Physical EducationGrades 3-6Carol Scott

Grades 3-6 Physical Education ProgramClass Activities- soccer, flag football, cross country, softee polo, volleyball, fitness, gymnastics, basketball, team handball, whiffleball, lacrosse, badminton, ultimate frisbee, frisbee golf, track and field, ultimate kickball, and dodge ball

Extracurricular/Intramurals- basketball, gymnastics, soccer, field hockey, volleyball, early morning basketball, and circus.

Community Activities- pee wee football, cheerleading, soccer, basketball, softball, and baseball

Cross-Curricular IntegrationEach class begins with a whiteboard discussion, which includes the sport history and vocabulary words

ELA- vocabularyMath-angles, scoringSocial Studies- history, geography

Problem SolvingSport specific strategies and problem solving are apart of each activity to improve performance

Two new games are introduced with basic rules and the classes work together to develop strategies through cause and effect

Problem Solving – World FootballWorld Football was developed because flag football did not include enough of the students

World football is played with a soccer ball and flag football belts; the game is football if the ball is in the air and soccer if the ball is on the ground

The students work hard to develop strategies within the parameters of basic rules of football and soccer

As successful methods emerge the pre-game whiteboard discussions becomes more focused and productive

Problem Solving – 4-Way Dodge Ball4-way dodge ball was developed with student discussion after 4-way volleyball

The game glaringly demonstrates the students’ ability to problem solve

Students need to learn through the problem solving experience which team to eliminate and why