Skateboarding

Standard 1: effort and skill
- How? Practice the skills being taught in class to the best of my ability
- Vocabulary: effort, skill, competence, ability, practice, board push
- EQ: What are the basic skills needed to ride a skateboard?
Standard 2: knowledge and tactics
- How? Use the strategies and rules of an activity to be successful.
- Vocabulary: tactics, strategies, rules, successful
- EQ: what strategies can you use to improve your skateboarding?
Standard 3: improving my fitness
- How? Complete my warm up at the start of class
- Vocabulary: fitness, warm up, sets, repetitions
- EQ: What is the "cat-stretch?"
Standard 4: respect and teamwork
- How? Be respectful and supportive of the people around me.
- Vocabulary: respect, teamwork, supportive
- EQ: How can you be supportive to a student who is worried about trying a new activity?
Standard 5: value and changing clothes
- How? Value the class by changing into PE clothes and being positive regardless of how much I like the activity.
- Vocabulary: value, positive, preference, enjoyment, challenge
- EQ? What can an athlete of another sport gain from learning how to skateboard?

High School

Earn credit today with one of two pathways:

practice the physical skill by working your way through the three difficulty levels of in-class skateboarding.
follow all safety procedures and avoid added risk
be respectful of your peers by taking turns and working together to be successful

show the ability to process what it takes to ride a skateboard by creating a one page article on Google Docs on how to skateboard
use curriculum book or online resource to sum up steps it takes to ride a skateboard safely
email the doc to Mr. Miller by the end of the period.

Sit at your spot
Essential Questions: What is the "skateboard stretch?" What is a "board warning?"
Skateboard practice

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