P.E. at South

appropriate apparel

PLEASE have your student(s) wear appropriate apparel for P.E. on days in which they will have P.E., especially shoes (no sandals, flats, boots, etc.). If a student does not have access to such shoes, please contact Coach Allen. He would love to help.

fitness concepts

Throughout the year, students will learn different concepts in P.E. that pertain to their personal fitness, whether it relates to health or skills, through activities and measurements of each.

Agility

Changing direction quickly

Balance

Keeping safe position

Coordination

Body parts working together

Flexibility

Ability to stretch

Endurance

How long you can last

Strength

How much you can move

Power

Speed plus strength

Speed

How fast you can go

Locomotor/Nonlocomotor skills

In P.E., we constantly practice and eventually assess our skills in a large variety of ways, especially our most basic skills such as locomotor (moving) and nonlocomotor (not moving) skills as described below (locomotor skills are in developmentally appropriate order for most).

Locomotor

Walking, running, jumping, hopping, leaping, galloping, sliding, skipping, (carioca)

Nonlocomotor

Balance, bend, curl, lift, push, pull, stretch, sway, swing, turn, twist

Manipulative skills

We also develop many manipulative skills (manipulating an object), as listed below.

Manipulative

Catch, dribble (feet or hands), kick, strike, throw, toss, twirl, volley

Serve, Learn, Lead

Students were asked in week 1 of P.E. what they thought it means to serve, learn, and lead in P.E. The answers were wonderful and we combined them together to make three characteristics for each word:

Serve

Safe, helpful, kind/respectful

Learn

Trying, listening, having fun

Lead

Helper, good example, 7 habit leader

The 7 Habits

As does all of Willard South Elementary, students in P.E. will learn (mostly through movement) with the 7 Habits of Leader in Me incorporated in activities. These habits are meant to teach students valuable concepts that help them be effective and successful people in any facet of life. The 7 Habits are as follows:

Habit 1: Be Proactive

Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind

Habit 3: Put First Things First

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

Habit 6: Synergize

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Other Concepts

We will learn many other concepts throughout the school year, including the following:

• Space (personal and general)

• "Can't" to "Can try"

• Growth mindset

• Coach Allen will care for you and try his best to do what's best for you (we're a team)

• Grade Level Expectations (GLEs): DESE PE GLEs

Weekly Lessons