Week of 10/5/09-10/9/09 (Week 8)

6th Graders,

You are a couple of weeks away from finishing your first quarter of middle school. It has really gone by fast.

CONGRATULATIONS to the following 6th graders for winning the Pedometer "Step-It-Up" challenge in class, earning them a Jamba Juice:

Whitney Lieberman & Austin Song- 3rd Period 2520 & 2536 respectively

Anna He- 4th Period with 2682 steps

Srinivasan Rangarajan- 5th Period with 2553 steps

*I am going to get the Jamba Juices either on Tuesday or Thursday on my prep and you will have them for Brunch. Please come give me your flavor on Monday.

WEEK AT A GLANCE

Mon- Tinikling

Tuesday- Tinikling

Wednesday- Run Day (see below)

Thursday- Tinikling Testing and WOW Quiz

Friday- Tinikling Testing

WHAT UNIT ARE WE IN?

This is our final week of Tinikling. You should learn the entire dance on Monday and then have all period on Tuesday and half the period on Thursday to practice. Your group will be tested on Thursday and Friday. Remember, please check your Tinikling Handouts and look at the Rubric. How many bones are in each foot? Every group is capable of earning a 20.

The following week, we will be starting Manipulative Skills. I am in the process of making a Web Page on my website that will specifically talk about Manipulative Skills. You will be required to print out several handouts. I will let you know when I post them.

WHAT IS OUR RUN THIS WEEK?

If we do not fall behind this week in Tinikling, we will plan to run on Wednesday. We will do the 2-1-1 run, which is 2 track laps (.5 miles), 1 Figure 8 laps (.5 miles) and 1 giant lap which is .6 miles. The entire run is 1.6 miles. To read more, click here.

WHAT FITNESS ACTIVITY ARE WE DOING THIS WEEK?

It looks as though we will not have a fitness day again this week. Instead, we will be using your fitness day to test you in Tinikling.

DID YOU FILL OUT YOUR E-LOGS?

You need to fill out your e-Run log for the Pedometer Run, due Tuesday, 10/6.

YOU DO NOT need to fill out your e-Fitness Log this week.

IS HOMEWORK ASSIGNED THIS WEEK?

No, there will not be homework assigned this week unless we can not complete a PE 101 worksheet in class. How many total bones are there in the entire body?

Next week, you will have a project assigned. It is called the "Stretch Deck" assignment and I will go over it with you in class.

ARE THERE ANY ASSIGNMENTS DUE THIS WEEK?

1. Fill out your e-Run log for the Pedometer run, due Tuesday.

2. Your WOW sheet is due on Wednesday. There will be a WOW quiz on Thursday.

EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS

-Soon, I will be posting several extra credit opportunities on my Extra Credit page on my website, but, in the meantime, there are 2 assignments available to you now.

-Print out your BMI page from the website above = 5 points toward your PE 101 grade

-Make a Mixed Fitness Music CD = 10 points toward Fitness Grade.

Follow the requirements below:

*Every song has to be middle school appropriate-no swear words and no controversial

content.

*The CD has to have AT LEAST 20 songs

*Music has to be be up-tempo and up-beat (slow songs are not good for pumping people

up while working out). Use songs that you and classmates would have fun working out to.

*Make sure the songs are from different artists

ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS

Fill out your e-Run log.
Get your BMI.

Please look over your Tinikling handouts and get familiar with the Rubric.
Keep filling out your WOW sheet.

MUSCULAR ENDURANCE is your "Word of the Week".