Welcome to 8th Grade PE and Health! We will have PE classes on Mondays and Health classes on Fridays during T1. Afterwards, we will have PE 2x a week on Mondays and Fridays!
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Week of May 25th E-Learning Days PE Assignment
Complete 1 of your favorite physical activities. Document it by taking a picture or video and send to Coach K at akladis@aaca.school. Due Friday, May 29th at 12 pm.
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Week of May 18th E-Learning Days PE Assignment
Need to complete 1 of the physical challenges from the morning announcements. These are 1 minute challenges
Office Tennis (Tuesday), Defying Gravity (Wednesday), Stack Attack (Thursday), or Sit Up Basketball (Friday - rolled up socks next to you, complete a sit up, and try to shoot a sock in a basket/bucket)
Due Friday, May 22nd at 12 pm.
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Week of May 11th E-Learning Days PE Assignment
Click here to access this week's choice board activity. Need to complete 2!
Due Friday, May 15th at 12 pm.
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Week of May 4th E-Learning Days PE Assignment
Click here to access this week's choice board activity. Need to complete 2!
Due Friday, May 8th at 12 pm.
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Week of April 27th E-Learning Days PE Assignment
Click here to access this week's choice activity board.
Complete TWO activities this week. Due Friday, May 1st at 12 pm.
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Week of April 20th E-Learning Days PE Assignment
Click here to access this week's choice activity board.
Complete TWO activities this week. Due Friday, April 24th at 12 pm.
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Week of April 13th E-Learning Days PE Assignment
Click here to access this week's choice activity board.
Same board as last week. Complete an activity that you didn't complete last week. Due Friday, April 17th at 12 pm.
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Week of April 6th E-Learning Days PE Assignment
Click here to access this week's choice activity board.
Only need to complete 1 workout from the board. Due Wednesday, April 8th at 12 pm. Email at akladis@aaca.school photo.
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Week of March 30th E-Learning Days PE Assignment
On Monday mornings, I will email students a physical activity choice board. This choice board will also be found in the uMS wiki page under the PE/Health tab. Below is a brief overview of the assignment. More detailed instructions can be found directly in the document.
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Week of March 16th E-Learning Days PE Assignment
Download the Nike Training Club app and create a profile.
Complete a minimum of 45 minute workouts (can be separate trainings). Email at akladis@aaca.school which workout you have completed, what you thought of it (easy, hard, etc.) and proof of completion.
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Week of March 9th
PE: On Monday, we played a game called Yoshi. On Friday, I was away from the building and students participated in a game of Trenches (dodgeball variation).
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Week of March 2nd
PE: On Monday, students participated in Cone Knockdown. Students were split into 4 teams. Similar to ultimate frisbee, students that caught the koosh ball were not allowed to move. Object of the game is to work together to pass ball and knock down opponent's cone. On Friday, students played a game called Yoshi. Yoshi is a mix of tag and capture the flag. The object of the game is to get your whole team on a mat located on the opposite side of the gym without being tagged.
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Week of February 24th
PE: On Monday, we had free time outside due to work taking place in the gym for a leaking pipe. On Friday, students participated in the last day of spikeball and pickleball.
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Week of February 17th
PE: We did not hold class on Monday due to President's Day. On Friday, we continued our spikeball and pickleball unit by playing regulation games.
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Week of February 10th
PE: We continued our pickleball and spikeball unit by playing regulation games. Class was split in half. Half the class participates in spikeball and the other half participates in pickleball. Half way through the class, students switch activities.
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Week of February 3rd
PE: We started a new unit this week: pickleball and spikeball. On Monday, we viewed an instructional video of how to play spikeball. Spikeball is a variation of four square and students will be partnered up. There are no "sides" in spike ball. It is a 360 court where it requires hand-eye coordination. On Friday, we added pickleball to the mix and watched an instructional video of how to play pickleball.
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Week of January 27th
PE: Monday is the final day of our floor hockey unit. Friday, students took a final assessment on basketball and floor hockey. Basketball Handout . Floor Hockey Handout . Our next unit will be pickleball and spikeball.
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Week of January 20th
PE: We continued our floor hockey unit by playing regulation game withe 2 minute shifts.
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Week of January 13th
PE: We continued our floor hockey unit by playing regulation game withe 2 minute shifts.
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Week of January 6th
PE: We started a new unit, which is floor hockey. Students are split up into 2 teams. From there, they are split into 2 different shifts. Students participate in a 2 minute shift and rotate out in order to maximize participation.
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Week of December 16th
PE: We played a game of Koosh ball, which is a mix of ultimate frisbee and cone knockdown.
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Week of December 9th
PE: On Monday, we finished our basketball unit and played a game called Yoshi. We will start a new unit after the new year.
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Week of December 2nd
PE: We had PE class on Monday only due to Parent Teacher Conferences and no school on Friday. We held regulation basketball games during class to continue our basketball unit.
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Week of November 25th
PE: On Monday, we switched things up by playing trenches before leave for Thanksgiving break. Trenches are similar to dodgeball, but when you are "out" you stand on the opponent's baseline. In order to get back in, a teammate must throw the ball for you to catch to return to play.
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Week of November 18th
PE: We did not have class on Monday due to the field trip. On Friday, we continued our basketball unit by playing a shooting game and then scrimmaged.
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Week of November 11th
PE: We continued our basketball unit by playing a shooting game and then a scrimmage. Shooting game was called money ball. Students were grouped and had to make 3 shots from the elbow to win a round. It includes a mix of king/queen of the court.
Health: Students took their final unit test on communicable and non-communicable diseases. Today was the last day of health class for the year.
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Week of November 4th
PE: We started our new unit, which is basketball. We started off the unit by playing a shooting game. Students were broken up into 6 groups. They had to dribble the length of the basketball court to a cone that were laid out. They would shoot the ball. If they made the basket, they can take that cone back with them. If they missed, they go back to the line for the next person. Afterwards, we played 3 vs. 3 games.
Health: We discussed chronic health conditions in class today. We also held a review game for everything that was covered throughout the year.
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Week of October 28th
PE: Students participated in a game called Trenches due to my absence. Trenches is similar to dodgeball. Instead of getting out and standing on the sideline and waiting in line, students run to the opposite baseline. The only way they can get back in is by having a teammate throw a ball and catching it. When that occurs, they are allowed to come back into the game.
Health: We did not have health this week due to no school and professional development for teachers.
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Week of October 21st
PE: This week, we took an assessment on the rules of bags and volleyball. Afterwards, students played dodgeball before we delved into our new unit, which is basketball.
Health: Students took a quiz on cardiovascular diseases. We later watch TED talks on the difference between a heart attack and a stroke. TED Talk on Heart Attack. TED Talk on Stroke.
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Week of October 14th
PE: Today, was the final day of our bags unit. Students participated in a bags double elimination tournament. Cornhole Rules Handout Volleyball Rules Handout
Health: We did not have health this week due to the Holy Fire field trip.
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Week of October 7th
Click here to complete the flag football survey.
Click here to complete the volleyball survey.
PE: Students were assessed on their volleyball serve. A video was taken and will be sent to the students with their grade. We then started our bags mini season to prepare brackets for the following week.
Health: This week we discussed some non-communicable diseases, which are ones that are not able to spread person to person, person to object, etc. Students chose one non-communicable disease to research more on and create a word cloud with 40 plus words to describe it. www.wordart.com Share with me your word cloud.
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Week of September 30th
Click here to complete the cross country survey.
PE: We continued our unit on bags and volleyball by playing regulation games. We also discussed the difference between efficient and inefficient movement in bags.
Health: Students were assigned to write a creative story on a germ. Click here for the instructions on the story. Ah Choo City Story Rubric
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Week of September 23rd
PE: We continued our unit of bags and volleyball by playing regulation games.
Health: We did not have health class today due to professional development for the teachers and no school for the students.
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Week of September 16th
PE: We continued our unit of bags and volleyball by playing regulation games.
Health: Students took a quiz on the video they watched on Common Communicable Diseases. Their assignment in class was to review 5 common diseases that spread. Bubonic Plague Chickenpox E. Coli Flu Rabies Salmonellosis Students also completed an exit slip at the end of the class recapping what they learned.
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Week of September 9th
PE: This week we had our first day of PE. Our first unit is a combination of both volleyball and corn hole/bags. First half of class is dedicated to playing regulation volleyball game. The second half class is spent playing corn hole/bags.
Health: We discussed the different types of pathogens (germs) and how to prevent the spread of them. A sneeze demonstration was shown for when we do not cover our sneezes and how it effects others around us. We also demonstrated that 3 out of 10 people wash their hands after going to the bathroom.
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Week of September 2nd
PE: We did not have PE class this week due to Monday's Labor Day holiday.
Health: This week in health class students were baseline tested for concussions. The Athletic Program and school have partnered with SportsBrain. Health class will officially start next week.
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Week of August 26th
PE: We did not have PE this week due to Monday being a half day.
Health: Friday was the first day of health class. I was unable to be there for the first day due to being out of the building for a conference. Please click here to see welcome video. Students took a pre-assessment on the rules of volleyball and corn hole/bags.