Mr. Haliburda's P.E. blog

This week my Kindergarten-2nd grade classes will be finishing up their hockey unit.  Next week will then be the start of jump rope for heart for all of my classes kindergarten-5th grade.  The 3rd grade classes will be playing a variety of games this week, because we are between units.  The 4th and 5th grade classes will be reviewing the bones and muscles test during the first class of the week.  Then during the final class of the week they will be taking the test.  Once we finish the review and the test on both days, I will then let the students play a variety of games for the time that is remaining.

The 1st-5th grade students will be attending a jump rope for heart assembly on Monday, March 21st 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 11th-15th and that will also be my deadline for turning in donations.

This week my classes will continue the units from last week.  The 3rd-5th graders will continue with my tennis/badminton unit.  They will mainly be using the birdies this week, as they will try to keep the birdie in the air for as many hits as they can.  The Kindergarten-2nd grade classes will learn how to pass and shoot this week.  They will also lean about the goalie position.

This week I will be starting my tennis/badminton unit with all of my 3rd-5th grade classes .  This will be a shorter unit compared to the last unit, which was volleyball.  It will only last about two weeks.  The students will learn the main concepts of tennis/badminton and the skills used for them.  The Kindergarten-2nd grade classes will be starting my hockey unit.  This will also be a short unit that will only last for three week.  The student will also learn the main concepts of hockey and the skills used to play the game.

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 4th and 5th graders will be tested and graded on the sit and reach for their physical fitness test for the 3rd marking period. This test is a measure of flexibility. The standards are listed below:

# of centimeters/Grade

4th grade girls
31+/1
27-30/2
23-26/3
less than 23/4

4th grade boys
28+/1
24-27/2
20-23/3
less than 20/4

5th grade girls
31+/1
27-30/2
23-26/3
less than 23/4

5th grade boys
28+/1
24-27/2
20-23/3
less than 20/4

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.

To start this week, all of my classes kindergarten-5th grade will be doing stations.  They will be getting tested on the skills they have been practicing for the third marking period.  The K-2nd grade classes will be tested on sliding and catching.  The 3rd grade classes will be tested on the 1 min. jump rope test and the 4th/5th grade classes will be getting tested on serving.  To finish the week, my classes that I see twice will be starting a short tennis/badminton unit.

This is the final week for my 3rd-5th grade classes to play volleyball games.  Then the next unit for them will be tennis/badminton.  The Kindergarten-2nd grade classes will all be practicing a variety of activities using the parachute.  I having stations for all of the classes during my Mon, Tues, and Wed classes next week.  The stations will be used to help me assess the skills for the third marking period.  The Kindergarten-2nd grade students will be assessed on the locomotor skill slide and catching.  The 3rd grades will be assessed on the 1 min. jump rope test and the 4th/5th graders will be assessed on the underhand strike (serve) for volleyball.

This being a short week, I am only seeing many of my classes one time this week.  I will have all of my classes play volleyball games, except for Kindergarten.  The kindergarten classes will continue using the parachute this week.