Upper Elementary: Week of 11/17/14

This week, 2nd-5th grade upper elementary students are working on five different center/station based activities.  This helps them learn or re-learn our centers expectations for Haisley PE. :)  Students are divided into approximately equal groups and work at a center until the whistle sound.  Then, grades 3-5 students "clean up and point".  This means they clean up/reset the center for the next group, point to their next center, and wait for my signal to rotate.  This procedure (for grades 3-5) is a little more concise compared to the lower elementary centers procedure, since these students are older and many have experienced these expectations for centers before.  Second graders, at this point in the school year, still follow the Y5-1st grade procedure for centers. :)

Centers this week include:
Jump Rope:  Students choose between beaded jump ropes to work on jumping, tricks, patterns, etc.  Jump rope tricks from past years are always posted in the gym, and students are encouraged to challenge themselves at this center.  Jumping rope is quite a cardiovascular workout!!

Bowling:  It's been a few weeks, but we remember our bowling unit.  :)  We used similar group member roles for this center, single-lane, bowling setup.

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

Bounce Pass:  For this center, students chose between a playground ball or a basketball.  Standing on floor lines, they bounce pass to one another.

Pull-Up Bar:  Students have an opportunity to practice for the Flexed Arm Hang, one of our FitnessGram fitness tests.  Students are reminded that for the FAH test, grip must be overhand.  However, they can practice pull-ups or FAH procedure with underhand grip if they prefer for this center. :)

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