This week in P.E.

Students in grades 3 to 6 will be picking which ultimate game they would like to play as a class.  They will use all the previous skills learned from this unit.  Their options are speedball, ultimate football, handball, or ultimate frisbee. 

Students in grades K-2 will be using the parachute to work on teamwork skills.  They will continue learning how to control the parachute, manipulate objects on the parachute, and also get to pick their favorite activity they learned to perform again. 

This week in P.E.

This week grades 3-6 will be continuing the ultimate games unit.  They will be working on their teamwork skills through a game called speedball.  Speedball is a combination between a previously played game (handball) and soccer. 

Grades K-2 will be working on their teamwork skills though the use of the parachute.  We will be playing various teamwork games such as pop the chicken, the camping game, and the birthday game. 

This week In P.E.

Grades 3-6 will be doing Ultimate Frisbee to continue building on the ultimate games.

Grades K-2 will be playing directional games (ship and sailors, and animals) in which they will follow directions and also work on their locomotor movements.

Lesson 3

This week students in 3rd-6th grade will be building on their handball skills with a similar game called ultimate football.  This is a non contact game that shares a lot of transferable skills learned from the previous class of handball.

For grades K-2 the students will be participating in a following directions game called busy bee's.  They will also keep working on their locomotor skills such as skipping, galloping, jogging, ect.   

Lesson 2

3rd-6th grade will be playing handball.  Handball is a fast moving team sport similar to soccer but involves students throwing a ball instead of kicking it.

K-2nd grade will be going over locomotor movements such as running, skipping, galloping, ect. through an obstacle course.

Welcome Back!

Dear students and parents/guardians,

      I want to welcome everyone back and I hope both my students and their parents/guardians had a great summer.  This years physical education class will consist of many fun and exciting activities/games that will promote teamwork, leadership, cooperation, physical fitness, and skills needed to develop the students into being self sufficient lifelong learners.  I plan to incorporate games such as basketball, kickball, and floor hockey among other things to promote the skills listed above.  

      Some information that parents/guardians might be interested in are as followed-

1. Students should be dressed for class in a solid color tee shirt or polo shirt or any Spartan shirt.  Shorts are allowed to be worn for P.E. class until daylight savings time.  After that the students will need to wear athletic pants such as sweatpants or jogging pants or khakis.  Sneakers are also a must for Physical Education.

2. Students should show either a doctors note or note from their parents/guardian pertaining to the physical health of the student (ie: if the student can't participate in P.E. due to a broken arm, sickness, injury, ect.)

3. Many different avenues will be used for grading the students such as skill tests, pencil and paper assessments, participation, and sportsmanship.  

      I will use this means of communication to post every unit of instruction I will be teaching and also for listing homework if necessary.  I look forward to a exciting productive year at North Schuylkill Elementary School.  If you have any questions, comments, or concerns feel free to send me an email at (thinkel@northschuylkill.net) and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Thank you,
Mr. Hinkel (NSE Health and Physical Education Teacher)

The Last few weeks in Health and P.E.

From now until the end of the year the students will be playing tag games, learning track and field skills, and also having kids choice the last P.E. class of the school year.  As the nice weather approaches we will be heading outside for certain classes.  For 3rd and 5th grade students taking Health class we will finish the school year covering the digestive and immune systems.