Physical Education Class for the Week of Nov 23rd-27th

This week I will have the Kindergarten students start with the first two lessons of my basketball unit.  They will be learning about the hand dribble and passing this week.  The 1st and 2nd grade classes will be continuing with using the hula hoops.  This week they will be learning about relay races and they will be practicing a hula hoop relay race during their class.  Then next week the 1st and 2nd grade will start with my basketball unit.  This week the 3rd-5th grade classes will be learning about and playing an Olympic sport, called team handball.  I will have all of the 3rd-5th grade classes play this game for the next two to three classes.   This is a sport that uses some of the skills we have learned about so far this school year and some that we will about as the year goes on.  It incorporates skills such as throwing, catching, passing, defensive guarding, and the goalie position. Once we are finished with practicing game, they will begin with my basketball unit.

I want to take a moment to congratulate the two classes that won my sportsmanship chart this marking period.  Mrs. Korte’s class won for the 1st and 2nd grades and Mrs. Pischke’s class won it for the 3rd-5th grades.  Each class receives a trophy to put inside their classroom and a certificate to hang up in the hallway.  They will keep these two things until the end of the second marking period, unless they end up winning it again.  I give this sportsmanship award to the class that ends up with the most points at the end of each marking period.  The classes start with 10 points when they walk in the gym.  Each class can either lose or gain points from the start to the end of each class depending on how the class or individual students follow the rules I have for my class.