This Month in PE

September - All grades are working on Following Game Rules, Spatial Awareness (moving safely in crowded open spaces), Sportsmanship, and Teamwork.

• Pre-K

  • Improving locomotor skills such as jumping, skipping, tip toeing, galloping, shuffling, and jogging.   

  • Mostly working on moving safely in the gym through simple tag games. 

• Kindergarten - 2nd Grade

  • Games and activities we play to improve the skills above include:

    • Fire & Ice Tag

    • Chip Tag

    • Slow Tag

    • Banana Tag

• 3rd Grade - 5th Grade

  • Stressing the 3 C's of Teamwork

    • Communication

    • Collaboration

    • Cooperation

  • Playing games that stress the objectives of the month and are a little more complicated than games my younger students play.

    • Capture the Flag

    • Kickball (Mattball Rules)

    • Cookie Island

    • Cat & Mouse

  • Introduce the Good Sport Code

    • I respect my classmates.

    • I give my 100% effort and never give up.

    • Win or lose... I have fun and play hard.

    • I congratulate my opponentwhen they win. 

    • I love to win but I do not brag after all it's just a game.

• "Fitness Fridays" -  *Will start near the end of the month*  All grades do full-body workouts to improve cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, and stamina. Students are also being introduced to the five components of fitness - muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, and body composition.