January 3 - January 7

Welcome back! Students will have extra PE this week, as the computer lab will be closed starting Wednesday for MAP testing.

Media Literacy

Classes that meet this week will be continuing to work on entering their fitness test results, and calculating their BMI and body fat percentage. If they have finished, they will practice their keyboarding skills.

P.E.

We'll be concluding our basketball unit this week with a set of team-based games that incorporate the basketball skills we have learned thus far. In addition to a couple more drills for shooting and passing, 3rd graders will work on the concept of positions by playing Lane Basketball, where each player has a "lane" they must remain in during the game. 4th graders will instead play Paperclip Basketball, where teams of 3 must pass the ball 3 times and shoot a basket. Successful shots lead to earning paperclips for their team; the team with the most paperclips at the end will win. 5th grade will play Freeze Out, which is similar to the game Horse. Pairs of students will compete to attempt shots from different areas. If a student misses, they receive a letter, and once they have spelled OUT, they are out. In addition to these games, all three grades will play 3-on-3 basketball, rotating through teams to give everyone a chance to play. Other team games, such as sideline basketball and the regulation version of basketball, will also be played to the extent that time allows.

Classes that have extra PE this week will be learning a few new games. Third graders will be introduced to Tucker's Land and Dino's Nest, both of which involve retrieving items from a guarded location. All three grades will learn a new tag game (continuous tag), and will participate in a relay race where they build a pattern of PE equipment based on an example at the front of the gym. Since only 1 piece can be moved at a time, and they cannot see the pattern from the place where they are creating it, they will have to make good use of their memory in order to be successful.