Lower Elementary: Week of 11/17/14

This week, Y5-1st grade lower elementary students are working on four different center/station based activities.  This helps them learn the rules for centers in the PE setting. :)  Students are divided into approximately equal groups and work at a center until the whistle sound.  Then, students "clean up, sit, and point" at their center.  This means they clean up/reset the center for the next group, sit down with their group, and point to their next center -- and wait for my signal to rotate.  This procedure has worked so well for students, AND me.  When we do this, I know they've set up the station for the next group and that they know where they're moving to next.  It's also a great time for any last minute reminders.  :)

Centers this week include:
Jump Rope:  Students could choose between beaded jump ropes to work on jumping over the rope, or using a speed rope stretched on the floor for different creative movements.  We briefly reviewed last week's jump rope activities, too.

Bowling:  Remember our bowling unit?  :)  We used similar group member roles for this center, single-lane, bowling setup.

Hula Hoops:  Oh, hula hoops, how we've missed you.  Similar to the jump rope center, students can experiment with traditional hula hooping, or do some hula hoop activities from our hula hoop lessons.

Ball rolling:  For this center, students rolled a 6-7 pound medicine ball a short distance to a partner.   (Floor tape marks their positions on the floor.)  Students are in partners or a group of three, and the ball stays on the floor the entire time.  Work those pectorals and triceps!! :):)

Below is a collage of station instructions (posted on the walls during directions and class), and classes in action.