Speedstacks roundup

Well the time has come to put away our speedstacks until next school year. Our students have really enjoyed learning to stack. This past week we timed and I will be looking at each class's times and recognizing the top two stackers from each class. Certificates will be handed out next week. 

This is Ms. Mary and John. John is in o w of our Adapted PE classes.All of our students learned to Speedstack. Our APE students first learned with the Jumbo stacks and then moved to the regular sized cups. John loved it and I think Ms. Mary did too!

So...what's next? Next week we are going to have fun and play some of our favorite aerobic activity games.

We like to call it PE GAMES THAT ROCK!  We've not run and gotten our hearts moving for long periods of time,

so we will sweating big time next week! 

In two weeks we are starting two new units. We will be splitting up the classes. Mr. C will be starting Golf with the First Tee. I will be teaching catching and throwing with K-2. Our 3-5 will be Tinikeling and learning basketball skills. Tinikeling is a rhythmic activity from the Phillipines. I'm working on a self assessment for basketball skills that is going to help our students determine the areas they need to grow the most. 

I want to share one last picture...this little fella ran over to me yesterday (while I wasn't feeling the best to be honest) and gave me the BIGGEST HUG- he said 'Mrs Davis you are the best PE teacher ever!' Man I love my job!! Isn't he the cutest!

See everyone next week!

Mrs. Davis 

Speedstack, timing and QR codes

So this week all of our students at BME are timing themselves on what they have learned through out the unit. Our K-2 students are being timed on the 3-3-3 and our 3-5 students are timing on those and The cycle. The students have had a blast seeing how fast they are. Some are faster than they thought and others not as fast. 

QR codes are so helpful for many reasons. In this unit I used Speedstack videos and made my own as ways to review what was taught. I also had our administration speedstack the 3-3-3. Our students have loved watching it. 

Enjoy the pictures.

Here is a picture of the timing sheet that each student will complete.

Timing Speedstacks next week

It's been a GREAT week in our gym! PE is so much fun! Our k-2 students have learned the 3-6-3 stack while our 3-5 students have learned THE CYCLE! Next week they will time themselves and see who is the fastest in each class and grade level. 

Special Olympics- Basketball

I was fortunate to join our 3 self contained ECP classes this week for their annual Basketball challenge. I wanted to go for many reasons. The main reason was to be there to interact and make modifications for the students as they participated. The other reason I wanted to be there was I had been doing basketball lessons in order to prepare our  students for the event. I had gotten input from different people but seeing how it is run and knowing how to adjust my lessons is important to me. The students had a blast. Enjoy the pictures.

If you attend a Special Olympics event- it is hard to not get emotional as you watch each student called and given a medal. To so many it means the world! Have I mentioned I love my job! 

Speedstacks! Stack Fast!

Well it's been a little while since I last updated. It was hard finding the time before Christmas. We are off into our Speedstacks unit here at BME. So much fun! Our students LOVE speed stacking. They really do!

If you would like to see more about Speedstacks head on over to www.speedstacks.com, it has great videos and information on ordering your own set. 

We do Speedstacks for several reasons. Ambidexterity is one of the reasons. In sports kids need to be able to use both hands. You get lots of practice in Speedstacks. 

Enjoy the different pictures. I hope to update and add pictures from before Christmas.

What a week! Many things to be thankful for!

Our 2nd graders are learning how to jump and land safely. While it doesn't sound exciting they LOVE it! They also got a lot of aerobic activity this week participating in the Locomotor grab bag activity. They had to read specific ideas and directions and work together as a team to participate correctly. I always laugh when people walk in our gym not knowing what we are doing because many times it looks very SCARY! They love the collaboration that comes with games like this. Take a look below for some great students and how they work together.

This week our 3-5 students have learned different skills while learning to jump rope. They have also started Jump Rob Clubs. They absolutely love this unit and students are able to work independently while working on a specific goals. There are several levels at which students are able to earn a "bookmark." Our bookmarks are in the different levels seen in the picture below. Everyone has to start at 10 and work there way up. What is great is that they have to practice in order to be able to be checked off for the different levels, therefore working on their Aerobic Capacity...funny how that works.

  It is so exciting to see students begin the week not believing in themselves and then as the weeks progress they are able to jump and earn different bookmarks. Enjoy the pictures and story below.

This is William and he is 4th grade student. William is extremely athletic and typically excels in majority of the sports, games and activities that we do week in and week out. However, jump roping skills are not his favorite because he doesn't think 1-that he is very good at it or 2-because it doesn't come naturally or easy to him. He was not a happy PE student this week when he found out our next unit was Jump Rope. What I love is that at the beginning of the week he was very somber and tried to hide from me when checking other students off on Jump Rope Clubs. I gave him lots of encouragement and told him to do his best. I told him that he would have to practice during PE and during recess and at home. WELL...today he came to PE with a new attitude. In fact, he was able to get two bookmarks and even HE was surprised. I know that I am not a classroom teacher but so many times I see students who do not believe they can do something and often struggle...I was literally in tears today as I watched William try his best and PERSEVERE and earn TWO BOOKMARKS! He was so proud of himself and knew the tears in my eyes were happy tears.WAY TO GO WILLIAM!



Enjoy the rest of this week's pictures.

The First of Many- The First Tee

This week our 5th grade students had the great honor of participating in The First Tee. On Thursday and Friday morning we loaded up the bus with excited 5th graders and headed over to Carolina Colours golf course. We were greeted by Coach George and the other fantastic coaches. These men give up their time to plant tiny seeds of enthusiasm for the sport of golf. They were not only knowledgable but extremely patient with our students. We were even more fortunate to have our newly adopted Navy squadron send a few of their men to help out as well. 

Enjoy the pictures below. 

Warm ups

Coach George explaining the different parts of the golf course.

Students practicing their putting skills. At this station the goal was to putt three times and get a ball in each of the three sections.

At this station our students got to use irons to practice their swing in full force. For majority of our students it was the first time ever really hitting a golf ball for long distance.

Thursday was a beautiful day! Our students Friday had a bitter cold day and majority of the stations had to be moved inside. We look forward to our next trip in the Spring.

A BIG BIG thank you to Carolina Coloours for allowing our students from Brinson to experience time at their briar idyl golf course. And thank you to all of the men who volunteered their time over the two days.