Week ending 2/27/09

We spent the week learning about and playing floor hockey. It's a great sport that students take a liking to. The students find it really fascinating that I learned how to play hockey out on the fields - field hockey. We'll be playing for another week or so and then will have a written test. I always distribute a study guide to all students and the tests are made up from class playing and from the study guides.
Stay active. Exercise is healthy.

Week of 2/17/09

We finished dance this week. We really did a great variety of dances during our unit. If you hear your child saying we did "pole dances", it's not what you think. As part of our dances from other countries, we did a dance called Tinikling, which is from the Phillipine Islands. Instead of using bamboo, we use PVC pipe since it's so easy to get and pretty cheap. We concluded the unit with a written test and a skill test as well for the 5th grade students.
Next week we're on to floor hockey.
Remember, stay active and stay healthy.

We are dancing!

We started dancing this week. What fun! We began the unit with "party dancing" such as Macarena, Cha Cha Slide, Chicken Dance, Hokey Pokey, Electric Slide. As you can see, we're really busy. Following party dances, we will move on to dances from other countries, folk and square. The tunes are very "catchy" and dancing is a great vigorous workout. Try it some time.