These past two weeks have been chilly at Pathfinder School but in
the gymnasium the heat is up!
We have started a new floor hockey unit with Mrs. Kilts’, Mrs.
Kelly’s and Mrs. Plows’ classes. All the students can name the four
pieces of equipment used: puck, hockey stick, hockey goal and goggles. As
always, we are learning about the game rules and how to be good sports.
Many of the students are skilled with dribbling, passing to a peer, and dribbling
around an object with the puck. The students’ favorite part of floor
hockey is shooting on the goal with one of them as the goalie.
Mrs. Iorio’s class is ending a dancing unit. Dance encourages
the students to follow directions, as in songs like “The Hokey Pokey” and
“Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.” Dance also invites the students to be
creative in dressing up and creating their own dance moves to instrumental
songs. “The Sid Shuffle” from the animated film “Ice Age: Continental Drift”
is one routine that we have put a lot of our dancing efforts into.
Click
the link below to try “The Sid Shuffle” at home with your student and
family. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Until next time,
Miss Shirey
