WEEK #13

K4 & K5 this week exercised to the activities called I See...You See..., Go Touch, Beep Beep Times Up, and Turkey Catcher!! We discussed that you don't really need a ball, jump rope, or equipment to exercise. All you really need is your body!!!

1st grade this week learned the gross motor skill of rolling. We started class playing Do What I Say Not What I Do. Next we played an activity called Five Noses where we discussed what our locomotor skills are. We finished class practicing the skill of rolling with an activity called Try To Catch A Turkey.

2nd & 3rd grade this week warmed-up to a song game called Wipeout. We then practiced the motor skill of overhand throwing and played the game called Smash the Turkey.

4th & 5th grade this week reviewed the five levels of fitness with an activity called Musical Fitness (4th grade) and learned the fourth level of fitness called body composition with an activity called Body Fat Tag (5th grade). We then finsihed class playing a fun activity called Try to Catch a Monkey.

6th grade this week started their new unit, Badminton. We practiced and learned basic birdie and racket skills and finished class playing 2-on-2 Knockout. Our warm-up was called Quickdraw. Here we reviewed the first 3 levels of fitness.

7th/8th grade this week started class playing Multiply Tag where we review cardiovascular endurance and its importance in being physically fit. We then continued learning some basic hockey skills such as dribbling and passing. We finished class playing a hockey game with gator balls called Hockey Tag.