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Reflection 5/9 As I look back over the last week of fitness testing for my students at MJGDS, I look at the overall PE curriculum for the year as well. Have the sports and activities that I ran this year … Continue reading →

Last week we began practicing for our fitness tests. I want our students to be prepared for these tests. I taught them the correct form for push-ups and sit-ups. We went over our 1/2 mile run. We constantly did hamstring … Continue reading →

We began using pedometers last year to track our students steps in PE class. This became an instant hit with most of our students. They could finally see input for how many steps they took and their distance covered throughout … Continue reading →

As I look back on our last few weeks of jump rope, I realize how hard most of my students worked. How hard I worked and trained with them. And how much of a difference we made in collecting money … Continue reading →

In all my 1st-3rd grade classes this year I introduced a new competition. The challenge would happen in the last 5-10 minutes of each of their PE classes for our Basketball unit. The objective was to get all my students … Continue reading →

Tennis is back at MJGDS and grades 1-8 are up at the courts for their 3 classes per week (rain permitting). Students are working on groundstokes (forehand and backhand), volleying, scoring, and the rules of the game. I have also … Continue reading →

I would like to introduce our newest after school program, Run Club. Students in grades 1-8 will be training on our 1/2 mile cross country course. They will use pedometers to track steps, distance, and calories. Our students will be … Continue reading →

Having your child go to a private school, such as MJGDS, you get the extra resources that are lost in so many public schools. Many public schools only get structured PE once a week! Yet they hold recess daily as … Continue reading →

I’m so excited that we have started another fun-filled, exercise-packed, school year. Grades 2-8 kick off the year by playing hockey in organized pre-selected teams. We are working on sportsmanship and teamwork right off the bat. Students must wear shin … Continue reading →

We are getting near the end of the school year and that means swimming for grades 2-8. Grades 2-5 will swim twice per week with 1 normal day of regular PE instruction. Middle school will swim 3 times per week … Continue reading →