WEEK 5: Football Throw and the "Body"

Third through fifth grades will be wrapping up throwing instruction with the football throw. Students will use the same throwing motion but hand work will be different. Emphasis will be put on the grip of the ball with one or two fingers behind the laces. We will talk about a spiral and how sliding the hand down and under will help lead to a spiral. Students will work as partners to practice the footbal throw and then come together to play "TD Ball". The class will be split into two teams and try to score goals into the other teams endzone by throwing the football from hula hoops situated all around the court. A point is scored if the football goes over the cross bar in the opposing teams end zone. Students can go wherever they please on the court but can only score if the football is thrown over the opposing teams cross bar. A five point bonus if a student throws the footabll into the basketball goal.

Second grade will continue the baseball throw. They will review the four throwing steps and then play "Battleball". For an explanation of this game refer to week 4, 3rd through 5th grade.

Kindergarten and first grades will be exploring their body this week. Do you ever wonder why young children can't run or walk without bumping into someone? Or why they always have to stand so close together? We will be working on spatial awareness with our activities. We will do a freeze game. All games will emphasize touching no other students. We will use polyspots to explore our "own" space. We will move around the spots to understand how far apart your "own" space is. We will have a moving spots contest where students will race to get to their "own" space. We will move the spots to a circle and use colors this time to move. On a color call, those students will move quickly to a different spot of the same color. Next that color will grab a beanbag. Be careful of the all color call! We will end with "5 Corners".