JANUARY

What SHAPE America standards are we working on?

Volleys a lightweight object (balloon), sending it upward (S1.E22.K)

Strikes a light-weight object with a paddle or short-handled racket (S1.E24.K)

What are we doing?

Octopus Tag

Balloon Activities

Air Hockey

Others:

Airplane Pilots, Spot It Run, Zoo Keeper

What SHAPE America standards are we working on?

1st Grade:

Volleys an object (balloon) with an open palm, sending it upward (S1.E22.1)

Strikes a ball with a short-handled implement, sending it upwards (S1.E24.1)

2nd Grade:

Volleys an object upward with consecutive hits (S1.E22.2)

Strikes an object upward with a short-handled implement, using consecutive hits (S1.E24.2)

What are we doing?

Balloon Activities

Air Hockey

Others:

Spot It Run, Hoop Tag, Spooner Boards, Caterpillar Build

What SHAPE America standards are we working on?

3rd Grade:

Strikes a ball with a long-handled implement sending it forward, while using proper grip for the implement (S1.E25.3)

4th Grade:

Strikes an object with a long-handled implement while demonstrating 3 of the 5 critical elements of a mature pattern for the implement (grip, stance, body orientation, swing plane and follow-through) (S1.E25.4)

What are we doing?

Spot It, Run

Pillo Polo

What SHAPE America standards are we working on?

5th Grade:

Combines striking with a long implement (hockey stick) with receiving and traveling skills in a small-sided game (S1.E25.5b)

Combines manipulative skills and traveling for execution to a target (scoring in hockey) (S1.E26.5)

Applies the concepts of direction and force to strike an object with a long-handled implement (S2.E3.3b)

6th Grade:

Foot dribbles or dribbles with an implement with control, changing speed and direction in a variety of practice tasks (S1.M9.6)

Shoots on goal with power in a dynamic environment as appropriate to the activity (S1.M10.6)

What are we doing?

Castleball

Floor Hockey