Colts PE
McCall Elementary's Physical Education & Fitness News Source
In this Issue of COLTS PE...
- Bowling Colts - 5th grade bowling team!
- Garden Blog - NEW!!!
- Fitness Focus
- Skills & Drills
- 3rd Grade Program
- Grades in PE? - NEW!!!
- McCall Specials Schedule
- Specials Team Website
- Counselor's Corner
- Remind & Twitter: Communication from your Specials Team
Bowling Colts - Girls Advance to Round 2, Boys Earn 3rd Place at PISD Rock n' Bowl Tournament!
Fitness Focus
Health Related Fitness
Your student has been practicing functional exercises in Fitness and PE to train their muscles to work together and prepare them for daily tasks by simulating common movements they might do at home, at work or in sports. Functional fitness exercises enhance both muscular strength and muscular endurance.
In class, students are asked to make connections between basic movements (e.g. squat, push-up) and daily tasks in which they may utilize increased strength (squatting down to lift a laundry basket or other heavy item, pushing a heavy door open, carrying groceries).
To keep things fun, we have intensified fitness activities and games by incorporating running, jogging, skipping and other locomotor movements in all grade levels to improve cardiovascular endurance.
Skills & Drills
All students (K-5) are currently focusing on their ability to accurately hit a target using an overhand throw. The fitness component in the gym combines an overhand throwing (skill) "target" practice in which students are practicing their aim while trying to hit moving targets that are projected onto the gym wall with running (cardio) and exercises (muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility).
PEACE, LOVE, and DISCO...3rd Grade Program
Grades in the Gym?
For the participation grade in the first 9-weeks of this school year, your student was evaluated based upon two separate components:
1. MVPA - Minutes participating in Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity as determined by pedometers worn in Fitness Class
2. Heart Rate/Calories Burned - Data is collected on each student from the MioFuse fitness trackers worn in PE
About Us
Email: julie.walker@pisd.edu
Website: Tinyurl.com/mccallspecialsteam
Location: 6601 Cloverhaven Way, Plano, TX, United States
Phone: (469) 752-4500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mccallcolts