PE 12/13 - 12/17

Can you believe it? This is the last week of PE for the calender year. Our next week of PE will take place in the 2011!!!!! We reserve this week to play holiday games and various other favorite games before we head off for the holiday vacation. We will play games of The Grinch and Fitness Dreidels to name a few. I remarked last week about how cold the beginning of the week was and today it is even colder. We do live in Florida right? I wanted to wish everyone happy holidays! I hope you all get some rest and enjoy your time with your friends and family. See you all next year.

12/6 - 12/10

Wow! What a chilly start to our week. We are likely to be outside most of the week so please dress for the weather. It is always better to have to take off a few layers as the day warms up than not be prepared at all. Basketball is the theme for the week. 2nd-4th grades will be playing small-sided and modified basketball games to reinforce the skills taught and practiced last week. Games will include sideline basketball, knockout, P.I.G., around the world and small-sided games. Our K & 1st students will begin our week-long basketball unit. Our young students will learn the differences between bouncing and dribbling as well as shooting and passing. We look forward to the week ahead in physical education.

Welcome back!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. I know I enjoyed my time off with my friends and family. I am including a short video of one of our old favorite Thanksgiving games, "Stuff the Turkey," taken the Thursday prior to vacation, it was a blast. This week our kindergarten and first grade students will jump back into physical education by participating in various perceptual-motor lesson in our Mini-Gym. We will be working on tasks such as balance beams, rebound nets, launching boards, hop-scotch, tossing and catching. Our second through fourth grade students will begin their two-week basketball unit. Fundamentals will be introduced and practiced before small sided games commence.

Week of 11/15 - 11/19

Thanksgiving Vacation is rapidly approaching us. We wish everyone a very safe holiday with your friends and family. Make sure you take advantage of the wonderful weather we have been having hear in Florida and stay active. Coach Every's classes will complete our kickball unit this week and play group holiday games. Our students have been working hard in class and employing good kickball / baseball strategy in our games. We look forward to another great week in PE and wish everyone well for next week's vacation.

2nd Trimester of PE

Wow! I can’t believe that the second trimester is already here. Each trimester our students have been and will be taught primarily by one of our three PE coaches. This trimester I will have the pleasure of teaching the students of Mrs. Vigue, Mrs. Whitecage, Mrs. McKenzie, Mrs. Mitchell, Ms. Lemon’s and Ms. Telemachos’ boys only. As with the previous trimester, at least one day a week will be reserved for a large group game or rotation of games. During these days all students will receive instruction from all three PE coaches. My classes will begin the second trimester with our kickball unit. Our younger students will play modified games that emphasize kicking and base running skills. 2^nd -4^th grade students will play actual games of kickball/tee-ball/softball with a major focus on the rules and strategy of the game. We look forward to an equally exciting trimester in physical education.

What a wonderful Trimester!

Coach Every’s classes will be revisiting games from previous units. We will play some old favorites and enjoy our time together as the trimester comes to an end. The games we plan to play will be bucket ball, beanbag kickball and sharks and minnows. Second, Third, and Fourth graders will revisit games of 4-Square, basketball and softball. We had a wonderful trimester in physical education, while having so much fun along the way. We look forward to an equally exciting trimester next term.

Floor Hockey

This week's unit is floor hockey in the Crisp Gym. Classes will be introduced to hockey fundamentals and skills appropriate for each grade level. Skills will include proper grip, dribbling, passing, trapping and small games. Safety is always a concern, so we use molded foam hockey sticks and safe training style pucks. We look forward to a great week ahead and Friday's spook-tacular Fall Festival.

Time to S.N.A.G.!

Students will participate in the S.N.A.G. golf program this week in Coach Every’s PE classes. SNAG is an acronym for (Starting New At Golf) it also refers to the Velcro targets and felt tennis balls used for the program. The putters called Rollers are made of plastic and are much larger than a normal putter. The only other club the students will be using is called the Launcher, the equivalent of a pitching wedge but it is much lighter and larger. The unit will consists of putting and chipping lessons for the younger students and our 4^th graders will add on the skills of pitching, the full swing and play out a few holes using the SNAG targets on our field. This unit is always exciting for our students and provides a great introduction to game as well as reinforcing the fundamentals of real golf. This week is sure to be a hole-in-one!

Week of 10/11/10 - 10/14/10

Coach Every’s is so excited that the Rays and Bucs both won big games this weekend. Coach Every and Coach D were both out on last Friday for our big PE conference. We had a great time learning new games and ideas that we are going to use in our classes. We even met the most accomplished female golfer in history, Annika Sorenstam, it was very exciting for both of us. Coach Every’s Kindergarten and First grade classes will be playing loco-motor and fitness games this week. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade classes will play tee ball and softball. Go Rays!!!!!!!

It’s hip to be square, 4 – Square that is!

Coach Every’s 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students will learn and play the game of 4 – Square. We will learn all the skills and tactics involved within this great playground game. An integral component to the game is the adherence to all the rules and conflict resolution. Our students learn strategies that help them referee their own games democratically and fairly.

Our Kindergarten and First Grade students will head back into the Mini-Gym to work on another round of our motor development program. Tracking and catching will be a constant focus throughout the week.

Congratulations to Kyle L. for receiving the 1st Sportsmanship Award of the year!

This week in PE....

Kindergarten and First Grade will be participating in a multitude of Throwing and Tossing activities. Our focus will be on proper form and lead into accuracy as the week progresses. Now that our fitness testing is complete for the fall session, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades will begin our basketball unit. Skill work will be followed by modified games.

Coach Every's class is the name and basketball is the game, at least for grades K and 1. Kindergarten and First Grade will spend the week working on basketball skills and modified games including dribbling, shooting, passing and Around The World just to name a few. Third and Fourth Grade will participate in The President's Challenge fitness test. Third Grade will run the timed mile on Tuesday and Fourth Grade will run it on Thursday. Please make sure to have your children drink plenty of fluids the day before their scheduled run. Students are encourage to bring water bottles to school every day but especially on their mile days. Finally, Second Grade will get the opportunity to practice and learn all of the events of the President's Challenge. The Second Graders will get all the benefits of the various fitness tasks, although their scores will not count towards the test. I look forward to a great week ahead.

Volleyball Unit

Coach Every’s classes will begin their volleyball unit this week in the Crisp Gym. We will be working on the fundamental skills of forearm passing, setting, serving and positioning. Modified games will be played with and without nets to reinforce the fundamentals.

A Break in the Weather, I hope...

Our first full week of PE was quite wet here at Shorecrest. Luckily we have plenty of available indoor space and were even able to get up to the Crisp Gym a few times. This week our plan is to move forward with our delayed kickball unit with grades 2-4. Our focus will be on the rules and strategy of the game. The Kindergarteners and First graders will play modified versions of kickball games with a focus on the progression of kicking, from stationary to a moving ball. Fielding and teamwork skills will also be reinforced.

Wow! Can you believe that we are beginning our first full week of the school year? All of your teachers are so excited to be back to school working with all of you. Your PE coaches are armed with new games and activities as well as some old favorites, and can’t wait to share them with all of our students.

This week in Coach Every’s class….

Alpha – Intro to PE staff and curriculum.
JK – Motor Development in the Mini-Gym along with Coach Pope
K – Motor Development (balance, hand-eye coordination, tracking, receiving)
1st – Motor Development (balance, hand-eye coordination, tracking, receiving)
2nd & 3rd – Kickball Unit (concentration on rules, strategy, and teamwork)
4th – Uniform and locker assignments continued and begin our Kickball Unit.