This Saturday is Minnesota Fishing Opener of 2023. A variety of Minnesota freshwater fish can only be targeted and kept for food certain times throughout the year, and this Saturday is when you can start to do so (other than the winter). This is just an informational video, as fishing is a popular life-long activity that is popular in Minnesota, and many people catch fish for fun, and release them safely back into the water. As mentioned in the video,  I am NOT telling you to go fishing, although if you choose to ever do so, please use information from this video to help you.

Water bottle flip challenge, paper towel bowling, paper towel roll relays, free throws and create a trick shot challenge! If you do not have a basketball and hoop, you can always use a different ball of some sort and a laundry basket placed above waist level. Use the attached scorecard in seesaw and schoology to see if you can top Mr. Sandman's scores!! 

I challenge you to complete the different challenges that are completed with a balloon. If you do not have a balloon a light playing ball (such as a beach ball could be used). If you do not have the items to complete this, an alternative assignment will be posted in seesaw and schoology. 

Fitness- Someone who is fit values exercising and eating right. Also, exercising just one time does not make someone physically fit. Watch the video, then this week try to exercise for 30 minutes and record what you did to get your heart rate elevated. This could be going on a walk with your family, playing tag in the yard with your siblings, going to the playground or completing a few previous videos I have posted. 

Credit for the name and idea of this activity goes to Idrissa Gandega, physical educator from New York City, NY.

Earth Day is Thursday this week. To celebrate this planet we call home, I've got a handful of Earth or world-themed exercises for today's PE lesson. Watch the video and follow along with the exercises!! 

Watch the video, then bowl yourself. A scorecard will be attached in seesaw and schoology. Once you're finished, upload a picture of your scorecard to seesaw or schoology. 

Join Batman and follow along with his workout warm-up. Then, spend the rest of your PE time (at least 20 minutes) outside playing! The high temperature is supposed to be 82 today!

This week we're experiencing weather in the mid 60's and because of that, try to get outdoors. Here I make an obstacle course around my house. Make your own obstacle course! If you can't go outside, this can always be done inside. 

Juggling takes time and practice, which is why we have a part 2 lesson. Mr. Sandman shows how to master one, two and three objects. Focus on mastering two before even attempting three. Also, remember you can just practice on your tossing without catching, then when you've improved your tossing, add in the catching. 

Click on the video and follow along in this short, intense, upper body workout. This workout will help strengthens your chest muscles (pectorals) and the back of your arms (triceps).

Join Mr. Sandman in a juggling lesson. Juggling is a process, not an event. This means, it takes plenty and practice to learn how. Start with two and master it, before moving to three. Also, Mr. Sandman meets through zoom with the Oak Ridge juggling club every cycle day 1 at 12:00pm (3/2, 3/9 &  3/16 before spring break). Look for the "connect to explore" information for the zoom link. 

Students in grades 1-5 are tested on their upper body muscular endurance using the "flexed-arm hang". This workout helps build our shoulder muscles, which are also known as the deltoids.

The holiday commonly known as "Presidents' Day" is actually called "Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday" in the state of Minnesota. This holiday actually has 14 different names among the 50 states, but "Presidents' Day" is the most common name used.

Join Mr. Sandman in this exercise to strengthen your abdominal muscles (abs). There are a few classes who have done this already, so if you're seeing this a second time, you know what to do (it should be easier, maybe!). Join along, have fun!

Watch the video and follow the instructions the Mr. Sandman gives during the video. You're going to need your winter gear! It's time to get outside (with parent's permission)!

Join Mr. Sandman in this full body workout. The muscle groups are explained between exercises, so make sure you have your volume up! 

January 18th, 2021 celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mr. Sandman teaches the famous dance from the 1990's called the "Cha-Cha Slide". Join along!

Learn a dance or make a dance to a song you like. Then post either a video or a picture and a written descirption of what was involved in the dance. 

In this video, Mr. Sandman shows you how to find your heart rate (heart beats per minute or BPM). Exercise doing an activity of your choice and find your heart rate three different times throughout the physical activity (your heart rate should be somewhere between 80-180 BPM).

Use today's PE day to make up unfinished work. Complete the lessons that you have not done yet and post a picture or short video of you working those skills in either Seesaw (grade 3) or Schoology (4 & 5).

Mr. Sandman shows the differences between "dynamic" stretches and "static" stretches. Follow along with the exercises in the video (It is encouraged to do this stretches often).

Research two dynamic stretches and two static stretches and do these exercises Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week.

Spend 25 minutes on the skill Mr. Sandman teaches in the video. If you do not have a frisbee, you can use a different shaped object such as a gallon ice cream top or a paper plate. It does not matter the item, just try to practice the skill in whichever way is easiest for you.

Mr. Sandman plays disc golf, which is also known as frisbee golf or "frolf" at the local course by Eagan High School. Watch the video then engage in practicing the skill for the remainder of your PE time. 

Mr. Sandman teaches the skill of underhand tossing through the game of cornhole. Check it out and work on the skill of underhand tossing yourself!!

Mr. Sandman teaches the lifetime activity of Bocce. Click and watch the video above, then spend time working on underhand tossing on your own. 

In 1962, Meredith Willson released "Chicken Fat" (sung by Preston Wilson) that was also known as "The Youth Fitness Song". This song was played regularly within PE classes across the country in President John F. Kennedy's Youth Fitness Program.

Join Mr. Sandman in this short but intense workout! The equipment needed for this activity is a wall for wall-sits and a study chair for step-ups (you can also use the bottom step of a stair case).