We will be completing our fitness testing in third and fourth grade this week.  The fourth grade class will be taking part in the mile run on Monday.  Third grade will  run the mile on Tuesday.  The younger grades will be playing soccer and other team sports included in this trimester.  All classes will continue to work on emphasizing good sportsmanship and teamwork.        

Fitness Testing and group games

We will begin fitness testing this week.  Third and fourth grade will be taking part in the presidential physical fitness test for the final time this school year.  Third grade will be in the mini gym on Tuesday for the sit-and-reach and sit-ups, on the court for the shuttle run on Wednesday, and over at the pull-ups/arm hang on Friday.  They will finish up with the mile run and Tuesday of next week.  Fourth grade will begin with the shuttle run on Wednesday.  This will be followed by pull--ups/arm hang on Thursday, and sit-ups and sit-and-reach on Friday.  The mile run for fourth grade will take place on Monday of next week.  
Kindergarten through second grade will be taking part in some group and to promote teamwork and sportsmanship.  They will also get a chance review learned skills for each of the units.  

        

Hockey Week

This week is all about indoor hockey in coach Cameron's Classes. The younger grades will be learning how to hold and use the indoor hockey stick safely.  They will also practice holding the stick correctly while passing and shooting.  Modified hockey games will be played at the end of the week.  The older grades will be working on holding, passing at shooting the hockey puck using correct form.  Drills for passing and shooting the puck will take place along with drills for accuracy.  Games will be played at the end of the week as well.

Run fast.... Jump high..... Throw far!!

We are continuing with our track and field unit this week.  The younger grades will be learning how to use a stopwatch, jump over mini hurdles, run relays and use correct form while taking part in the shot-put.  They will also continue to focus on running in their assigned lanes when sprinting. The older kids with be learn how to use correct form when high-jumping, jumping over hurdles, running the 100m dash, and taking part in shot-put.

Track & Field

We are starting our track and field unit this week.

Kindergarten and first grade will be working on starting and running  short sprints while focusing on staying inside running lanes on the track.  They will also learn how to use a stopwatch to record time.    Second through fourth grade will be focusing on using the  correct form while running, using the correct form when coming  out of the starting blocks, and learning how to finish a sprint correctly.   All grades are taking part in the long jump and high jump this week as well.