This week all of my 4th and 5th grade classes will be running the Presidential Physical Fitness 1 mile run.  I will have them run at the start of each class.  When they are finished, I will have them play a kickball game in the gym.  The 3rd grade classes will play a kickball game during both classes this week.  The Kindergarten-2nd grade classes will practice skipping and the overhand throw in a variety of ways during their classes.

Students and Parents,

If you still have a donation to turn in, please bring it to the Howard office before Thursday, May 4th at 9.m.

Thank you,

Frank Haliburda

Dear chess club students and parents,

This Friday, I will have a pizza party to celebrate the season from 3:35-4:15 p.m.  To start the party, I will hand out the awards.  I will then get the students pizza, pop, and chips to eat while they play chess games for the rest of the time.  I would greatly appreciate it if you could plan to pick up your child as soon as we are finished.

I want to thank all of the students for joining the team this season!!  I also want thank all of the parents for allowing your child/children to come out for the team!!  I though it was a success again this year!!!  They ALL learned how to play the game and improved throughout the season.  My hope is that all the 4th graders will come out again next year and that the 5th graders try to join their middle school team in 6th grade.

Thanks again,

Frank Haliburda

Chess Club Coach

This week, the Kindergarten-3rd grade grade classes will start my softball unit.  They will start the unit by learning and practicing throwing and catching in a variety of ways.  The 4th-5th grade classes will start out the week by taking the skeletal system (4th) and the muscular system (5th) test on google classroom.  I will then let them play a game with the remaining time left in the class.  Then for the final class of the week, they will run a half mile outside to practice for the presidential mile run, if the weather is nice enough.  To finish the class, I will have them start my softball unit.

This week, I had the Kindergarten-2nd grade classes practice their locomotor skill (skipping) for the 4th marking period in a variety of ways.  They used it during the warm-up and during each of the tagging games we played.  The 3rd grade classes had a game day for the first class, because we are between units.  Then for the second class of the week they learned and played a kickball game.  I am using the kickball game as a lead-up to the last unit, which is softball.  The 4th-5th grade classes reviewed the skeletal system (4th) and the muscular system (5th) for the first class of the week. Then for the second class of the week they took a quiz on them on google classroom.  I was able to let them play a game for the rest of the classes when we they were finished.