Please help support Fairview P.E. by nominating me for the NFL P.E. teacher of the year award!!!!

"A great teacher can literally change the course of a student's life"

– U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
NFL Network is looking for those life-changing PE teachers leading the fight against childhood obesity. Do you know one? We will award the NFL Network PE Teacher of the Year a $10,000 stipend, a $10,000 school companion PE grant and a trip to the NFL Draft. The NFL Network PE Teacher of the Year will also act as a spokesperson for the program in 2011, both at Keep Gym in School events and with the media.

We believe that every student should have the opportunity to participate in quality physical education. As part of the Keep Gym in School mission, we seek to increase access to in-school physical activity and to teach skills needed to establish and sustain healthy lifestyles. The PE Teacher of the Year award recognizes the role of educators in achieving that mission.

Individuals may nominate one PE teacher between now and January 31, 2011 for PE Teacher of the Year; nominations are only accepted online at keepgyminschool.com and must be received no later than 8:00 PM EST on January 31, 2011.

NFL Network will distribute grant applications to all nominated teachers on approximately February 4, 2011. Applications must be completed and returned to NFL Network by February 25, 2011. The application will only be provided to those teachers who are nominated.

WEEK #6

K4 this week started class with a movement song called Singing In the Rain. Then we reviewed I See... You See... Next we played with yarn balls and manipulated them many different ways. Our main skill focus was our catching skills. To end class, we played a Fairview Classic game called Monster Tag.

K5 this week got the opportunity to play Monster Tag one more time. We then played Stop, Drop, and Roll Tag. Here the students learned what to do if on fire or in a smoke filled room. We all then got an opportunity to be fire, smoke, or fire fighters.

1st & 2nd grade this week got the opportunity to play games and activities that require no toys or equipment. We learned that to exercise all you really need is your body. So, we started class playing I see...You see... Next we played Go Touch and Beep Beep Times Up. To end class, we played Bippity Boppity Boo.

3rd grade this week learned about the skeletal system. We discussed the primary job of our skeletal system and the many ways you can take care of it. The rest of class was used to play the activity called The Skeletal Relay or (Archaeologists/ Paleontologists).

4th grade is getting ready for their fitness test, so this week we played nothing but fitness activities. We participated in Dagger, Sumo Wrestling, and finished class with a cardiovascular endurance activity called Sharks and Minnows with flag football belts.

5th grade is continuing to get ready for the their Potter's Forest field trip. This week we worked on the team building skill of communication. We learned that there is verbal and non-verbal communication. Our team building activity for the week was an activity called Maze. Here the students had to help each other get through a building they have never been in before.

6th grade played Musical Fitness (cardiovascular endurance) to get ready for their fitness test. We then played Pass and go where the students learned to use their throwing and catching skills in a game like situation.

7th/8th grade this week also is continuing to get ready for the Fitnessgram Fitness Test.  We played Sharks and Minnows (CV), Dagger (MS/ME), and Sumo Wrestling (MS/ME). At the same time, we are also beginning to finish up our Mini Flag Football Unit by playing Pass and Go with football flags.

WEEK # 5

K4 this week learned about self space and general space!! We stated class with the game called I see...You see... We then manipulated deck rings and played Soccer Tag to learn the self space and general space concepts!!

K5 this week started class with a movement song called Singing in the Rain. We them played I See... You See.. To finish class we manipulated yarn balls and played a Fairview classic game named Monster Tag.

1st grade this week reviewed the reason why we come to Physical Education class. We then did a cardiovascular endurance warm-up called Scat Cat. We then learned how to get into groups quickly with Body Parts. To end class, we played Mosquito Tag.

2nd grade got their assigned seats this week. They also learned about the difference between an exercise and a stretch. To reinforce this, we did a warm-up activity called Step Right Up. We then finished class learning the skill of underhand rolling with the game called Jailbird.

3rd & 4th grades this week are continuing to learn the five levels of fitness!  We started class with a cardiovascular activity named Musical Fitness. We then did a community building activity called Tarps. Here students were given group challenges on how they should manipulate their tarps.

5th grade is starting to get ready for their field trip to Potter's Forest. However, first we got our fitness in. We either played Dagger or Sumo Wrestling to get our muscular strength and endurance in for the day. We then went over the Ropes Course Contract and finished class with our first Team Building Challenge called Line-up.

6th grade this week started their throwing and catching unit. We started class learning and experiencing some muscular strength and endurance games. The games were called Dagger and Sumo Wrestling. We then went over the basic concepts of throwing and catching and went outside to participate in some throwing and catching drills.

7th/8th grade this week continued to get ready for their fitness testing with several different fitness activities. We played Musical Fitness, Dagger, and Sumo Wrestling (not real sumo wrestling). We then finished class playing Pass and Go, a throwing and catching lead-up game.

WEEK #4

K4 this week had to go outside for gym!! The gym was taken away for voting. We started class with the game called Body Parts. We then manipulated bean bags in many different ways! To finish class we played a helping game called Freeze.

K5 this week began class with a movement game called I See...You See... We then manipulated Deck Rings. We rolled, spun, bounced, caught, etc. We finished class playing a kicking activity called Soccer Tag.

1st grade went outside this week because of voting in the gym. For (CV) warm-up, we did an activity named Carry Down Carry Back. We then learned and practiced the foot skills of dribbling and kicking. We did this with games called Bridge Trap and The Fox & The Hound!!

3rd grade this week started to learn about the five levels of fitness!!! Today we talked about cardiovascular endurance. We played Clothes Pin Tag to reinforce the concept. We then did some community building activities with foam noodles called The Leaning Tower of Noodle & Tug a Noodle! To finish class we played Mosquito Tag to review what cardiovascular endurance means.

4th and 5th grade started to learn about the five levels of fitness. We talked about cardiovascular endurance and played an activity called Human Rock, Paper, Scissors!! We then participated in a community building activity called Mine Field.

7th/8th grade this week started their modified flag football unit. We started class with a fitness activity called Musical Fitness. Next we went over the basic skills cues for throwing and catching a football. We then headed outside for some throwing and catching drills. Some of the drills that we did were run, expand, hike and go, hike and go go.

WEEK #3

K4 this week started class with a warm-up activity called Be My Shadow. We then learned what balance means and why we need it. We also performed many different types of balances. To end class, we played a game called Beat the Teacher. This was used to get the K4 students used to finding a piece of tape quickly!!

K5 this week started class with a game called Body Parts. We then manipulated bean bags in many different ways. To end class, we played Hot Foot! Here we practiced and learned the skill of underhand throwing by sliding the bean bags at each others feet. The students had a blast with this activity!!!

1st grade started class by doing a literacy activity called Secret Exercises. We reviewed some of the class expectations and played the game called Everyone's It Tag.

2nd grade's warm-up game for the week was an activity called Scat Cat (CV). We then practiced getting into groups quickly with a game named Body Parts. To finish class, we participated in a movement game called Mosquito Tag!

3rd grade this week started class with an activity named Quick Hands. We then started to learn the five levles of fitness. This week we started with cardiovascular endurance. We reinforced this concept with Exercise Task Cards. We then did some community building games called Rock, Paper, Scissors and Bear, Moquito, and Salmon Football.

6th & 7/8 grade this week started class with a cardiovascular endurance activity called Human Rock, Paper, Scissors. We began our first official class with a community building activity called Mine Field.

WEEK #2

This week Kindergarten through Eighth grade were introduced to the class expectations and procedures!! However, as the Fairview students know, there is no way that we are going to sit the whole class and listen to me talk. So, each grade did some games and activities where they learned the class procedures as well as got some exercise!!