Mr. Haliburda's P.E. blog

This is usually a fun week for the students in the upper grades 3rd-5th!  They will start off the week by reviewing the skills they learned so far in volleyball.  These skills include the set, bump, reverse bump, and serve.  I will also have them play a lead-up game with a beach ball.  The second class of the week will start the regular volleyball games.  The 4th and 5th graders will use a regular size volleyball and the 3rd graders will use a beach ball.  The Kindergarten-2nd grade classes will be finishing up volleyball this week.  They will each finish the class with games that are appropriate for their level.

I will also be spending a few minutes each class teaching the 4th and 5th graders different bones and muscles.  The 4th graders will be leaning the names and placements of selected bones of the skeletal system.  The 5th graders will be learning the names and placements of selected muscles of the muscular system.

The 3rd graders will be taking a jump rope test this marking period. They will take a 1 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

This is the second week for all of the classes practicing volleyball.  The Kindergarten and 1st grade classes will practice skills that are different than the normal volleyball skills.  They will be practicing skill that are based around throwing and catching, instead of hitting.  They will also be practicing galloping, which will be the locomotor skill that that will be graded on for the 3rd marking period.  The 2nd-5th grade classes will be practicing the normal volleyball skills this week, which are the serve, bump, and set.  The 3rd graders will also spend time practicing jump roping, as this will be a grade on their report card this making period.  I will try my best to have all grades play a lead-up game at the end of each lesson that will have them practice the skill/skills they learned during that lesson.

During the start of the week all of my 4th and 5th grade students will take one of the pre-tests on the skeletal system and muscular system.  The 4th graders will take the skeletal system test and the 5th graders will take the muscular system test.  During the next class for the 4th and 5th graders and for the first class of the week for the rest of the grades, I will start the first lesson of my volleyball unit.  I am also planning to have the 4th a 5th graders retake the 2 and 3 min. jump rope test during the volleyball lesson to try to better their score from the first time I wrote it down.

This week I  will be testing all of the students on the object control skill and locomotor skill for this marking period during stations.  The locomotor skill for Kindergarten and 1st is galloping and the locomotor skill for 2nd grade is the vertical jump.  The object control skill for all grades in the hand dribble for basketball.  This skill will be assessed in different ways for each grade level.  The second class of the week for 3rd grade will be a game day because we will be between units.  The next class for the 4th-5th grade will start off with reviewing the basketball unit by writing about key skills and concepts in their journals from the unit.  Then for the rest of the class I will have a game day, similar to 3rd grade.  The kindergarten classes will spend both classes this week finishing the stations.  The next unit for all classes will be volleyball.

This week is usually a fun week for most of my 3rd-5th grade students.  I will will have all of these classes play my sideline basketball game for both of their classes this week.  My 1st and 2nd grade classes will be finishing up the basketball unit and the Kindergarten classes will be having scooter relay races.

For the first class of the week I will have all of my 3rd -5th grade classes play their first sideline basketball game.  Then for the second class of the week they will get to play holiday games to finish up the week with me.  Since the Kindergarten classes also see me twice a week they will start the week with practicing a variety of skills on the scooters.  Then to finish the week they will get to play holiday games.  The 1st and 2nd grade classes only see me once during the week, so they will all play holiday games during their class 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.

I will continue to work on basketball with all of my classes this week.  The main skill I will work on this week 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.

The 3rd-5th graders will be taking a jump rope test. 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