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Yearly Overview

Casey Cougar

Sweat Gazette

Writer: Mrs. Leber P.E. teacher

Hi, I am Mrs. Leber

Hi, I am Mrs. Leber, your child's Physical Education teacher. This is my 10th year at Cashell. Since Cashell is such a small school, I am only here Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. On Mondays and Wednesdays I teach at Little Bennett E.S. I look forward to another wonderfully active year with your children. Remember children learn by example. The more you move, the more they will choose to move! Please feel free to come in and join your child during his or her P.E. class!

Please Wear your sneakers!

To be safe in P.E., all children must wear their sneakers to P.E. Due to safety concerns, a student will be asked to sit out of P.E. if he/she does not have on sneakers. Look and see what day you need to wear your sneakers;
Tuesday: Duarte, Conte, Ingham, Gannon
Thursday; Gurton, Ng, Durham, Letina
Friday; Rosendorf, Siska, Homon, Baker, McLean

Let's Move

Pre-K-2nd graders will be working on being SAFE. During this unit we work on movement skills. During movement exploration students develop an understanding of space - how to find their own movement space and how to keep their own space while they move. We learn about dodging and looking for an open space to move into. We also work on locomotor movements such as jump, hop, gallop, slide, and skip. We use these new movements while traveling in different directions (left, right, clockwise, and counter-clockwise), and different pathways (straight, curved and zigzag).

Special Events

9/25; 4th and 5th grade Hoedown
10/20-10/24; 4th and 5th grade bike safety week
10/19 Darcars Young Run go to http://www.mcrrc.org
11/3; 5th grade Sugarloaf Mountain Hike

Team

Third graders will start the year working on cooperation. We will focus on working together to complete a task. We will learn how to support each other and accept our differences.

Our minds on safety

For the 5th year WABA (Washington Area Bicycle Association) will be donating a trailer of bikes and helmets to our school for one week. During P.E. class 4th and 5th graders will learn about the importance of wearing a helmet and performing an "ABC Quick Check" on their bikes before they ride. I do not require students to ride a bike, but they will put on a helmet!

Let's Dance!

Students in 4th and 5th grade will be working on their dance skills to get ready to perform for the 8th annual Hoedown. Fourth graders will be working on line dancing and fifth graders will be working on square dancing. This year 3rd graders will be also working on dance in a creative dance unit. Ask your children to show you their dance.

Fitness Components

3rd through 5th graders will discover the 5 components of fitness this semester. We will learn how to take our heart rate and discover what activities make our heart rate fall into our target zone (120-160 bpm).

When I exercise my body...

Pre-K-2nd graders will be learning what happens to their body when they exercise. We will discover that our heart beats faster, we breathe harder and our skin sweats. Second graders will learn that our heart pumps blood, and our lungs breathe in oxygen.