Haisley Physical Education: February 2016

Friday, February 12, 2016

Week of 2/8/16: Jump, Jump Centers!!

**Jump Rope for Heart donations were due today (Friday, February 12)!! The event won't close officially until the end of the week after break, though - if you forgot to turn them in, bring them the week after break!!**

**Thank you to all students who brought me valentines!! You bring me joy every day, and made me feel special with your valentines!! Happy Valentine's Day, and have a fabulous mid-winter break!!!**

This week, students experienced jump rope based centers. Centers included:

Young Fives - 2nd grades:

Hula-Hula: Use the hula hoop as a hula hoop, spin it, jump in and out of it, build a bridge over it, etc.!
Jump Rope: Select a jump rope (that fits you!) and jump! Practice jumping at your level. During each class, I spent most of my time helping students at this station with jump rope skills/tricks, or having contests with those who wanted a little friendly competition!!
Hula-Jump: Use the hula hoop as a jump rope, turning it with your hands and stepping through it and/or jumping over it.
**First grade health classes only: This center was dedicated to working on part of a flip book we are finishing called "Germs and Viruses". Students worked on cutting and gluing the steps to effectively washing hands. Steps included:

Wetting hands with water
Put soap on hands
Scrub hands! Between fingers, fronts, backs.
Rinse hands
Dry hands
Turn off faucet with towel, if needed

Rope Shapes: Make shapes with the jump ropes on the floor! Be creative - work alone or with other group members! Students LOVE to do this activity!!!
Criss-Cross Walk: Walk and read the sight words while you step in a criss cross pattern. Gallop, skip, or sideways slide-step back to the start of the walk.

3rd - 5th grades:

Hula-Hula: same as above!
Jump Rope: Same as above, except I spent more time with students doing tricks, teaching tricks and turns, and contests!
Hula-Jump: same as above!
Long Ropes: Jump while two friends turn the rope.
Snaking Jump Rope: Two students wiggle the jump rope on the floor, while others in the group try to leap over the rope!

Below are pictures from the week, both lower elementary and upper elementary. I love the photos of students in action, jumping, moving, and having fun!

Fifth graders, snaking jump rope

Fifth grade: Hula-Jump

Fifth grade: Free jump!

Fifth grade: Hula-Hula!

Fifth grade: Long Ropes

Fifth grade: Snaking jump rope

Fourth grade: Leap!!

Fourth grade: Wow!

Fourth graders in action

Fourth grade: Snaking jump rope

Fourth grade

Fourth grade: Long ropes

Fourth grade: Long ropes!

Kindergarten: Criss-Cross walk

Criss-Cross: K

Kindergarten: Hula-Jump

K: Rope Shapes <3

First grade: Rope Shapes

First grade: Rope Shapes <3

First Grade: Rope Shapes <3

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Week of 2/1/2016: Jump!!

Young Fives, K, and Grades 1-5:
This week, students are beginning our jump rope unit! Earlier in the school year, younger grades did exploratory movements with jump ropes on the floor. Now, we are actually starting to work on jumping over the rope with younger students, and working on more advanced jump rope skills and tricks with older students.

Younger students are introduced to swinging the rope from back to front, catching the rope with their feet and then stepping over. Then, progressing to jumping over the rope as it swings over, and then trying to jump over more than once without stopping the rope. Then we work on rhythmic jumping, double bounce, single bounce, and then some jump rope tricks. Tricks include:

forward/backward
hop on one foot
straddles (side/front)
the "x" (crossing right leg over left, and vice-versa, making an X with your legs!)
the boxer: two hops one foot, two hops other foot
cross-over
switching from jumping forward to backward and vice-versa, without stopping the rope

Jump Rope for Heart:
We are partnering with the American Heart Association - Jump Rope for Heart this year to help raise money to help people with special hearts. This coincides nicely with February as heart health month, as well as our jump rope unit in our regular physical education classes! During our first PE class of the week, students watch a short promotional video explaining the Jump Rope for Heart program. Look for a letter and envelope explaining how the program works in backpack mail!! Here are some unique things about Jump Rope for Heart here at Haisley:

We are all participating in the jump rope unit during PE classes. You will notice a permission slip attached to the envelope - you can recycle this piece of paper, as we don't need permission slips to participate in PE class. :)
Fundraising is optional. Thank you gifts are a part of the fundraiser. All kids participate in jump rope regardless of bringing in Jump Rope for Heart donations.
The American Heart Association rewards schools for donations. Haisley Physical Education receives new PE equipment - more money raised means more free equipment for our PE classes. Jump Rope for Heart also donates jump ropes and educational posters and materials for our PE program. Many of these posters are displayed on our gym bulletin boards!!

Donations are accepted online, or in cash/check (CHECKS MADE TO AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION). To register online for online donations, go to www.heart.org/jump. Search for our school and sign up for online donations! You can share your page via Facebook or emails.

Here are some pictures of kindergarteners and first graders working. =) Look for more pictures later this week!!

Kindergarten

First grade

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Week of 1/25/2016

Health: First Grade
In health this week, we learned about how germs spread, how we can prevent germs from spreading, and the importance of washing our hands.

PE: SXI and ASD
Our SXI classroom continued to enjoy Tball, and worked on locomotor/manipulative skills individually selected based on student interest and skill level! Our ASD classrooms practiced locomotor skills during our warm up, improve flexibility during stretches, game skills and kicking during kickball, and making active choices during choice time.

PE: Young Fives, 1st, and 2nd Grades
Lower elementary students participated in an interval warm-up, and then reviewing the steps to the overhand throw (T, Muscle, Step, Throw). Next, students reviewed the rules of the game "Clean Out Your Backyard" (Young fives and K) or "Guard the Pin" (1st and 2nd grades). These games use the overhand throw, so students have practice using their skills in a dynamic setting.

Mrs. Strohl's class

PE: 3rd through 5th Grades
After an interval warmup, upper elementary students continued work with paddles, learning the game of Pickleball! Pickleball is very similar to tennis, but played with a short wooden paddle and a small wiffle ball. In past weeks, we have learned how to strike the ball using the paddle, and this week, we are enjoyed a game with that skill. Students had a brief introduction to basic, modified Pickleball rules, and then we played King/Queen of the court style. One side of the court is the King or Queen. The other side is the challenger. If the challenger loses the point, they go to the back of the line and the next challenger tries to win a point. If a challenger wins the point, they take the Queen/King's spot and the Queen/King goes to the end of the challenger line. It's a fast moving way to have students enjoy using our nets and paddles safely, and allowing many chances to have contact with the ball. Students of all ability levels enjoyed this game, and the friendly competition was quite exciting!