Mr. Haliburda's P.E. blog

Starting the last week in September all of my classes will be starting soccer in class.  Each grade will learn at a different pace and learn skills at different ability levels throughout the unit.  There will be main skills that each grade will learn during the unit.  For example, they all will learn the foot dribble, trapping, changing direction, and instep kick.  All classes will play lead-up games that include soccer skills, but the 2nd – 5th graders will play more of a real soccer game to end the unit.  These games will be modified to fit each grade appropriately.  All grade K-5th will be tested on the instep kick to end the unit in different ways to fit their grade.  This skill will be the object control grade for the first marking period.

Dear Parent or Guardian,

I would like to welcome you and your child to a new school year!  This year, your child will have two forty-five minute physical education classes per week.  To start this year, I will be implementing a new procedure for gym clothes.  The students in 4th and 5th grade will NOT change their clothes for my class.  The students will only use the locker room if they need to use the restroom during class.  The students will be expected to come to physical education with proper gym shoes.  However, I would highly recommend that the students wear loose fitting clothes on physical education days.  I would also recommend that the students bring a sweatshirt or a jacket on the days that we will be going outside to run.  I want to thank you in advance for your help with implementing this change in procedure.

I have a attached my beginning of the year letter to help explain what students will need to start the year.  I have also attached the heath appraisal form that I need filled out and brought back to me.

Physical Education 4th and 5th grade

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Hello,

I would like to welcome students and parents to the 2017 – 2018 school year.  I hope that students will have a great experience in Physical Education class this year. We will do a variety of things in my class throughout the school year to help students learn how to stay fit and have fun.

This year I will see the 1st and 2nd grade classes one time a week for forty five minutes and I will see the Kindergarten, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes twice a week for 45 minutes.

The first time I see all of my classes I will spend the majority of time going over the rules and expectations for the year. The next two classes for the lower elementary classes (Kindergarten-3rd grade) I will spend time going over stretches, exercises, red line exercises, and some tagging games that I will play during the year. The next two classes for the upper elementary classes (4th and 5th grade) I will spend time going over stretches, exercises, running, a few games that I will play throughout the school year.

The third week for all classes will consist of starting our soccer unit with all classes. This unit will continue for just over a month.  I will also fit in running during almost every class to get the 4th/5th grade students ready for their 13/15 min run test and the Cipriano Run.   The Cipriano run will be held on Oct 23rd at Ford Field in Dearborn.  There will be more information to follow about the run in the near future.

Thanks,

Frank Haliburda

Elementary Physical Education Teacher

Howard Elementary

I am going to continue to have the classes play softball games and tagging games this week.  My last day with students will be on Thursday, June 15th.  I will hand out the Presidential Physical Fitness Awards at the 5th grade graduation on Thursday, June 16th.

I hope everyone was able to have fun and learn/practice ways to stay healthy this year in my class.  Have a great summer and I will see you in the fall!!

I will continue to have my 3rd-5th grade classes play a softball game outside during their class this week.  If it is raining they will play a softball game in the gym.  The kindergarten-2nd grade classes will continue to play modified softball games in the gym during their class time this week.

To start the week I will have all of my 3rd-5th grade class doing stations.   This will give me the opportunity to access the fourth marking period object control skill for their level.  Once I am finished with the stations during the first class of the week , then I will have them play a softball game.  My Kindergarten-2nd grade classes did their stations last week, so they will play a softball game during their class or classes this week.  I will modify the softball game being played, so that it is developmentally appropriate for each grade level.

This week all of my classes will continue to lean and practice skills related to softball.  The classes will practice the skills with activities and games that I feel are at their ability level.  This will help the students to build confidence, so that way they will feel comfortable moving on to more difficult ones in the future.

My 4th and 5th graders that passed the one mile run will also continue to take the rest of the tests for the presidential physical fitness award.  If they are able to pass all five tests then they will receive the award at the end of the school year.  The 5th graders will receive the award at their graduation on June 16th.

I will continue to have all of my classes work on softball skills.  I will focus on having the students learn about throwing, catching, and batting.  Then the students will have many opportunities to practice all of those skills in a variety of ways.  This will include them practicing the skills in drills and games that will help them to increase their performance for their ability level during their classes this week.

I am very pleased to announce that the Howard students raised an outstanding amount of $2600.  The money they raised will go to the American Heart Association to help fund research to fight heart disease and stroke.  I would like to thank everyone that donated this year!!

Thank you,

Frank Haliburda

Howard P.E. Teacher

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.