Week of 2/25/13/13-3/1/13 (3rd Quarter -Week 5)

6th Graders,

I hope that you had a great week off.  It seems to have flown by.  I was able to escape to Sonoma County for a few days and then came back mid week to run my Bootcamp Classes.  Anyway, I am ready to start a new unit and I feel recharged for Monday.  Enjoy what is left of this beautiful Sunday.  Please read through the blog, there is a lot of new information.  

WEEKLY RECAP & WEEK AT A GLANCE

We wrapped up our Jump Rope Unit with final performances on Friday.  Please look at the  CALENDAR to see what is going on for the week.  It is your responsibility to be prepared.  

WEATHER

It is going to be a great week of weather.  Please check the weekly weather HERE.  

JUMP ROPE ROUTINES

I have peeked at the performance videos and am in the process of selecting ones that I will call "All Star" performances.  I am hoping to have these edited and finished this week and then I will open up voting like I did for Tinikling.  There were some fun routines for sure.  

PE 101 PACKET

Last week, I graded all of your PE 101 packets, mostly to make sure that they were all completed.  Most of you were missing some information and therefore received a check minus.  I will be handing these packets back Monday and you will have a couple of days to complete any/all of the information that you overlooked and still receive full credit.  Your packet will need to be handed in on or before your Block day.  If you have any questions about this, please see me on Monday.

WHAT UNIT ARE WE IN?

Tomorrow, we start Track and Field, specifically, Long Jump.  If you want to know which events you will be doing on what days, you need to go to your Google Calendar.  I really want you to poke around the Track and Field page to see what the unit is all about.  It is a fantastic unit and had a wide array of different events.  These are the same events that we have for our After School Sports Track and Field program as well.  

This week we have Long Jump, Triple Jump and start Hurdles.  These are 3 pretty cool events.  Please do a little research on these before class tomorrow.  Click on the links below:

What is Long Jump?  click HERE to find out
What does Long Jump look like?  click HERE to find out  
What is Triple Jump?  click HERE to find out
What does it look like?  click HERE to find out
What is Hurdles?  click HERE to find out
What does it look like?  click HERE to find out

If you want to see what Units you will be doing for the year, click HERE.    

WHAT IS OUR RUN THIS WEEK?

We have the 2 mile run on the Block Period.       

WHAT FITNESS ACTIVITY ARE WE DOING THIS WEEK?

We do not have a fitness activity planned this week.  We will be in the rock wall working on our BFC Templates.

IS HOMEWORK ASSIGNED THIS WEEK?

Yes, you need to fix your PE 101 Packet and turn it on your Block Period day to receive full credit.

ARE THERE ANY ASSIGNMENTS DUE THIS WEEK

Yes, your PE 101 Packet needs to be turned in on your Block Period day (see PE 101 Packet above).

EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS

For any extra credit assignments that you would like to do, please go to the extra credit page.  There are little, medium and large assignments that you can choose from.

EXERCISE OF THE WEEK

No EOW this week.

ARTICLE OF THE WEEK (AOW)

This quarter, there is a big focus on nutrition with my WOW's.  Being able to read and understand food labels is so important.  Here is a good article for you in helping to guide you through the Food Label madness.

YOUR WORD OF THE WEEK (WOW)

WOW #4 was posted this week for the 3rd quarter.  All of your WOW words are going to be focused on Nutrition.  A big theme this quarter.  Check out your WOW HERE.