May & June: Games
Motor Development:
*use balls, paddles, scoops with correct form
Social Development:
*work cooperatively with a partner or group
*courtesy towards others
*share with others
Personal Development:
*applies skills to play situations
*show respect for equipment
*demonstrates acceptable responses to challenges, successes, and failures
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A typical 30 minute SPARK class for grades 3-6 includes:
5 min. warm up activity, 10 min. Focus on Fitness activity (ex. jump rope)
10-15 min. Skill activity (ex. basketball), 5 min. cool down and closure
May: Presidential Testing
Areas to be tested:
Mile Run
Curl-Ups
Trunk Lift
Flexibility
Upper body strength
Time will be spent stretching and practicing all events the week before the actual test.
Testing will take place the week of May 20th.