Colham Ferry Elementary School Physical Education

Recently in PE we have been practicing overhand throwing skills. Angry Birds is always a hit with the kids! Students throw angry birds to try and knock down the pig pens (hula hoop houses). Hula Hoops are always fun! A few 5th grade girls decided to have a hula hoop contest.  

I have some awesome news to share!  We now have  Pedometers in PE!  Since STEAM is a school-wide project we are always looking for ways to incorporate more technology in PE. We thought using pedometers is a great STEP in the right direction. :) We collaborated with Mrs. Hunt's 5th grade class; the students wrote persuasive letters to our Partners in Education asking if they wanted to donate money to purchase pedometers for PE.  We have great support from our Partners in Education and received enough donations to purchase 60 pedometers!  Recently in PE in grades 3, 4, and 5 we have worn the pedometers during a variety of games. Students made predictions of how many steps they thought they would get while playing a game and then we recorded their actual steps and compared the two numbers. Next, we plan to use math skills to find the mean of the step totals. One of the games we played was Cardio Cards.  In order to earn a trip to the middle to check 2 cards, girls had to do e

Recently in PE we have been working on the underhand toss in grades K, 1, and 2.  There are 3 steps to remember when underhand tossing: Tick - Step - Toss.  Students practiced underhand tossing to various targets and tossed different objects with a partner. Students in grades 3, 4, and 5 have been practicing their climbing wall skills.  The students LOVE the Team Toss Challenge activity! Two teams compete to see which one can get all the objects tossed into the buckets in the least amount of time.  The last round we did a boys vs. girls challenge and it was an intense game!  Girls won!  :)