Mrs. Suarez's P.E Blog

What a beautiful, sunny Memorial Day Weekend!  I hope you spent some time in the beautiful outdoors!  Hopefully you were active – walking , hiking, riding a bike, swimming, jogging, skateboarding or something to get yourself moving!!

The next 2 weeks we are bowling!  We will learn about the bowling alleys, lanes, bowling balls, bowling pins and scoring.  We will learn how to grip the ball, the bowling stance and the delivery of the ball!  We will also learn about scoring.  Did you know that 3 strikes in a row is called a turkey?

We will also be playing fun bowling games:   Bowling Bingo and Fitness Bowling.

Hopefully the 5th graders will be able to use this information when they go to the Bowling Alley for their 5th grade end of the year Field Trip!

I am assessing the sit and reach in 4th and 5th Grade this week.  Next week the Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grades will have their overhand throw assessment.  Third Grade will have their catching assessment next week, also!

Fourth and 5th Grades still have their overhand throw (4th Grade) and batting (5th Grade) assessments to go.  And let’s not forget our favorite-13/15 min. runs!!!

Keep practicing at recess and at home!

HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS  – AND THE ANSWERS: 

1.  Who was the first-ever Women’s Olympic Marathon Champion?  (Hint: she is an American)    JOAN BENOIT (SAMUELSON)

2.  Where were the Olympics held when she won her Gold Medal?       LOS ANGELES  (CALIFORNIA, IN 1984)

3.  What is the answer to this problem?  60   (TRY IT AGAIN-I USED A CALCULATOR-I DIDN’T SAY YOU COULDN’T 🙂 )

199-59+36-106×2-80-50×6=???

4.  What is the favorite football team of Mrs. Suarez? MICHIGAN STATE, SPARTANS, MSU

5.  What country is hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics?   BRAZIL (RIO de JANEIRO)

The 4th and 5th Grade Raffle has ended! There were many, many entries in the Raffle Box!  Thanks to all who entered.  Now the results:

The Top 10 Winners are:

Zakaria E.  Gorman

Mohamed O. – Gorman

Raneen C. – Gorman

Lamees F. – Gorman

Aya D. – Gorman

Yias A. – Saab

Alhamati Q. – Saab

Mohammad A. – Gorman

Hussein H. – Gorman

Mohamad F. – Gorman

Congratulations!

Hey, 4th and 5th graders – – Don’t forget about the raffle!  Check out my earlier blog post and follow the directions!  You don’t want to be the only one that hasn’t entered!

Good luck!

Hi, all!

Welcome back from Spring Break!  I hope you had a fun and relaxing time.  I also hope you had a chance to be active.  I did a lot of walking and running.  I also went to the batting cages to practice hitting a softball.  I’m on a softball team so I decided I needed to practice before the season started so off I went.  I had a good time and I’m glad I made the time to practice.  I do need to go again soon since the season starts next week!

This week we are testing the sit and reach in 4th and 5th grade.

We are also doing make up skipping tests for the other grades.

Have a sunny week!

Calling all 4th and 5th Graders.  Here is a raffle just for you!

Just follow the simple rules below, answer the questions and turn in your answers and your name will be entered in the Raffle!  Here are the simple rules:

Read the questions and then number your answers to the questions  on a lined paper.

Your first name, last name and Teacher’s name must be printed on your answer sheet.

Print NEATLY, please,  so I can read your writing.

Fold your answer sheet and place it in the box right outside the locker room doors!

ONLY ONE ENTRY PER STUDENT!

You must turn in your answer sheet in the box by: Tuesday, April 29th – 3:40 pm!!!!!  No answer sheets will be allowed after that time!

NOW….HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS:   Good luck!

1.  Who was the first-ever Women’s Olympic Marathon Champion?  (Hint: she is an American)

2.  Where were the Olympics held when she won her Gold Medal?

3.  What is the answer to this problem?

199-59+36-106×2-80-50×6=???

4.  What is the favorite football team of Mrs. Suarez?

5.  What country is hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics?

What a blast!  We had so much fun at the Mini Martian Marathon this past Saturday (4/12/14)!  The weather was perfect!  There were hundreds of runners! Our race started at noon and 39 Henry Ford Runners ran 1.2 miles to complete a Marathon – that’s  26.2 miles!  I will post pictures soon! There were 4 other races going on that day.  There was a full Marathon, Half Marathon, a 10K (6.2 miles) and a 5K(3.1 miles).  I ran the 5K, which started at 8 am, which gave me plenty of time to go home, shower, change and make it back to get the Henry Ford Runners ready to run.  Even though I didn’t win my race I had a lot of fun running with so many other runners.

A BIG THANK YOU to Mrs. Spencer and Ms. McCormick for all  of their help handing out t-shirts, bandanas and race numbers.  THANKS to the Mom’s helping out, too!!

THANK YOU Parents for letting your children run in this race!  They were really excited to have you there to cheer them on!

We were so happy to see Mrs. Shupe at the race!  She brought her children to cheer on her students and all of the students at Henry Ford!

In case you didn’t know this….the t-shirts were designed by 4th Grade (Mrs. Shupe’s class) Henry Ford student Abdallah Zaidalkilanie!!!!  How exciting to see his design on all of the t-shirts!

We can’t wait for our next race!  Maybe it will be the D.E.F.F.  Unity Run!

Okay, here’s the scoop on the run!

Dearborn, Edsel Ford and Fordson High Schools are holding a Unity run: Boot Camp at Ford Field Park  (500 Monroe St.,  Dearborn,  MI, 48124) on Saturday, May 3rd.  The monies raised will support the effort of the Student Leadership Diversity Summit as well as a scholarship for students involved in Mediation, Social Justice and Anti Bullying.

The Elementary one mile run costs $15.00 and will be held at 9 am.  You should be there about an hour early to make sure you find a place to park and then pick up your t-shirt and race number.  T-shirts are included and if you have a team of 4 students, the cost is only $40.00.  That’s a savings of $5 per student!

I am not involved with this run.  Unfortunately, I won’t be able to be there, but I do think it will be fun for our students.

The link to the Registration Form is posted on the right side of this page under “class links”.

This is exciting for any of you interested in running in a race in Dearborn!  It’s the D. (Dearborn). E (Edsel) F.(Ford) and F.(Fordson) Unity Run on Saturday, May 3rd at Ford Field Park in Dearborn!

Stay tuned on how you can register and participate!