Jump Rope for Heart Movie

This year our school raised over $3,000 for the American Heart Association through our Jump Rope for Heart event!  Thank you so much for your generosity this year!

Below you will find links to my 2-part movie featuring 1st-5th grade students jumping rope with single ropes, long ropes and Chinese ropes.  I put together this movie for our Jump Rope for Heart event.  Unfortunately, they were not able to show this movie at our assembly because of technical difficulties.  However, I was able to show the movie to many of my students during P.E. class, and it will also be shown to the whole school at a future assembly.

I am so impressed with what my students accomplished with jump ropes this year!  I hope you are too! 

NOTE:  The movie currently does not have the best quality picture.....I am working on figuring out how to save it in a different format...sorry!

Jump Rope Movie - PART 1


JUMP ROPE MOVIE - PART 2

Grand Valley State University Camps

Summer Sports Camps

Attention parents:

Here are a couple of opportunities for your children to participate in sports camps at GVSU:

1) Summer Boys Basketball Camps (Shooting Camp, Ball Handling Camp, Exposure Camp and Day Camp). Contact = Phone 616.331.2159 OR Email mcgeete@gvsu.edu

2) GVSU Lakers All Sports Camp (June 27-30th)
Contact: email Coach Baltes at baltesj@gvsu.edu
More info: http://www.grandvalleystateallsportscamp.com
Register online at: http://register.myonlinecamp.com/camp.cfm?sport=18&id=14174

Last day of our Jump Rope Unit

This week was the last of our jump rope unit. I'm really impressed with what my students learned this month! Check out all the videos of the month featuring single ropes, long ropes, and Chinese Ropes!

This week's agenda was:

1) Warm-Up: Jump and Jog
2) Jump Rope (Choice Time on single, long, or Chinese Ropes)
3) Games: "Guard the Cookie Jar" and "Tails"

Note: If you would like details on my Jump Rope Unit (Using Single Ropes, Long Ropes and Chinese Ropes) please click the link: Jump Rope Unit. 
For posters to hang in your gym, click the link:  Jump Rope Posters
For a print out of long rope rhymes - click here.

Videos from this week:

5th graders-Jumper is twirling a single rope while jumping with the long rope too!


5th graders - jumping in and out in groups of three.


Partner Trick AND Long rope trick.

Physical Education - Chinese Jump Ropes and Long Rope Rhymes

This week's agenda was:

1.  Warm-Up = Jump and Jog
2.  Jump Rope Activities = Long Ropes (learning rhymes) and Chinese Ropes
3.  Poison Ball (For a video of this game, click HERE)

Two of my classes this week were the lucky ones.....we had two special visitors from the high school!  These two Kenowa Hills seniors came to demonstrate some jump rope skills and also spend time jumping with the students.  We had a lot of fun!  Below are some videos of our special guests.

Wow - check this out!


Criss Cross and Doubles


2nd graders demonstrating the rhyme "Bubble Gum"


2nd graders demonstrating the rhyme "Teddy Bear"


Chinese Jump Rope Videos

5th graders doing the criss cross


Jumping the "Name Game": Spell your name while doing straddle jumps, then end it with In-On-Out.


Jumping the pattern "American's" (4 straddles, In-On-Out)


5th graders playing our "Elimination Game" (jumping in, jumping out without getting caught in the rope).


3rd grader practicing frog jumps with long rope.

Jump Rope Unit - Partner Tricks and Long Ropes

This week's agenda:

Warm-Up (new) - Jump and Jog
Jump Rope Activities - Partner Tricks and Long Ropes
Dr. Mario (modified Dodgeball Game)

Click for more jump rope videos.
Click for Jump Rope Teaching Ideas

Video of "Jump and Jog" warm-up.  I play the music for about 1 1/2 minutes, then students switch from jogging to jumping or jumping to jogging.


5th graders practicing partner tricks:


More partner tricks:


Long Rope Jumping:



2nd graders:

P.E. Jump Rope Unit - Single Rope Tricks (with videos)

January - Jump Rope Activities

This month's focus is a variety of Jump Rope activities. Students will be learning about jumping with single ropes, long ropes, and Chinese jump ropes. The bulk of our 55 minute P.E. class will consist of jump rope activities, but I will also be saving about 15-20 minutes at the end of class for a variety of other fun games.

Our agenda this week was:

1. Warm-Up
2. Single Rope Activities: Basic Jumping (single bounce, double bounce, jogging step). Jump Rope Tricks: Side Swings, Hopping on one foot, Criss Cross, Backwards jumping, Backwards Criss Cross. Note: If you're looking for a good resource, Rene Bibaud's Fundamentals DVD is an awesome teaching tool!
3. Dr. Mario (this is a modified version of dodgeball).

Note: If you would like details on my Jump Rope Unit (Using Single Ropes, Long Ropes and Chinese Ropes) please click the link: Jump Rope Unit. 
For posters to hang in your gym, click the link:  Jump Rope Posters


3rd Graders practicing Side Swings:



5th graders practicing one handed side swings:



After learning side swings they practiced making a pattern (example: 4 side swings, 4 jumps).


5th graders doing a side swing pattern:



Criss Cross and some Backwards Criss Cross:





5th grader doing a combination of tricks! Backwards criss cross on one foot with her eyes closed.




Hopping on one foot:


Playing Dr. Mario: This game is a modified version of dodgeball. Players must ROLL the ball (not throw it) and the "doctor's" (the players on the scooters) can help players who are "out" by touching them. We pretend the balls are "germs" and the players are wearing protective gloves, so they can only touch the ball with their hands. If it touches any other part of their body they are "infected/sick" and have to sit down and wait for the doctor to "give them medicine" (touch them).

P.E. Class - 3rd week of December/ Parachute Games and Pacer Running Test

Last week's activities included:


1) Warm-Up CentersClick the link to watch videos: Warm-Up Centers
2) Parachute Games (Day 2)
3) "Feed the Reindeer Relay"(for the groups who did not play last week)
4) PACER Running Test (5th Grades only)
*Dr. Ingrid Johnson from Grand Valley State University has volunteered to administer this test to our 4th-5th graders three times throughout the school year to track progress.

The PACER (Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular
Endurance Run) is the default aerobic capacity test
in FITNESSGRAM. The PACER is a multistage fit-
ness test adapted from the 20-meter shuttle run
test published by Leger and Lambert (1982) and
revised in 1988 (Leger et al.). The test is progres-
sive in intensity—it is easy at the beginning and
gets harder at the end. The progressive nature of the
test provides a built-in warm-up and helps children
to pace themselves effectively. The test has also been
set to music to create a valid, fun alternative to the
customary distance run test for measuring aerobic
capacity. (intranet.usd475.org)

Please click on the link to read more: Pacer Running Test.

Please see below for video clips!

2nd Grade playing "Cat and Mouse" parachute game:




Playing "Cat and Mouse" with TWO cats:


3rd graders playing "Cat and Mouse"


Pacer Running Test Videos: