8th Grade Physical Education

Welcome to Mr. Tucker's physical education class!

The focus of 8th grade PE is "Working as a Team to Solve Problems". This year we will begin working together separately but, we will still be a Team. As we come back together we will be playing a variety of Sports and Games, learning to compete with others as well as ourselves. We will be learning How develop our fitness and Why we need to exercise and play.

Pre-Physical Education

The first Unit is when we get to know each other and learn how to be successful. Starting with the basics of class rules and expectations and moving on to learning about our classmates and how we can all work together.

Cooperative games and activities will challenge us to get to know each other and to learn to work together as we build our class into a team.

Movement and Sports related skills will be a focus as we get started. Developing confidence in our movements and athletic skills will help us to better enjoy the sports and games we will be learning in the near future.

We also learn about Physical Fitness. Why it is important and what we need to do to stay healthy. In my class, we talk about two types of fitness. Athletic fitness or performance-related fitness and Healthy Happy Human being fitness. Everyone will be given the opportunity to challenge themselves to improve throughout the year.

Running and Cardiovascular fitness is a daily component of our class. We will start out at an easy level and progress throughout the year. We will be working on ways in which everyone will be successful in improving their fitness level. Check the Tips for Success for updates and clues on keeping yourself improving.