Mr. Haliburda's P.E. blog

I’m excited for Chess Club to start again this year!  We will again be practicing on Tuesday and Friday mornings from 7:35-8:35 a.m.  I will have the students start in the gym and then we will move to the cafeteria once most of the students have shown up.  When we are done with practice at 8:35 a.m., I will release the students to their classrooms.  Chess Club is open to any 4th or 5th grade student that is interested in joining.  The cost to join this year is $25.  The information for joining the club is listed in the permission slip below:

chess-club-permission-slip

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 one of the games I usually play between unit.  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.

The meet will be Saturday, October 15th at Ford Field Park. The park is located at Cherry Hill and Brady St. in Dearborn.
Any 4th-8th grade student that qualifies can decide to participate in the annual cross country meet.  The 4th grade girls/boys have to run a mile in 13 minutes or less to qualify during their physical education class.  The 5th grade girls/boys have to run a mile in 12 minutes or less to qualify during their physical education class.

Race Times

1 Mile Race Staff Run   8:30

2 Mile Run

6th -8th  grade boys   9:00

6th – 8th  grade girls   9:25

1 Mile Run

4th grade boys    9:50

4th grade girls     10:10

5th grade boys   10:30

5th grade girls     10:50

The 4th and 5th grade students will be running almost every class for the first two months of the school year.  Please have students bring the appropriate clothes to wear for cool weather running outside.  We will start by running around the gym for different amounts of time.  We will then go outside and run a 1/2 mile (2 laps) on the track.  The next run will be a 1 mile run (4 laps) on the track.  This will not be a grade on their report card, but I will write down their time as a pre-test for the Presidential Physical Fitness Test at the end of the year.  The final run will be a 13 min run for the 4th graders and a 15 min run for the 5th graders.  The number of laps they complete for these runs will give them their physical fitness grade on their report card for the first marking period.  The standards and grades are listed below.

13 min. run 4th grade

Distance miles/Laps   –    grade

1 1/4 + or 5 + laps – 1

1- 1 1/4 or 4 to just under 5 laps – 2

3/4- 1 or 3 to just under 4 laps – 3

<3/4 or 0 to just under 3 laps – 4

15 min. run 5th grade

Distance miles/Laps    –   grade

1 1/2 + or 6 + laps – 1

1 1/4 -1 1/2  or 5 to just under 6 laps – 2

1-1 1/4 or 4 to just under 5 laps – 3

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

The 4th and 5th graders will learn about the personal/social skill self control throughout the 1st marking period.  I will constantly remind the students using the poster on the gym will about the different ways that they should use self control.  I will have both grade write in their journals about self control and the different way to use self control.  They will also make a graphic organizer in their journals to list the different ways to have self control.

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

The Kindergarten and 1st graders will learn and practice the hop for the 1st marking period.  They will also be tested on this skill to finish the marking period.  This skill will be locomotor grade on the report card for the 1st marking period.

The 2nd graders will learn and practice the gallop for the 1st marking period.  They will also be tested on this skill to finish the marking period.  This skill will be locomotor grade on the report card for the 1st marking period.

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.