During our fun PE unit this week, students will be learning about health and many things that come with that. Day 1, students will learn about finding their pulse, and they will spend a bit of class time calculating their own heart rate. Day two, I will introduce the five health related fitness components and students will participate in fitness stations with a variety of exercise activities. On day three, we will continue talking about our fitness components, and students will work with a partner to create their own “add-on” workout. They will certainly be exhausted after classes this week, but that is always my goal! On the last day of the unit, we will do a nutrition related relay race. Students will sort through healthy and unhealthy food choices. This is one of my favorite units to run because students are so eager to learn about health. It is so important to teach them about health starting at a young age! As always, please reach out anytime at [email protected]. If you would like to sign up for a conference, please visit: https://calendar.app.google/XarNjHhSYzzhnsE19.
Additionally, we will always start class with an instant activity, which is usually a cooperative tag game. I use tag games for students to work on cardiovascular endurance. It gets the kids moving right away and aids in overall health.
I encourage all students and families to work on living a healthy lifestyle at home and modeling that for each other. Health and fitness is SO important! I only get to see your student(s) 5 days out of the month if I am lucky. They need movement everyday!