Physical Education
Fulton County Schools South Learning Community
2015 - 2016 Issue 20
Campbell Elementary School
Coach Thomas is getting his students ready for the state mandated Fitnessgram test. Students were participating in fitness training centers to practice the push ups, PACER test, and sit ups. Students set personal goals, and strived to improve them the next time they went through the fitness circuit. Coach Thomas does a great job of motivating his students to do better and love exercising. After the fitness circuits, the students played a tagging game with the giant balls. MVPA was 70% - awesome job!
Practicing sit ups
Practicing the PACER run
Essential Questions
Love Nolan Elementary
Physical Education class at Love Nolan begins with a light jog and teacher led exercises. Next, the students played "Run for the Money". This is a great game that integrates math and fitness. Students are on teams and take turns running across the room to pick up a coin that has dollar amount on it. When all of the coins were gone, the students counted up their money to see which team had the highest total. Next, the students worked on ball handling with tennis balls. This was to get them ready for basketball.
Mrs. Jones helping a team count their coins.
Students "running for the money"
Ball Handling with a Tennis Ball
Website To Try!
App To Try!
Assessment Ideas
Looking for another idea that isn't listed here? Let me know.
Hockey Partner Passing Assessment - http://tinyurl.com/zz6ha6a
Basketball Group Assessment - http://tinyurl.com/zgvgaz8
Create a tumbling routine - http://tinyurl.com/jef2gpq
Striking with a Paddle 5th grade from NASPE - http://tinyurl.com/zmaxyu4
Striking Rubric - http://tinyurl.com/gqw6th7
Basketball Self Assessment from OpenPhysed - https://goo.gl/gYlhLZ
Dance Routine Rubric - http://tinyurl.com/gtrawjx
Juggling - http://tinyurl.com/gwaqlxs & http://tinyurl.com/jb2nmuq
Cup Stacking -
http://tinyurl.com/je7k49s & http://tinyurl.com/jraw8fm
P.E. Activity Stations Rubric - http://tinyurl.com/puu6545
K - 2 Throwing (Paper Test) New from PECentral - http://tinyurl.com/pwdlcoa
Football/ Throwing & Catching - http://tinyurl.com/nlf9zns
Fitnessgram Goal Setting Sheet - https://goo.gl/EaXxO9
Third Grade Fitness Knowledge - https://docs.google.com/document/d/13oh9Av8aDJvwQS3Jafq7Szmz61mNP1k1QXZqbI_OJ40/edit?usp=sharing
Striking Written Test for Upper Grades - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OOXMIkxSdfuBsYPGHQX-61iCE8S4jCRQbNyJgD4pKD0/edit?usp=sharing
Locomotor Rubric - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1319zxYCbAiFTlHXWzlj7YotgpAQJgAtoWUP5V21fp6k/edit?usp=sharing
Throwing & Catching Rubric - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oKv2Q5zZ71vlfX65NPjeCjE-eEUNxxA8fUlNXjRDbUo/edit?usp=sharing
First Weeks of School/ spatial awareness/ rules & procedures/ interest survey -
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DFNfpwTteolyggSSyesaX6Cwv3bvoqg_z2IPGavkkmA/edit?usp=sharing
Depth of Knowledge Questions for Physical Education
taken from http://blog.usgames.com/featured/depth-knowledge-question-stems-physical-education
DOK 1 – Recall & Reproduction
- Question Stem: Can you remember the cues for (skill / task)?
- Debrief Question: Can you remember the cues for basketball dribbling?
- The answer is straight forward – “Waist high, finger pads, eyes up.”
DOK 2 – Skills & Concepts
- Question Stem: How did (concept) affect (performance)?
- Debrief Question: How did the force you used in your kick affect your accuracy?
- The answer requires reflection and a more in-depth answer – “The more force that I used, the harder it was to control my kick. It decreased accuracy.”
DOK 3 – Strategic Thinking / Reasoning
- Question Stem: How is (concept) related to (performance / skill)?
- Debrief Question: How is aerobic capacity related to your score on the Pacer test? What is your interpretation of your score?
- In this example I’m using two question stems for a more in-depth and thoughtful answer – “The greater a person’s aerobic capacity the better that person will score on the Pacer test. I scored below the Healthy Fitness Zone for the Pacer test; therefore I need to improve my aerobic capacity.”
DOK 4 – Extended Thinking
- Question Stem: Develop a comprehensive (performance) plan.
- Assessment Question: Develop a comprehensive physical activity and wellness plan.
- You’ll notice that this example is not a question, but more of an assessment directive. However, to maintain consistency Webb and Collins keep the Question Stem vernacular. At DOK level 4 students will demonstrate extended thinking that incorporates the content previously learned and applies it to a relevant topic or task. In this case students are asked to develop a comprehensive plan based on their skills, abilities, preferences and needs. Many might argue that this could be a summative exit assessment for our high school physical education students.
SkateTime School Program
Have you thought about adding roller skating to your program to enhance cardiovascular endurance? I've done this for 2 years, and the students really enjoy it! They provide an instructor for the first day, and give you the curriculum to teach. I kept the skates for 5 class periods (2 1/2 weeks). Please email Cole Grantham if you want more information.
colegrantham@skatetime.com
Jump Rope For Heart
Does your school participate in Jump Rope for Heart? This is a great project based learning unit for physical education! I had our community representative speak with the students, and we made post cards for the children at the local hospital. This is in addition to the great things that JRFH does to enhance our program. You can also do the Hoops for Heart in the Elementary School! Please check out www.heart.org/jump or www.heart.org/hoops
or email our representative - Kelsey Schival - Kelsey.schival@heart.org
Fulton County Physical Education: Definitions of Instructional Technology, Rigor and MVPA in Physical Education
Rigor - The teacher creates a student-centered, challenging environment where individual student and class performance is continually assessed to guide instruction through extending, refining, and applying tasks or activities. The content is linked for transfer of learning within physical education and among other content areas.
Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) - MVPA is the time spent on moderate to vigorous physical activity during the lesson. The intensity of the activity depends on the individual’s previous experience in their level of fitness. It is the expectation that students are engaged in MVPA for a minimum of 50% of class time.
Important Sites To Know
Georgia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance - http://www.gahperd.org/
SHAPE America (our National Standards) - http://www.shapeamerica.org/standards/pe/
Fulton County Schools P.E. Website (you need your login credentials)https://employees.fultonschools.org/academics/landt/HealthPE/Pages/Physical-Education.aspx
Georgia Performance Standards for P.E. https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Pages/BrowseStandards/PhysEdK-5.aspx
Georgia Fitnessgram http://fg9.dc.gov/FITNESSGRAM9District/Login.aspx