Two new prezis have been added to my website under the physical education tab. The prezis are entitled, "Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle" and "Self-Management Skills". Students should view the prezis and become familiar with information contained in each. Students will be required to answer questions about the information on an assessment in the near future. The assessment date will be announced soon. The assessment will be the first of the third marking period.
The Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle and Self-Management Skills Prezi has just been posted to my website under the Physical Education Tab. Students are required to view the prezi and be familiar with the information contained in the prezi. The next physical education assessment will include information from this prezi in addition to information from another prezi yet to be posted.
February 9th Through 12th. Depending on the period, students will be participating in either basketball or ultimate frisbee. My first and three/four period classes will be participating in basketball on one-half of the gymnasium. My 7/8 and 8/9 classes will be participating in Ultimate Frisbee in the all-purpose room. All classes will begin as normal with students actively participating in a dynamic warm-up. As the school year progresses, students should improve upon their ability to perform the exercises that are incorporated in the dynamic warm-up. Following the dynamic warm-up, students will have the opportunity to actively participate in a competitive activity that incorporates a variety of different exercises. For example, on February 10th/11th students will; perform as many repetitions of a exercise as possible in thirty seconds followed by thirty seconds of recovery. Students will rotate through three different exercises. The exercises are kettle bell goblet squats (Rx; 10 Lbs.), hand release push-ups and sit-ups. Students will keep track of the number of repetitions that they completed throughout the round. Following the completion of round one, students will rest for two minutes and write their first name and total on the white board. Students will perform a second round of the three exercises attempting to beat their repetition total from round one. Upon completion of round two, students will write their total repetitions from round two on the white board in addition to their repetition total. A leader board will be posted in class in an attempt to add the competitive element to class. Next, students will participate in their respected activity, Basketball or ultimate frisbee. Students participating in basketball will have the opportunity to participate in half-court basketball games. Students participating in ultimate frisbee will have the opportunity to participate in ultimate frisbee games. All students, regardless of activity have been divided into teams with the objective to maximize their participation level.
The second marking period will come to an end with the students completing the body systems assessment. The students will be assessed on their general knowledge acquired from chapter sixteen entitled, "Your Body Systems". The students should be familiar with the information about the skeletal, muscular, circulatory, respiratory and central nervous system. It is recommended that each student prepares for the assessment by reviewing the lesson outlines about each one of the body systems covered in class. Each student should have a notecard that they will be allowed to use a resource on the assessment. Students have been given an opportunity to actively participate in a review for the assessment. The assessment will consist of one-hundred questions of varying difficulty. Students should report to the gym to take the assessment on Tuesday, February 3rd. All students will return to physical eduation class for the third marking period and should have their physical education uniform on Thursday, February 4th.
The second marking period of health will come to a conclusion with the students taking an assessment on lessons one through three from chapter thirteen entitled, "tobacco". Students will be required to provide information relating to facts about tobacco, health risks of tobacco use and tobacco addiction. The assessment will be about forty questions of varying difficulty. Students have had an opportunity to actively participate in a review of the material. Students will also be able to use a notecard as a resource on the assessment. The eighth grade classes will either take the assessment on Tuesday, February 3rd or Wednesday, February 4th depending on their schedule. All students should report to the gym to take the assessment on their respective date. All students will return to physical education for the third marking period and should have their physical education uniform with them on either Thursday, February, 5th or Friday, February 6th.
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Below is the link needed to access the block 3/4 assessment for physical education entitled; Health, Wellness & Fitness For All. Students were instructed to view the Health, Wellness & Fitness For All Prezi as many times as needed to prepare for the assessment.http://www.quia.com/quiz/5104049.html
January 5th Through 9th. Students will actively participate in floor hockey games for the remainder of the current activity block. Each period was divided into two teams. Each team will rotate shifts of two/three athletes onto the gym floor every two minutes. The teams will compete against each other without goalies. The objective of the activity is to knock a rubber puck off of a red stand that is located behind the all-purpose nets. Each shift has two minutes to score as many goals as possible during their shift. A face off will take place after each goal. Each activity period will count as one game and the score will be recorded at the end of the period. Students are encouraged to put forth their best effort and participate in a safe manner.
Each activity period will begin with a dynamic warm-up that can last up to ten minutes that will work on improving the students' ability to perform hand release push-ups, medicine ball air squats, medicine ball deadlifts and the strict press more efficiently. The second marking period, block two assessment will be administered next week. Stay tuned for details.
January 5th Through 9th. The grade eight health class worked towards the Alcohol Assessment. Each student should have five lesson outlines that highlight important information covered throughout the alcohol chapter. The five lesson outlines are as follows; Why Alcohol is Harmful, Short-Term Effects of Alcohol Use, Long-Term Effects of Alcohol Use, Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism, Getting For Alcohol Abuse. All of the information needed to study for the Alcohol Assessment is included in the five lesson outlines. For the assessment, each student will be given a note card. The students should put information they feel will be on the assessment onto their note card. Students will be allowed to use their note card as a resource while taking the assessment. Students are encouraged to study all five lesson outlines as well as the alcohol-related prezis to prepare for the assessment. Also, any lesson outline that does not have a grade on it, should be turned in to be graded. Any lesson outline without a grade is currently a zero. In other news, any student that has not turned in their alcohol research prezi should do so as soon as possible. The alcohol research prezi is a major assessment grade. Any student that is having difficulty with their project should see me. Thank-you for your time.
January 5th Through January 9th. Seventh grade health continues to work through chapter sixteen, the body systems. The class made the final preparations for the skeletal and muscular system quiz. Each student should have put information about the skeletal and muscular system that they feel will be on the quiz onto a given note card. On Monday, January 12th, the students will be allowed to use their note card as a resource on their quiz. Students are also encouraged to study their skeletal and muscular system outlines in their entirety in preparation for their quiz. The quiz will require students to provide ten short answers, match thirty-four terms to their definition and identify four statements as either; true or false.
Also, only six students have shared their Body Systems Prezi. The Body Systems Prezi is a major assessment and should be completed and shared as soon as possible. Any student that is having difficulty with their project should see me as soon as possible.
I would also like to thank Ms. Feinberg, The Student Assistance Counselor and Mr. Dennis Chambers for their presentation that provided information on Substance Abuse and Addiction on January 8th.
December 15th Through 19th. Students will continue with their second activity of the second marking period, floor hockey. Students will participate in drills that work on stick handling, passing and provide them the opportunity to compete against their classmates. The structure of the class will continue to be the same as it was for the first activity. Students will participate in a warm-up that takes approximately ten minutes. The students will be introduced to and have the opportunity to perform the walking lunge during the week. Next, the class will participate in a dynamic warm-up that incorporates different exercises that are important for students to be able to perform correctly. For example, students will work with a partner and perform as many rounds as possible of medicine ball air squats and plank holds. One student will perform ten, medicine ball air squats while their partner holds the plank position. Then, they will switch. Finally, students will participate in floor hockey drills and competitions for the remainder of the period. As always, students are encouraged to try their best to get the most out of the activities.
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