Claxton Physical Education with Mr. Hafke!

Basketball

February- (PreCorona) March 2020

March Madness anyone? After students have increased their muscular endurance and cardiovascular systems, along with the other three fitness components, they're ready to jump into basketball full steam ahead.

Students in grades K-2 will be focusing on the basic skills and concepts of the sport of basketball, while students in grades 3-5 will be enhancing their basketball skills acquired from years before.

Basketball Skills and Cues

Dribbling Eyes UpFinger-padsWaist levelYo-yoPassing Bounce passChest passOverhead passShooting (B.E.E.F.)Balance the ball on your shooting hand.Elbow stays directly under the ball and over your knee.Eye on the target (the front of rim)Follow through snapping the wrist high over your head.

Fitness

January-February 2020

What better time to get back into fitness than after the holidays?

Kindergarten- Second Grade

In Kindergarten through second grade, students were either introduced or continued to develop their physical fitness levels. On top of incorporating many fun activities that are conducive to achieving high fitness levels, students exercised around the gym at different stations that targeted specific areas of the body.

Third- Fifth Grade

In third grade, students continued on working to maximize their exercise goals through body weight exercises.

In fourth and fifth grade, students dove deeper into the world of fitness by discovering their target heart rate zone (THRZ). Students took notes, found their pulse, conducted simple calculations, graphed, and they even took a quiz to check for understanding.

Manipulative Skills

K-2 November- December 2019

In this unit, students are taught the correct way how to handle and apply force onto an object through throwing, kicking, bouncing, striking and catching. Students will use their feet and hands through different activities once skill progression is complete.

Loco Motor Skills, Grades K-2

September- October, 2019

Students in grades Kindergarten through 2nd learn the eight loco motor movements to use different ways of traveling from one space to another. These movements are primarily done on their feet for support. The movements students practiced and executed through various activities were walking, skipping, galloping, running, hopping, jumping, sliding and leaping.

Cooperative Learning in Grades 3-5

September- October, 2019

Foot Pass

Students are tasked with passing a ball around their circle only using their feet. Communication, concentration and teamwork are vital to success. Sounds simple, but many classes could not complete this activity within fifteen minutes.

Around the World

Students are tasked with passing a ball or an object around their circle. Students may not pass to the person next to them and if any student drops the ball or object, the class must start over. The passing order always stays the same.

Around the World

After students complete passing a ball or an object around the circle, they will add an additional object. This is when things get difficult. Communication is the most important component during this activity, as students tend to forget multiple objects will be airborne at the same time.

Mr. Hafke's Biography

My name is Erik Hafke. I am from a small, country town in west New Jersey called High Bridge, which in fact, does not have a traffic light. I attended Montclair State University in New Jersey, graduating with a B.S. in Physical and Health Education and a minor in Public Health. While working part time at a local gym, I met my beautiful wife Nina, while she was finishing up medical school. Upon completing medical school, Nina's residency brought us to Baltimore, Maryland for five years. Here, I taught Physical and Health Education to PreK-8 students in the Baltimore City Public School system. Those five years at Highlandtown Elementary/Middle School #215 have left an everlasting impression on me regarding the importance of teaching our young students to live a healthy and active lifestyle. After all, your health is your wealth.

This past June, my wife's career has brought us and our lovely 14-month old daughter, Maya, to Asheville, where we are thrilled to begin the next chapter of our lives.

I look forward to teaching the next generation here at Claxton Elementary, and I am very blessed for this opportunity. Feel free to stop by and say hello- my doors are always open.

"It's easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." -Frederick Douglas

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