Volleying and striking-

I've always said that volleying and striking is one of my favorite units to teach. I can entertain a 5-7 year old for hours wit a balloon. Our students had a blast using their hands, feet, head to keep the balloon up! 

We also worked on striking. Our students love this Spark lesson!

Fitness Across America Field Day 2015

We had a great couple of days weather wise! The students had a wonderful time! 

We also had a fantastic Kickball game with the 5th graders versus teachers and parents! See the picture below to see who the winner was!

A BIG SHOUT OUT!- Mrs. Carpenter

I wanted to take a moment and highlight a special person to our PE program. Mrs. Carpenter is not only a BIG supporter of our PE program but she is our go to sub for both Mr. C and Mrs. Davis. When she is at BME for one of us we have great confidence that all will be ok with her there. She has filled in for both of us over the years at a moments notice and we are so appreciative for all that she does. She adds a competive edge to our classes and always a comic relief. She keeps us laughing and on our toes. Thank you Mrs. Carpenter for always being willing to pitch in and fill in. It means more to us and to our students than you will ever know! 

YOU ARE AWESOME!

BME staff takes on Battleship!

I've mentioned it before but I work with the best staff! Mr. c and I were asked to lead a part of our staff meeting today. We put our heads together along with Mrs Aguair and came up with one of our kids' favorites- Battleship. Prizes were given for the inning teams and Our First Grade Team won twice! Our 4th grade

Team one of the rounds as well!! Way to go ladies!! One of the prizes was a lunch off campus and the other prize was Dunkin Donut gift cards. Check out the pictures! Everyone got their heart rate up and laughed a little too!

So much fun! 

What have we been up to?

You might be wondering what is going on in PE at Brinson? I'm so glad you asked! 

We here in Eastern NC have been freezing!!! I mean below normal temps, ice, cold temps, snow and even more low temps. I'm just going to be honest...it's been pretty miserable outside. BUT inside our gym we have been busy!!

Here is recap of just a few things going on..

K-2 

We have been warming up with a game called Snakes and lizards. So much fun! It combines balancing with locomotor skills. While hard to organize at times- the students LOVE it! 

We've also been learning how to roll and catch with a partner. Check out the pictures!

Students had a wide variety of equipment to practice rolling and catching. 

3-5

Our new units include Tinikeling and Basketball. Well last week Ronald McDonald came so PE doesn't stop- we just relocated to the cafeteria. 

Some other exciting news is we have NEW SHELVES!! Ahh yeah!! Love organizing and finding new homes for equipment that was just everywhere. We are having fun organizing!! Here are some of the beginning pictures. More pictures to come of the finished product!

This is located at the back of the stage. As soon as they were done friday I stayed late trying to organize a bit. 

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.