Tritt Physical Education

Happy New Year

                                                
We hope you had a wonderful Winter Break and got all the rest you needed.  Thank you all for the wonderful presents we received for the holidays.  For the next two weeks we will be doing a basketball unit.  We will work on hand eye coordination, dribbling, passing, and shooting skills.  Along with several lead up games to enhance our game like skills. 

We are very excited to attend once again the Share The Wealth PE Conference in Jekyll Island thanks to our wonderful PTA January 26-28.  Last year we brought back several games that we have incorperated into our curriculum.   

After basketball we will start our Dance Unit because the Family Dance will be coming up on February 10th. 

We are all in this together...

Since colder weather is approaching we are all inside together.  Our first inside unit is Volleyball.  We are enhancing our striking skills during this unit.  K-2 is concentrating on skills using balloons and beach balls.  While 3-5 is perfecting our skills and will engage in lead up games using Volleyball Trainers.

For your child's safety, please make sure your child has on tennis shoes not boots on PE days.  (Or a change of tennis shoes just for PE).

Mrs. Hall's class received the most Bonus Sneakers during the 1st 9 weeks of school and recevied an Extra PE time as their reward for great behaivor.  We have already started this 2nd 9 weeks contest so who will win this time?

                                                                                                                                                    

2nd Units

We are now in the second rotation of our Units.  K-5 are doing Frisbee Activities with Coach Adams.  We learn the proper way to throw a Frisbee, and then play Frisbee Golf, Horseshoes, Ultimate Frisbee and other activities that involve throwing at a target.

Mrs. Smarr is doing Kicking activities with K-2 and Badminton with 3-5.  The younger kids are learning stationary kicking as well as kicking a moving target.  The older kids when doing Badminton learn striking a stationary and moving target as well. 

Falcons First Down for Fitness Program

Hey parents of 4th graders!  The sheet for the Falcons Fitness program is to the right of the blog.  Download it and start keeping track of how active your child is!  Thanks

The Units Have Begun

We have started our first two units in PE.  Mrs. Smarr is doing Throwing Skills and I am doing Flag Football Activities with K-2.  Mrs. Smarr is doing 4 Square/Tetherball and I am doing Flag Football with 3-5. 

4th grade is involved with a First Down for Fitness program where they are aiming to get 60 minutes of activity a day so encourage your child to be active when you come home especially if they did not have PE.  We are talking about how important fitness is and how eating right can improve your health.

The First Week

Well, the first week is over and we had a great time playing cooperative games.  We had several opportunities to learn each other's names, make up secret handshakes and pass the ball using only our feet!

  Next week we will start Fitness Testing using the state mandated FITNESSGRAM test for 2-5.  (For more information about this test please click on the link to the right.)  K and 1 will be working on Locomotor skills.  Take care!

Welcome Back to the 2011-2012 School Year!

The Physical Education Department is looking forward to working with your child this year at Tritt.  Grades K-2 will be on a 7 day rotating schedule and 3rd- 5th grade will be on a 6 day rotating schedule.  Each classroom teacher has a schedule for when you child will attend PE. 

We encourage all students to actively participate in the daily activities.  If your child cannot participate, please write a short, dated note to the PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS stating the reason and length of excuse.  For an extended illness of more than 5 days, a DOCTOR'S note is required.  (If your child has a medical condition (like asthma, heart conditions, etc.) please fill out the Individual Health Form on our website or under the Specials section of the Tritt Website.)

For your child to perform to the best of his/her ability and for sagety reasons, suitable clothing should be worn to PE each day:

• Comfortable pants, jeans or shorts
• If wearing a dress, have shorts underneath
• Tennis shoes that tie or Velcro and fit securely with socks should be worn    

No boots, sandals, jellies, high-heels, cleats, Crocs, flip-flops or backless shoes!

PE Rules

1. Enter and leave gym quietly
2. Follow directions the first time
3. Do you best every time
4. Respect each other by keeping your hands, feet and objects to yourself
5. Have good sportsmanship
6. Be safe, alert and make smart choices

If a child chooses not to follow the rules:

1. Verbal Warning
2. Leave the group and not participate for a short time
3. Behavior note
4. Phone call to parents

Grading:

The PE grade for K-3 will be based on varying skill assessments and behavior and 4-5  will be based on participation, sportsmanship and behavior. 

If a student receives a behavior note during any nine week grading period, it will be reflected under Conduct on the report card.