8th Grade - 3rd Trimester

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8th Grade Study Guides

Fitness assessment: Complete Presidential Physical Fitness Tests and compare results to Fall scores. Analyze individual fitness plan for effectiveness of meeting goals. Worth 50 points.

Racquet sports written tests: students will have the choice of taking a written test on pickleball, badminton, and tennis, or

of developing a web page or power point presentation on the rules of ONE of those 3 sports.

Pickleball: Work on forehands, backhands, and volleys. Display an understanding of the rules of single and/or doubles and demonstrate that understanding through game play. For the rules of pickleball check these sights out.

Table Tennis, singles and doubles: Work on the skills of the games. Demonstrate and understanding of the rules by applying them to a game situation.

Badminton: Work on game skills and apply them to a game situation. Demonstrate and understanding of the rules of singles and doubles by applying them to a game.

Softball: Work on the skills of hitting and fielding, of base running, and of the rules as related to a game situation.

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Develop a group jump rope routine that incorporates 8 different moves, faces all 4 walls, is synchronized and is 2 minutes long.

	Develop a group step routine that incorporates ten different step moves, uses all sides of the step, faces all 4 wall, is 2 minutes long, is synchronized, and moves at a pace sufficient to elevate the heart rate to near the target zone. See steps #1 or steps #2 for more ideas. The routine is worth 30 points.
	Students will be learning the fundamentals of Floor Hockey, including handling, shooting and passing. Students will also learn the rules of the game and compete against each other.

Soccer will work on the skills of ball handling and positioning. More rules.