The 1st-5th grade students will be attending a jump rope for heart assembly on Monday, March 27th at 9 a.m.  The presenter from the American Heart Association will let the students know about the program and the donation process.  The students will also be taking home the donation envelope that same day.

My Jump Rope for Heart stations/event week will be April 17th-24th and my deadline for turning in donations will be April 28th.

The Kindergarten-2nd graders will be graded on the slide for the locomotor skill and catching a fly ball for the the object control skill. Next, the third graders will be graded on the jump rope for the object control skill. Finally, the 4th and 5th graders will be graded on the sit and reach test for flexibility for the physical fitness skill and the underhand strike/serve for the object control skill.

All classes will be learning a personal/social skill for this marking period. This will be part of their sportsmanship grade. The Kindergarten-3rd grades will learn about cooperation and the 4th and 5th graders will learn and write in their journals about respect.

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

The 4th and 5th graders will learn about the personal/social skill respect for self and others throughout the 3rd marking period.  I will constantly remind the students using the poster on the gym will about the different ways that they should use respect their self and others.  I will have both grades write in their journals about respect and the different way to use it.  They will also write sentences in their journals about how they have had respect in their own life.

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

This is a week that I am in between units for all classes, so I will have them practice variety of games and activity this week.  I will be starting my Jump Rope for Heart unit next week.  There will be a short assembly in the gym next Monday, March 27th at 9.m. to kick of the program.  I will send home the donation envelopes with the students that day and they will have until April 28th to bring the donations back in.

The 4th and 5th graders will be tested and graded on the sit and reach for their physical fitness test for the 3rd marking period. This test is a measure of flexibility. The standards are listed below:

# of centimeters/Grade

4th grade girls
31+/1
27-30/2
23-26/3
less than 23/4

4th grade boys
28+/1
24-27/2
20-23/3
less than 20/4

5th grade girls
31+/1
27-30/2
23-26/3
less than 23/4

5th grade boys
28+/1
24-27/2
20-23/3
less than 20/4

I will continue to have my 3rd-5th grade classes practice badminton with a variety of partners.  The 4th and 5th graders will also be tested on the sit and reach this week and next.  It will be their physical fitness grade for the 3rd marking period.  The 1st and 2nd graders will finish up with using the parachute this week and the kindergarten classes will start floor hockey.

Important Running Club Announcement

I would like to congratulate our chess team on making it to the District Championship ant the Administrative Service Center Board room on Tuesday, March 7th.  Our A team ended up taking 3rd place.  They lost a close match to Howe Elementary in the semi-finals on criteria and then we beat Becker Elementary in the constellation finals to take third.  Our B team ended up taking 2nd place.  They beat Howe Elementary in the semi-finals and then they lost to Lindbergh in the finals.  I thought our team played really well and showed great sportsmanship.  I am very proud of our team and they should be too!!  NICE JOB, Howard!!

During the start of the week all of my 4th and 5th grade students will take a pre-test on the skeletal system or the muscular system.  The 4th graders will take the skeletal system test and the 5th graders will take the muscular system test.  Once they all take the pre-test, I will have the students practice the different bones and muscles in a variety of ways for the next few weeks during class.  I will then have them take a post-text to see how many they have correctly learned from the practice.

This week during class I will continue to work on tennis/badminton with the 3rd-5th grade classes and the parachute with the Kindergarten-2nd grade classes.

This week, all of my 3rd-5th grade classes will be starting my tennis/badminton unit.  This will be a short unit, that will only last two and half weeks.  My Kindergarten-2nd grade classes will start my parachute unit this week.  This will also be a short unit that will only last two weeks.