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!

Fifth grade Pickleball setup.  King/Queen of the courts are on the right side.  Challengers are on the left.  

5th grade Kings/Queens =)

4th graders play Pickleball King/Queen of the court

Third graders

Third graders

Third graders

Third and fourth graders:  Ms. Hahn's class.

Fifth graders

Bam!  5th graders enjoying pickleball.

Mr. Carnegie's class

PE: Y5 - 5

In PE this week, students are participating in a 7 minute continuous jog warm up.  During this warm-up, a scoreboard is projected onto the wall with 7 minutes on the clock (pictured and described in last week's blog post).

5th graders running.  The clock is projected onto the wall to let students know exactly how much time is left.  

After our warm-up, classes participated in cooperative hoops during one PE class.  Students form a circle and join hands.  A hula hoop is placed on one student's arm.  The challenge is to move the hoop all the way around the circle and back to where it started without letting go of hands.  Students work on spatial awareness concepts, communication, teamwork, and cooperation during this activity.

After warm-up during the second PE class of the week, students played a quick round of Pins and Baskets (2nd - 5th grades), Guard the Pin (1st grade), or Clean Out Your Backyard (K and Y5).  

Self-contained ASD classes this week worked on kicking and throwing in PE classes, along with our regular routine cardiovascular/locomotor skill warm-up.  We also played t-ball, and even ventured outside for a walk around the sidewalk track!!

Ms. Addison's POHI class continued with working on individual goals during PE.  These goals including walking with or without a gait trainer, throwing/rolling/catching a ball, grasping objects, and participating in a t-ball activity.

PE Teacher Assistant: Upper Elementary

At the recent Haisley Silent Auction, attendees had the opportunity to bid on a teacher experience with me.  The winners of these items (one 3rd - 5th grader and one K-2nd grader) have the opportunity to be a PE teacher assistant for one half day!

Ethan W., or "Mr. W" as the students called him, was my teaching assistant for the morning of Friday, December 12, 2014.  We began the morning with Mr. Weindorf's class playing Mat Ball.  Ethan helped with scorekeeping and sounding the whistle every time the ball reached the pitcher's hands or an out occurred.  This class was followed by Mrs. McGee's fourth grade class playing Mat Ball.  Kindergarten then arrived for their PE time.  Ethan called out the locomotor skills for warm up, led stretches, and even raced a student in ABC Strong Soldiers!  He then gave directions for Clean Out Your Backyard, and participated with each class during the games.

Thank you for your help today, Ethan!!  I hope you had a BLAST being a PE teacher -- I had so much fun having you help today.  My sincere gratitude to your parents who made this experience possible -- AND helped the Haisley PTO along the way!!!