Physical Education

10.6.16

We have been having so much fun in PE this year! We are wrapping up the throwing/catching unit this week.  For most of the unit, we have been learning and practicing the skills of football.  While I am assessing the skills that we have been working on with a couple students, the other student's are playing capture the flag.  We are having a blast! We are moving onto the Fitnessgram unit next.  This is a new program we are trying out this year.  It is similar to Presidential Fitness. This program allows us to track the student's progress throughout their years in Kemmerer schools.  The students are challenged to do a distance run(distance depends on age), push-ups, sit-ups, trunk lifts, pull-ups, flexed arm hang, and sit and reach. Since we will do this assessment now, and at the end of the year, this program will give us a good idea of the progress each student makes.  We are excited to give it a try! To prepare for the distance run, we have been running up to 10 minutes (depending on the grade) for our warm ups in class.  This is to prepare them for the distance run.  After the mile (or less) is ran, we will go back to playing active games to get our hearts pumping for our warm up.  I am just trying to prepare them for our Physical Education assessments.  The student's have done a wonderful job and have worked so hard.  I am very proud of them! We will continue to have fun, and be active while reaching our state and district standards! Thank you all for your support and help in your children's education!

Kemmerer Elementary

It has been so fun getting to know the elementary students! We have been working on locomotor skills. These include running, walking, hopping, skipping, jumping, leaping, galloping, and sliding.  We have discussed the different locomotor patterns that animals use.  We also have learned pathways.  They have been able to learn to do the locomotor patterns in straight, zig-zag, and curved pathways.  It has been fun to watch the student's progress! We are moving onto the balancing/gymnastics unit.  The students are having fun, and learning a lot!