Oh man the school year is flying by so fast, I forgot to post on our PE blog. It has been a great year so far, we have had many events in our PE world already this year. Lively Elementary won the USDA Gold Award and was presented the award at a ceremony on September [...]
Wrap up…
Wow the school year has gone by so fast. We have learned alot of things this year in class. We learned how to play new games, about muscles and bones, about ways to stay healthy, skills, movements, saftey rules, and alot more. You have raised money for The American Heart Association, The American Diabetes Association, [...]
COOL RUNNINGS…
As you know we have been raising money for people with cancer by putting our coins and dollars in our classroom’s COOL RUNNINGS bucket. I want to hear your stories about what you think about the COOL RUNNINGS program, about money you put in the bucket, about what you did to raise money to put [...]
Jump Rope…
We are working on jump ropes right now in PE. I want to hear about your jump rope experience. Tell me about when you learned to first jump rope. Have you learned any new skills in PE since we have been working on jump ropes?
Can you jump in a rope that is already turning? Are [...]
Welcome Back…
Hello students!
Welcome back to school, it’s going to be a great year. I hope you have had an amazing summer and have had lots of fun this summer. I hope you had fun playing and getting some exercise. This summer I ran outside, walk on the trail, rode my bike in the neighborhood, walked my [...]
Track and Field…
We have been learning about track and field events. When you run you want to give you very best effort like you do in school. See how far you can run in one minute, how about how far you can run in 3 minutes. How long does it take you to run 400m (remember 400 [...]
Heart Check
We have been learning about the heart, the different parts of the heart, and how blood flows in and out of the heart. I’m going to see how well you listened and remember about the heart. I will post your grade if you want me to, so you know how well you did. You need [...]
Jump On In…!!
People have been jumping rope for hundreds of years. It’s fun, great exercise, and not just for girls. Many athletes jump rope to stay in shape. Jumping rope is great fun and great exercise for you, too. It will build up your legs (quadriceps, hamstrings, gastronomies, tibialis), shoulders (deltoids, trapezius), arms (biceps, triceps), and heart. [...]
Classroom vocabulary in PE
We are working on gymnastics in PE. You have learned how to do forward rolls, backwards roll, hand stands, cartwheels, balance beam, briges, and spring board. Have you seen in connection to words or ideas in PE as you did in class? There are many vocabulary words that are used in both your teacher’s classroom [...]
Favorite Muscle
What is your favorite muscle that we have learned so far in class and why? What exercises can you do to strengthen that muscle (Strength)? What exercise can you do to stretch that muscle (Flexibility)? What sports or games use that muscle?
(Remeber you already know 10 muscles!)
Welcome to Coach Pittman’s Weblog
I am glad that you have joined me to continue our discussions in Health and Fitness.
To get started, I would like you to tell me what your favorite fitness activity is and write all about it. Do you do your activity with other people? Do you do your activity inside or outside, or both? Do [...]
