YSCP Weekly Newsletter #7
Health and Physical Education Mr. Vincent Fadale ([email protected]) Physical Education What we’ve been doing? K-2 students have continued dodging and fleeing games. The games we played this week were called “Water, Fire, and Trees” and “Crows and Cranes.” 3-5 students have continued our track and field and kickball unit. We worked on hurdling and jumping this week for track and field. In kickball we expanded upon rules and strategies in our gameplay. 6-8th grade students have continued their football unit. Students learned how to properly carry a football. Students then did an activity which utilized running with the football and throwing for accuracy. Students also played Ultimate Football. The rules are the same as ultimate frisbee, but a football is used. This forces students to work together, move to get open, defend receivers/passes, pass, and catch the football. What we are going to do? K-2 students will be continuing dodging and fleeing games. 3-5 students will continue their track and field/kickball unit. 6-8 students will continue their football unit. Health (Middle School) What we’ve been doing? We did not meet due to the shortened week. What we are going to do? 6th grade learned about homeostasis and how it keeps our body balanced. 7-8th grade is learning about the digestive system and how it breaks down nutrients to provide our body with energy.
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YSCP Weekly Newsletter #6
Health and Physical Education Mr. Vincent Fadale ([email protected]) Physical Education What we’ve been doing? K-2 students have continued dodging and fleeing games. The games we played this week were called “Builders and Bulldozers” and “Steal the Bacon.” 1st and 2nd graders also incorporated some basic math and spanish into steal the bacon. 3-5 students have started our track and field and kickball unit. We worked on sprinting this week and learned the rules to kickball. 6-8th grade students have started their football unit. Students learned how to pass and catch a football. After learning how to pass and catch, students were able to use those skills in our capture the flag game. What we are going to do? K-2 students will be continuing dodging and fleeing games. 3-5 students will continue their track and field/kickball unit. 6-8 will continue their football unit. Health (Middle School) What we’ve been doing? 6th grade students learned how the nervous and endocrine systems control body function. 7th and 8th grade brought in nutrition labels from home and worked as a group to rank them from healthiest to least healthiest. What we are going to do? We did not meet due to the shortened week. YSCP Weekly Newsletter #5
Health and Physical Education Mr. Vincent Fadale ([email protected]) Physical Education What we’ve been doing? Students have concluded gameplay in soccer this week in grades 3-8. K-2 students have started playing dodging and fleeing games. This helps develop spatial awareness and cardiovascular endurance. Our games this week were “sharks and minnows” and “treasure island.” What we are going to do? K-2 students will be continuing dodging and fleeing games. 3-5 students will start a track and kickball unit. 6-8 will take a quiz in soccer and start our football unit. Health (Middle School) What we’ve been doing? 6th grade students have learned about how our bodies transport and excrete essential materials such as oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrients. 7th and 8th grade did not meet last week due to Practice PSSA Testing. What we are going to do? 6th grade students will learn how the nervous and endocrine systems interact to control body function. 7th and 8th grade students will bring in their own food labels and due a group activity. YSCP Weekly Newsletter #4
Health and Physical Education Mr. Vincent Fadale ([email protected]) Physical Education What we’ve been doing? Students have continued gameplay this week in grades 3-8. K-2 students have been working on shooting as they have been practicing shooting the ball into the net with bin goalies. This helps develop the habit of students aiming for the corners of the goal. What we are going to do? K-2 students will be playing some dodging and fleeing games along with some parachute activities. 3-5 students will finish with their last day of soccer with game-play. 6-8 will receive a study guide for their quiz and finish up with their last day of game-play. Students will also be officiating their own games independently. Health (Middle School) What we’ve been doing? 6th grade students have learned about how different body systems work together so that our body can move. 7th and 8th grade have learned about healthy eating and how to follow dietary guidelines. We also discussed how food guidelines have changed over the past decade. What we are going to do? 6th grade students will learn how different body systems interact to get vital materials throughout our body. 7th and 8th grade students will not meet due to practice PSSA Testing. YSCP Weekly Newsletter #3
Health and Physical Education Mr. Vincent Fadale ([email protected]) Physical Education What we’ve been doing? Students in all grades have continued our soccer unit. The K-2 students learned how to trap the ball in our lord of the rings dribbling game. The 3-5 students learned how to pass and throw in a soccer ball. Middle School students did 3 on 3 drills to learn how to play defense as well as spread out and use space on offense. Students also had gameplay after the drills and discussed strategies. What we are going to do? K-2 students will be continuing our soccer unit with shooting. 3-5 students will be starting gameplay. Middle School will practice goal keeping and continue gameplay. Students will also receive a study guide for soccer skills and strategies. Health (Middle School) What we’ve been doing? 6th grade students learned about the 4 different types of tissue and how they work in our body. 7th and 8th grade learned how different micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) as well as water work in the body. What we are going to do? 6th grade students will learn how different body systems interact to help our body work . 7th and 8th grade students will learn about healthy eating and food labels. Homework will be to bring in a food label for next class to compare and contrast. |
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