Welcome to the 2nd trimester at Lakeview!

The Physical Education teachers for the 6th graders are Mr. Dvorak, Mr. Dodd, and Mrs. Andreatta. Although students have one of these teachers on their schedule, they receive grades from all three. Grades are based on skill improvement, daily work, written tests, and fitness work.

Motor development activities for this trimester include:

Square and Line Dance: We will work on step patterns for various square and line dances. Square dance steps include promenade, allemande left and right, grand right and left, do-si-do, swings, stars, an understanding of home position, and various others. Line dances will include learning the grapevine step to be used in the Electric Slide and Slappin' Leather.

Inline skating: When we get back to school from winter break, we will spend a week working on balance and form in inline skating. This is a coordination exercise in which we show up the teachers.

During basketball we will work on the skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting. We will try to put these skills into a game.

Floor hockey will stress safe stick handling and offensive and defensive play.

In wellness training we will continue to work on correct weight lifting technique, along with learning major muscle groups and how to strengthen them.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. And if it does, we will go outside to cross country ski. We own our own skis, so have hats and gloves in your locker and be ready to go if it snows. We work on balance and poling techniques. It sure is nice to get outside in the winter.

In addition to movement studies, students receive grades on fitness activities:

	Jump roping grades are based on skill improvement. Students work on jumping forward and backward, on one foot and two, using a variety of jumps and resting moves.
	Our second cardio cross training activity is a 10 minute run once a week. Students wear heart monitors and work on pacing and staying in their target heart rate zones. The monitors tell students if they should be working a little harder or if they should slow down, because it's just as important not to overdo it as it is to work hard enough. Each run is worth 10 points and students receive one point for each minute in the target zone. Here is a copy of the running record sheet.
	Step aerobics grades are based on keeping time to the music and following directions. Our steps are the same ones used in health clubs, as are the moves we do. This is a new experience and can be very tricky for our students. Some catch on quickly and some don't but it really is getting better.