In class, we have three big rules in place for all grades.
Respect others.
To respect others in our classroom means we are kind to one another. It means we listen when others are talking. It means we keep our hands and feet to ourselves.
Respect Yourself
Respecting oneself in PE means trying your best in everything that you do and when you make mistakes you make the choice to learn from those mistakes. On top of this part of respecting yourself is making sure you are ready for class by wearing the proper footwear to participate in all classroom activities.
Respect Equipment
Respecting our equipment means using things as they are meant to be used and we do our best to clean up after ourselves and keep our space clean.
Class Structure
K-1: 30 Min (2 Times Weekly) (60 Min Total)
Warm Up (5 Min)
When students first come into class they put their things away and then go straight to their home base spots. Once, everyone, is ready classes begin their student lead warm up.
Running (5 Min)
After our warm up we go into our running portion of the class. We use the music to run and walk laps. When the music is loud we run and when the music is quiet we walk.
Water Break (5 Min)
Each day, after our running, we take time for a quick water break before moving into our lesson and activity portion of the class.
Lesson/Activity
(15 Min)
After our water break time, we move into our lesson and activity portion of the class.
Warm Up Posters
Our warm up is broken up into two sections; exercises and stretches. Each section is student lead. The number and color combinations correspond with students' home base spots. If their number is on the board it is their turn to lead that exercise or stretch.
This is a sample layout of how our home base spots look. At the start of each quarter, students are assigned a home base spot. They are divided up into five color rows with six numbers in each. They can find their spots by lining themselves up with indicators on the wall as shown here.
Each month we have one student, K-6, selected as the PE Student of the Month. This student is selected by a random drawing, at the end of each month, from the can shown here. Students can have their names entered into the drawing by displaying exemplary behavior in class. At the end of the month, one name is drawn from the can and that student becomes the PE Student of the Month.