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!
We have finished up the soccer unit! We had such a great time. Right now we are in the Frisbee unit. I first taught the kids forehand throws and backhand throws, now we're putting those skills to use! We have been learning and playing a fairly new game called Kan-Jam. It's a Frisbee game that you play with a partner and try to get to exactly eleven points by hitting a can with a Frisbee. The game is a really fun way to teach team work and reinforce Frisbee skills. In 6th grade, we played ultimate Frisbee a couple times and the students loved it. We also learned a game called Frisbee baseball, which is just like t-ball, but with a Frisbee. We have had a blast learning all the new games that Frisbee has to offer. Frisbee is a great activity to get out and play with family and friends. Part of the reason it is so awesome is the fact that Frisbee can be played with anyone, even your dog, and just a regular old Frisbee! Thank you for your support in your student's Physical Education!
