Time Trials

The students will get an accurate time of their 25 yard dash.
The students will first measure out 25 yards using a tape measure. Introduce the concept that 3 feet equals a yard. At this point we asked the students to use estimation to guess different distances. We also related distance to that of a football field and asked how many 25 yards would fit into a 100 yard field.
Students must learn how to operate the stopwatch. Students will all have a turn operating the stopwatch. Each student will teach and monitor new timekeepers. (Learn, do and then teach.)
Each student will record their time in their journal.
First they will use rounding skills to get time to the nearest second. Then they will learn how to record their time to the nearest tenth and then hundreth of a second to get the most accurate time.
For grades 2-3 the next phase will be to add up their times to get a total.
For grade 4 the next phase will be to add up 3 trials and then get an average by dividing.
For grade 5 the next phase will be to get an average and then determine what their speed is using the equation Speed=Distance/Time.
We used groups which then allowed us to use division to determine the number of students in each group. This was also written in their journal.

Describe Flexion and Extension and Effect of Exercise On Body Flexibility

Flexion -Reducing the angle between two bones (often remembered as a bending action).

Extension -Increasing the angle between two bones (often remembered as a straightening action).

Upon arrival to PE class perform sit and reach. Record how far you can touch on your leg.

After warm up record how far you can touch on your leg.

After playing record how far you can touch on your leg.

Describe How Muscles Function

The skeletal muscles of the body provide the force needed to move the bones of the skeleton in a large variety of actions. The muscles are arranged in a way that allows them to work in pairs. For example, when we bend our arms at the elbow to curl a dumbell the bicep acts as the agonist (main force providing muscle) and contracts to pull the radius and ulna of the forearm towards the humerus of the upper arm (this action is flexion). At the same time to allow this to happen the tricep at the back of the upper arm relaxes and lengthens to allow the arm to flex. http://www.peworld.org/anatomy/muscles.htm

Describe The Functions of the Skeleton

The Functions of the Skeleton

1. Support - the shapes of soft tissues are maintained and the body has posture.

2. Protection - Important organs of the body (brain, heart, lungs, spinal cord) are protected by non-moveable casings.

3. Movement - Tendons attach muscles to bones which act as levers. Contracting muscles pulls on the bones causing movement.

4. Storage - Mineral salts are stored in the bones (e.g. calcium)

5. Blood Cell Production - Red blood cells, some white blood cells and blood platelets are produced in the red marrow of bones

http://www.peworld.org/anatomy/skeleton.htm

Planning Our PE Class- Analyzing Real Life Involving Time

One of our PE goals is to have children exercise 60 minutes a day. The students will log in their journals how we are spending our time in PE class. They will log what types of activities we are doing, what time we start, our stop time and how long we spend on different activities. We will do this for one week. At the end of the week we will determine the elapsed time we spent with warm ups, strengthening and running exercises and game play time for the week. The students will answer questions such as are we meeting the requirement in school, how long and what types of activities do you do at home? How much time are we spending on aerobic, strengthening and bone strengthening exercises?

Using Fantasy Sports To Teach Math Skills

This week we are starting a fantasy basketball league using yahoo fantasy sports. I hope to teach the students about math skills.  In addition, members can use the similarities between fantasy sports and the stock market to become successful business leaders.
We are now in the second week. At our weekly meeting we discussed the trends of the players, players who were not performing and trading for players who were performing. And as a side note the student that had the worst team in the league which we used as an example of how to trade and who to trade for is now beating me soundly this week.
Today we discussed the use of graphs to determine the trend in the midrange shot for the miami heat. http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/
Today we discussed the numbers behind the shot selection using the site http://hoopdata.com/teamshotlocs.aspx

Reviewing percentage, multiplication, division, adding, subtraction and money with running exercises

Today we divided the field into quarters. The students were instructed to run a quarter of the way, half the way, three quarters of the way and 100 percent of the way. We then combined activities such as bear crawl 50% of the way and run 50 percent of the way. We would shift between percent and quarters.
We also have been using math skills such as adding, subtracting, multiplication and division when we run. for example i will say we are going to hop like a bunny for 10x1, they will get a couple of seconds think time and execute the move.

Using The Flipcam

Today we used the flip cam to video the class activities. I partnered a person who had never used the camera with someone who has. The students were given instructions on how to operate the camera. They were instructed to make 2 minute videos. Toward the end of the class the students and the teacher review the videos and check for understanding on how to shoot video. We will review the videos when we are inside due to inclement weather. When we review the video we will talk about how video activities, such as get the whole body in the frame.

Describing Using the Five Senses

This week we journaled and did think alouds about describing. They were prompted to use their five senses. They were asked to describe a soccer ball, football and basketball. their answers consisted of rough, smooth, round, oval. It was cold outside and we got a response of,  "The ball is cold as ice."
One day we asked the students to describe what activiites we did using the senses. The kids replied with, "I heard the kids yelling as we were running." and  "I could feel the other kids pushing against me." When we were bear crawling the ground felt cold."  This describing will lead to compare and contrast.