Grades 3-4:
- Jump Rope challenge warm-up. Get a rope and go to letter seats and start jumping. When the music starts, your challenge is to jump as much as you can during ONE song (about 3 minutes). If you miss, reset yourself and keep jumping! Take breaks with side-swings if needed, and then go back to jumping. (During this time, I am usually also jumping with them - demonstrating some of the tricks we have learned and giving feedback as needed.)
- First class of the week: Game Day! Many classes have earned a game day through being prepared for PE class.
- Second class: Overhand throw activities. Review steps of overhand throw (T, Muscle, Step, Throw), and concepts (stepping with opposite foot gives more force, eyes on your target, etc.). Throwing practice.
Grades Y5-2:
- Locomotor skills warm-up.
- First class of the week: Game Day! Many of these classes have also earned game days by arriving to PE prepared.
- Second class: Overhand throw. Demonstrate the steps with the keywords of the overhand throw (T, Muscle, Step, Throw). Practice at wall targets. During this practice time, I circulate to students to give specific feedback. We also take about 10 minutes of this class period and do some activities with the beanbags, and then conclude the class with a few more target throws.
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| First graders practicing the "Muscle!" step of throwing. |
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| "THROW!" |
