Great start to the school year!

Happy fall everyone!  This year I began my 15th year teaching Physical Education.  I must say, it is

One of our new students!

pretty awesome teaching in the school's newly renovated gymnasium!  We have had a great start to the school year!  I'm also excited to have a student teacher, Miss Kastens, with us this semester.

One of my goals has always been to use time wisely during P.E. class.  The students come to P.E. once a week for 45 minutes, therefore it's important for us to have routines and procedures in place so that no time is wasted on management issues.  We follow social contracts, have student leaders each class, and reward positive behavior.  My returning students have had a very smooth transition back to school, and my new students have done a great job learning the rules and procedures!

Check out the pictures, videos and descriptions below to find out about some things the students have learned this fall.

1.  Daily Dozen Warm-Up Routine - The students begin class by participating in a choreographed, fun mix of 12 exercises.  I have many videos of our routines.  Check them out below!

September Daily Dozen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqL3LekRjmQ

October Daily Dozen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9L9Uew1KUc

November Daily Dozen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Af1M0m8Z4

January/February Daily Dozen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWpdnGXp5tI

March Daily Dozen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BspXCwweZE

May Daily Dozen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbJe81BmJaE

2.  Skills Practice - Here is a list of skills we have practiced so far this year:

• Spacial Awareness and moving safely
• Teamwork & Cooperation
• Fitness - Running (Pacer Test), Stretching, Abdominal and Upper Body Strength Tests
• Rolling a ball & Bowling
• Defense
• Catching and Throwing - Partner Drill
• Soccer Skills - dribbling, trapping, shooting, goal keeping
• Volleyball Skills - Underhand Serve, Overhand Serve, Bump
• Basketball Skills
• Striking with a racquet
• Hula Hoops

3.  Games - We always play games to apply the skills that we practice each day.  Check it out:

• Tag Games - Get to Know You Tag, Bubble Popper, Fruit Loop Tag, Color Run
• Rollerball and Pinball
• Soccer Pirates
• Soccer - Go Score!
• Volleyball - Guard the Floor
• Catching/Throwing Game - Messy Room
• Choice Time - learning how to use equipment safely and play nicely with each other

Miss Kastens playing catch with Kindergartners

Get to know you tag

Get to know you tag

Get to know you tag

PreK student bowling

PreK student bowling

Each class's social contracts are posted!

Practicing kicking and goal keeping

Practicing kicking and goal keeping

Kicking and goal keeping

Miss Kastens is really good at soccer!

Catching - showing "ready hands"

Catching and throwing with a partner

Thank you KHEF!

I am writing this post to say THANK YOU to the KHEF!  They fulfilled my grant request again this year for more physical education equipment.  They are so generous and eager to support teachers in our district!

For several years, I have been organizing my P.E. classes by rainbow colors.  I enjoy purchasing equipment in rainbow sets.  This makes classroom management a breeze.  The students are able to quickly locate and clean up equipment.  This year I was able to purchase an ORANGE and a PURPLE mat, which completed my rainbow set of mats!  I have been wanting these mats for a long time, and it's so great to have them now!  I'm sure these mats will be used and enjoyed by students for many many years to come.

Gym mats are used for a LARGE variety of skills and activities in P.E. class.  Not only are they used for tumbling and gymnastics skills, but also for games involving throwing and catching skills.  Mats can be used as "walls", "ships", "houses", and much more!  It's fun to be creative while teaching elementary P.E.

The students were so excited the first time they walked into the gym and saw the mats set up.  Because of a coupon deal from the company, I was also able to purchase equipment for the game which I call, "SORRY!".  Please see pictures and videos below for a glimpse of how I've used this equipment this year.

SORRY!  Game Videos - Explanation Video, Student Demonstration Videos (video one and two)
Sink the Ship Videos - Explanation Video, Student Demonstration Video (video one and two)
Battleship Game - Video of Student Demonstration
Tumbling Videos - Body Bowling, Log Rolls, Forward Rolls

The ORANGE team finally has their own color mat for the game "SINK THE SHIP".

The PURPLE team finally has their own color mat for the game "SINK THE SHIP".

Another way to set up the game "SINK THE SHIP".

Set-Up for the game "SORRY".

Stur-Tees which I call "SORRY" pieces with matching color Stur-Tee Balls.

The kid's eyes were SO big when they walked in the gym and saw "Battleship" set up!

The kid's eyes were SO big when they walked in the gym and saw "Battleship" set up!

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Dance Unit 2019

Happy Spring!  Time has been flying by this year, and I realized I haven't posted in awhile.  I want to share some videos of the Dance Unit the Music teacher and I taught to our students.

We have a tradition of combining our classes to teach a dance unit together the week before spring break.  We always have fun, and the students learn a large variety of dances!  We always begin by explaining the benefits of dance to the students, then we review the I CAN statements.

The I CAN statements are:
I CAN move to music.
I CAN keep the beat.
I CAN try my best.

Below is a list of some of the dances we taught this year.  We have found that students enjoy the variety of dances we teach, and 99% of the students feel comfortable participating! 

Line / Group Dances - Cotton Eyed Joe (video below), Can't Stop the Feelin', Celebration
Improv Dance 3rd-5th grades - (video below)
Circle Dances - Chicken Dance (video below), Spring Dance (K-2nd), Buffalo Gals (K-2nd)
Limbo Rock - This year I purchased a Limbo stick and the students loved doing the Limbo Rock (video below)
Just Dance - At the end of our lesson we like to pull up some Just Dance videos for the students to follow along with.  The favorites are Super Mario Dance, YMCA, What Does the Fox Say and Skip to my Lou

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Kids Heart Challenge / Jump Rope for Heart, 2019

I am so happy to announce that our school raised $5,806 for the American Heart Association through the Kids Heart Challenge event!  Many thanks to the families who donated and/or volunteered for the event.  The students had a great time!  Please check out the videos and pictures below.

Jump Rope for Heart Assembly 2019

I am so happy to share videos of our Jump Rope performance from the Jump Rope for Heart assembly

yesterday.  My students did a terrific job!  I am so proud of their hard work!

This performance has become a fun tradition at our school.  I wrote this routine a few years ago, and we perform it to the song "Jump" by Van Halen.   In the fall, my students all practice jump rope skills in PE class.  I allow an opportunity for students to "master" tricks, which I decided means they can perform it 10 times in a row and finish with side swings.  The students who are able to master the most tricks are invited to perform in the assembly.  We have special practice times and then perform at the end of the Jump Rope for Heart Kickoff assembly.  It's a great way to motivate all of our students to learn jump rope skills, and focus on being heart healthy!  I also use this routine as a warm-up for my 4th-5th grade students in the month of December.

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Winter Activities, Jump Rope Tricks, Volleyball Games, Hot Potato

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!  My students have had a great month filled with tons of activities.  Check

Winter Activities

out the long lists of skills we've been practicing since my last post:

1.  Winter Activities - Check out these video links!  (Kindergarten, 2nd grade, 5th grade)  Students did all kinds of winter activities such as scooter sledding, scooter sleigh rides, rolling snowballs, ice skating, polar bear walk, elf obstacle, elf basketball, reindeer run, carry Santa's sack, making snow angels, and jingle bell jumping!  Here is a video explanation of how I set up these activities.

2.  Volleyballs Skills - We played "Rockets and Satellites" and "Angry Birds" as a fun way to practice these skills.  Students also worked with partners to practice the underhand and overhand serves.  Here is a video explanation of Angry Birds game.  Both of these games allowed students a chance to practice volleyball skills, and also catching, throwing, defense, rolling, teamwork and cooperation.

3.  Germ Ball (Video explanation)- In this fun game, students learned about germs and how to properly wash hands, roll a ball, play defense, dodge, teamwork and cooperation.

4.  Jump Rope Skills - Check out these videos of how I teach the students how to "master tricks".  Continuous Criss Cross,  Easy jump rope tricks (side swing pattern, 360, jacks), criss cross, pretzel, doubles, continuous doubles, forward to backward.  Here is a video of how I teach basic jump rope skills.  I have TONS of jump rope videos, so if you'd like more info just search jump rope on my youtube channel.

5. Hot Potato (Video of 2nd gradehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTDFCFiYsdY) - We played this in the Music room when the gym was being used for concert rehearsal.  It was fun!  We also played Nutrition Bingo!

6.  Warm-Up Activity - 4th-5th graders have been doing my "jump rope routine" (video here) as a warm-up.  3rd graders are working on jump rope skills at their own pace, and KKnights-2nd graders did the December Daily Dozen.

Wishing everyone health and happiness over the holidays!

Carrying Santa's Sack

Rolling a giant snowball

Paper Plate Ice Skating

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Sink the Ship, Ninja Courses, Trick or Treat Relay, Basketball and Soccer

October was filled with a large variety of activities in P.E. class!  Check out this long list of skills the students practiced this month, and some videos of the games we played.

High Score of 1 min, 35 seconds!

1.  Soccer Dribbling, Passing, Trapping, Goal Keeping (Video of Soccer Tag and "Go Score" game)

2.  Catching, throwing and rolling a ball (Videos of Sink the Ship Game -5th grade and 2nd grade)

3.  Teamwork and Cooperation (Trick or Treat Relay and Sink the Ship)

4.  Playing Defense (B-ball, Soccer and Sink the Ship)

5.  Dribbling and Shooting a Basketball (Video of Dribbling Tag and Lightning)

6.  Balance, Speed, Agility, Strength (Video of Ninja Training Courses)

7. Exercises in our October Daily Dozen Warm-Up (Video here)

Teamwork - Making a human chain in the game "Sink the Ship"

Another human chain in the game "Sink the Ship"

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