What's Happening in PE
April
We’re Working On these Skills:
Overhand Throwing
- Stand Sideways to your target
- Bring your Throwing arm back before you throw
- Step with your opposite foot as you throw (Elbow Leads the throw)
- Rotate your hips and spine as you throw
- Follow through to your target
Underhand Throwing
- Stand Facing your Target
- Bring your Throwing arm back before you throw
- Step with your opposite foot as you throw
- Release the ball between your knee & Waist level
- Follow through to your target
Catching
- Face your Body Square to the thrower
- Look at and focus on the ball
- Reach your arms toward the ball as you TRACK it
- Give with the ball as it hits your hands and brings it into your body.
- Keep your pinkies together if below the waist
- Keep your thumbs together if the ball is above your waist.
March's Health Tip: Healthy Choices
- Choose to be active
- Choose to eat healthy snacks
- Choose to drink water
- Choose to make smart orders when out to eat
- Choose to eat breakfast
- Choose to eat a healthy breakfast
Ask the following questions to your kids and see how well the retained the health tips:
- What healthy snack can you have that you drink?
- How can you find ways to be more active in your day?
- How many cups of water should we have a day?
- How are you going to make sure that you have breakfast every day?
- How are you going to make sure you eat a healthy breakfast?
This month our health tip theme is: Lifetime Wellness.
April Is Jump Rope Month
Jump Rope Skills
Other Skills we will be working on:
- Traveling Locomotor Skills
- Long Rope Skills (Example)
- Partner Jumps (Example)
Check out this great resource of tricks from The American
Heart Association
Endurance Challenge
How long can you jump rope without stoping?
Grade Level Outcomes
- Kindergarten
- Can do a single jump over a self turned rope
- Can jump a long rope with a teacher turning
- First Grade
- Jumps forward and backward consecutively with a self turned rope
- Jumps a teacher turned long rope 5x consecutively
- Second Grade
- Jumps a self turned rope forward and backward consecutively
- Jumps a long rope turned by classmates 5x in a row
Jump Rope For Heart Fundraiser
We are gearing up for our Jump Rope For Heart Event on April 23/24 day. I am so proud of your children for making a difference in our community by taking their pledge to get heart healthy.
Please join our class in the fight against heart disease. We are so close to reaching our goal to have 100% of our students take their heart challenge to drink more water, exercise more, or eat more fruits/veggies.
There is still time for your children to take their challenge at www.heart.org/jump or download the Jump/Hoops App (App Store for iPhone or Google Play for Android) and earn their free glow in the dark wristband. This year, the mobile app unlocks even more fun and the Scare Squad Monsters and wristband come to life. As soon as your child raises $10 online, they will also receive Jax and Charger, two of your Scare Squad Monsters with a clip to collect them all.
Thank you for your life-saving help!
We are also having a PE Night on Mon. April 30th from 6-7 pm
Please RSVP Bellow.