Week of 10/31/11-11/4/11 (2Q- Week 2)

6th Graders,

QUICK REMINDER....

The entire school is going to be on an assembly scheduled on Tuesday. Students will not dress out for PE, therefore, the new unit does not officially begin until Wednesday.

WEEKLY RECAP & WEEK AT A GLANCE

To find what happened this past week and to see what is coming up, check out your Google Calendar to see what is going on this week. The big highlight this week was your Jump Rope Skills test. Congratulations for finishing up the unit.

WEATHER

This week's forecast is for beautiful weather in the 70's. Check out the detailsHERE.

MILE & 2 MILE MAKE-UP RUN

The next one is scheduled for Friday, November 11th.

WHAT UNIT ARE WE IN?

On Wednesday, we start our first theme of many in the Manipulative Skills Unit, basketball skills. I am in the process of building a basketball page so that you can see what we will be learning. Unfortunately, it is not going to be ready in the next few days.

JUMP ROPE EXTRA CREDIT

I am still accepting Jump Rope videos of your family. Get them done.

WHAT UNIT IS COMING UP NEXT?

A few weeks from now, we will be starting a Cooperative Folk Dance unit called Tinikling.

WHAT IS OUR RUN THIS WEEK?

The 2 mile run. Be ready. It is on Thursday.

WHAT FITNESS ACTIVITY ARE WE DOING THIS WEEK?

We will be doing some type of fitness workout outside.

IS HOMEWORK ASSIGNED THIS WEEK?

Yes, complete 2nd Quarter HW #1 and HW #2. HW #1 is due on Thursday and HW #2 is due next Monday, November 7th.

ARE THERE ANY ASSIGNMENTS DUE THIS WEEK

Yes, HW #1 is due on Thursday.

EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS

If you burn me a CD with at least 20 of your favorite, upbeat songs that I can use on a Fitness or Run day, you will receive 10 extra credit points. To read all about this assignment and others, click on this link- Extra Credit page

ARTICLE OF THE WEEK (AOW)

No AOW this week.

DID YOU KNOW (DYK)

No DYK this week.

LAST MINUTE REMINDERS

Get HW #1 done for Thursday.

Prepare for your 2 mile run.

YOUR WORD OF THE WEEK (WOW)

WOW #1 for the 2nd quarter was posted. Check it out HERE. Also, several 1st Quarter WOWs were scanned in to the All Star Page, see if one of them was yours HERE.