Mr. Haliburda's P.E. blog

To start the week, my 3rd-5th grade classes will play a team handball game.  They will then continue with practicing basketball skills for the second class of the week.  The main skill I will work on this week with all of my classes will be the one handed push shot.  I will have the students practice this skill in a variety ways to help them improve on how they perform the skill.  Each class will perform it differently, so that it is developmentally appropriate for their ability level.

This week, my kindergarten-2nd grade classes will work on the one handed push shot.   I will have the students practice this skill in a variety ways to help them improve on how they perform the skill.  Each class will perform it differently, so that it is developmentally appropriate for their ability level.  My 3rd-5th grade classes will be learn about and play 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 continue to practice as the year goes on.  It incorporates skills, such as, throwing, catching, passing, defensive guarding, and the goalie position.  Once we are finished with playing team hand ball, they will begin to learn about and practice the one handed push shot.

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.  Mrs. Turk’s class won for the 1st and 2nd grades and Mrs. Dearth’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.

The Kindergarten-2nd graders will be graded on the gallop for the locomotor skill and the hand dribble the object control skill. Next, the third graders will be graded on the hand dribble for the object control skill.  Finally, the 4th and 5th graders will be graded on the jump rope for their fitness grade and the hand dribble 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 best effort and the 4th and 5th graders will learn and write in their journals about responsibility.

This week, I will continue to have the Kindergarten-2nd grade classes work with the hula hoops.  They will all have hula hoop relay races.  These races will give the students another opportunity to practice a variety of locomotor skills.  I will have the 3rd-5th grade classes continue to practice football skills.  The main focus will be on practicing throwing and catching.  I will have them practice the skills in a variety of ways this week.

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 this marking period that is a grade on their report card. 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 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 and second class of the week the kindergarten classes will be doing a variety of individual hula hoop skills.  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.

This will be a shorter week, because we there is a half day on Friday.  This week, I will be making a transition to my new units.  I will have the kindergarten-2nd grade students start my hula-hoop unit and the 3rd-5th grade students will start my football unit.  The lower elementary students will learn a variety of individual skills with a hula hoop.  Then at the end of the unit the student will learn about and practice relay races using the hula hoops.  The upper elementary students will start the week with a soccer unit review in their journals and one of the games I usually play between units.  For the second class of the week, for the classes I actually see twice, I will start my football unit.  This unit will mainly focus on throwing and catching.  To finish this unit, I will have a drill that uses flag belts and the student will keep track of their score.

This week, I am going to be doing testing with all of my classes.  I like to use stations to test, so I am able to focus my attention on a small group of students.  When I am testing the students at one station the other students in the class are able to practice a variety of object control skills at the other stations.  During the stations, I will  test all of the classes on the instep kick for soccer.  Each grade will have it’s own criteria for the skill.  For example. the 3rd-5th grade classes will be tested on specific steps of the skill and accuracy.  The K-1st classes will also be tested on hoping and the 2nd grade classes will be tested on galloping during the stations.  The testing will just take one class to finish with the 1st-5th grade classes, but it will take two classes to finish with Kindergarten.  Then for the second class of the week for the 3rd-5th graders, I will have them play a another game of sideline soccer.  This is a modified game of indoor soccer.