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.