2nd - 5th grades
A...Students will begin "striking with implements" this week. An introduction to paddles will start class, talking about sports that use them and the Olympics. Students will all receive a paddle and a whiffle ball and begin by working on balancing the ball. Students will be further challenged to balance the ball while moving and to perfrom tricks! Students next will begin the strike the ball up continuously. They will be challenged to keep the ball going and not move their feet. We will review the grip of a paddle and then go over "PR" or "Personal Records". Students will attempt to improve their PR and then be challenged to do striking tricks. Students will grab a partner and strike back and forth in consecutive strikes (no bounce) then try it with one bounce. Students in 3rd - 5th grades will play line ball which is the same as one bounce but it has to be over a line.
B...3rd - 5th grades will review the rules of "Paddle Ball" and watch a demonstration game. Students will play singles and doubles games. Strategies of conflict resolution will be discussed. Students will begin play at own paces and choosing own partners and opposition. Games will be played to 10 and then must find a new team to play. 2nd grade will practice PR's again and play line ball.
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K - 1st grades
A...Students will have a "Hoop Day" Students will be challenged, as a group, to hold in different ways, move in different ways, make a diamond, drive a car, jump rope hula hoop, jump through a stationary hoop, pass it from one arm to the other, throw up and step through, hula hoop, neck hoop, arm hoop, continuous roll, two hand roll, roll and jump through, rolling contest, then free hooping.
B...Students will again have a "Hoop Day" revisiting many of the skills from the first day. Students will get in two groups and create a hoop tunnel. Each time student goes through the tunnel, he/she has to switch with a hula hoop holder to give another student the chance to go through the hoop tunnel. Lines move VERY quickly. Next lines create a hoop run/jump course and students will run and jump through the long line, only to return for another shot at it over and over again. Lines are made more difficult as time goes on by moving the hoops farther apart.
