The 1st – 3rd graders will learn about the personal/social skill best effort throughout the 2nd marking period.  I will constantly remind the students using the poster on the gym will about the different ways that they should use best effort.

The 4th and 5th graders will learn about the personal/social skill responsibility throughout the 2nd marking period.  I will constantly remind the students using the poster on the gym will about the different ways that they should use responsibility.  I will have both grade write in their journals about responsibility and the different way to use it.  They will also write sentences in their journals to list the different ways to have responsibility.

These personal/social skills will be used as a main part of the students grade for sportsmanship on their report card.

The 3rd-5th graders will be taking a jump rope test. The 4th and 5th graders will have the grade for the test on the 2nd marking period report card. The 3rd graders will have the grade for the test on the 3rd marking period report card. The 3rd grades will take a 1 min test. The 4th graders will take a 2 min. test and the 5th graders will take a 3 min. test. I have listed the standards and grades below:

# of Jumps/Grade

3rd grade 1 min.
66+/1
45-65/2
24-44/3
Less than 23/4

4th grade 2 min.
151+/1
120-150/2
90-119/3
less than 90/4

5th grade 3 min.
300+/1
190-299/2
120-189/3
less than 120/4

This week, I will be starting my basketball ball unit with all of my classes.  I will be focusing on the hand dribble during the first lesson of the week with all of my classes.  The students will get the opportunity to practice this skill in a variety of ways.  I will also focus on the hand dribble for the second class of the week with the kindergarten classes.  During the second class of the week with my 3rd-5th grade classes, I will be mainly focusing on passing.  The student will learn how to do different passes with a partner and they will get a chance to use them in a passing game, called 10 passes.  I will also start to have my 3rd-5th grade classes practice for their jump rope test that I will be grading them on towards the end of the marking period.  The 3rd graders will take a 1 min. test, the 4th graders will take a 2 min. test, and the 5th graders will take a 3 min. test.  There are certain standards that each grade will have to reach for their grade on their report card.

I also want to take a moment to congratulate the two classes that won my sportsmanship chart this marking period.  Ms. Philip’s class won for the 1st and 2nd grades and Mrs. Caito’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.

This week, I will continue my football unit with all of the 3rd-5th grade classes.  My plan is to teach the students the basics of football through a variety of drills and games.  The classes will end the unit with a defensive back drill that has the students pull flags and score points.  This unit will be short and will only last two weeks.  I will also continue my hula-hoop unit with the Kindergarten-2nd grade classes this week.  For the first class of the week for kindergarten they will be doing a variety of individual skills with hoop.  Then on the second class of the week, the kindergarten classes will be doing hula-hoop relay races.  For the 1st and 2nd grade classes, they will be practicing their second class of individual hoop skills, because they only come to see me one time a week.  The hula-hoop unit will also be a short unit, that will only last two or three weeks.