January Grades 3-5

During the month of January students in grades 3-5 will participating in a Volleyball unit. Our unit will begin with the basic skills of bumping, setting and serving. Once these skills have been acquired and the students feel confident enough begin a game we then take the time to go through the rules of volleyball. We discuss positions, scoring, rotating, lines and various other basic aspects to the game. From there, students will spend the next 3 weeks playing games, while throughout we will stop periodically to review skills and rules to help students better feel comfortable with the game of volleyball!

December grades BK-2

For the month of December students in grades Bk-1 will be working on station work (balloon volleying, Hula Hooping etc...), animal movement and balance songs and we will also be discussing the importance of making good food choices, using My Plate.
Students in 2nd grade will be also working at stations the first week in December. For the remaining 2 weeks 2nd grade students will focus on Basketball dribbling and the importance of making good food choices, using My Plate.

December Grades 3-5

For the month of December students in grades 3-5 will be finishing up our basketball unit. The skills of dribbling, chest and bounce passing, shooting, stealing and protecting will all be covered and practiced using various basketball lead up games and drills. During the month of December we will also be discussing My Plate and the importance of eating a well balanced diet and why we eat foods from 5 different food groups.

November grades 3-5

For the month of November students in grades 3-5 finished up our football unit and started a basketball unit. during the end of the football unit students focused on small sided football games with modified rules. Skills previously learned were reinforced and further practiced. during our basketball unit students will focus on dribbling, chest and bounce passing, shooting a basket and stealing and protected the ball. During the month of November students in grades 3-5 also learned about the importance of physical activity and all the benefits that come form being active.

November Grades Bk-2

For the month of November, students in grades Bk-2nd have been and will be focusing on the following skills: underhand roll, catching with two hands, instep kick/ shoelace kick, balancing, learning hop scotch and underhand throwing. Also during the month of November we discussed the importance of staying active, getting at least 60 minutes a day of exercise, how exercise can help memory, happiness, stress, focus and muscle and heart strength.

October

Bk-2nd Grade


Students in grades Bk-2nd will be focusing on many different skills throughout the month of October. We started off the month with a focus on underhand throwing, two hand catching and accuracy. The remainder of the month will have a focus on: balance and agility, personal space and the beginning basics of tumbling, rolling and supporting body weight to build muscle.

October

Grades 3-5
For the month of October (up to October 16th) students will continue with sideline soccer games. Starting October 20th students will learn about the term physical activity (moderate to intense), why it is so important, why guidelines suggest students should stay active for 60 minutes a day (minimum) and we will begin to talk about the 5 components of fitness (muscle strength, muscle endurance, flexibility, cardiovascular fitness, and body composition). Also starting in late October, we will begin our second unit which will be football. Our football unit is very basic, with a large emphasis on skill development as opposed to game play. Skills covered include: throwing, catching (stationary and on the move), punting and snapping.