we can over the next couple weeks.
As for the little ones (K & 1), we are going to work on locomotor skills for a little while longer, but we are also taking a day or two at a time to get some good skills work in on throwing and catching.
Thanks for checking in on the PE blog!
Coach Jones
Monday, September 29, 2008
Time for the Fitness Gram!
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!
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!
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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