December marks a new unit, basketball and lots of cheer!
Basketball is a sport that all of the students are familiar with and enjoy.
This
week, Mrs. Iorio’s class, our youngest students, learned to dribble with their
finger pads at different heights (low, medium and high). Her students started
dribbling in place, and then progressed to dribbling while walking.Many of the
students enjoyed passing (chest passes, bounce passes and over-the-head passes)
to their peers. Mrs. Kilt’s, Mrs. Plow’s and Mrs. Kelly’s classes practiced eye-hand coordination with the basketball. In one activity, the students pretended to be candy canes and wrapped their bodies with the basketball from head to toe! The students were challenged during spider catch and figure eight drills. The students practiced left and right handed dribbling, starting in-place, and then going around objects.
My classes thought the “Pick up Your Room” game was a lot of
fun, as the children and I were able to scatter the gym floor with bean bags. The
students would then dribble to each bean bag and place it in a basket while
continuing to dribble. Students were timed to see how fast they could “pick up
their room.”
Mrs. Kelly’s class is learning Physical Education vocabulary
to enhance their understanding of fitness and sports. Their first word was‘sportsmanship.’
Look below to see what they came up with all on their own!
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| Thank You, Please, Nice Words, Say Sorry, Safe |
On Thursday, the gymnasium was filled with wonderful holiday
decorations for the annual Pathfinder Village Residents’ Holiday Show and Tree
Lighting Ceremony. In place of playing basketball, the students began to
experiment with Speed Stacks. Click the link below to see what speed stacking
is really about!
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