Two busy weeks!

This week and next will be whirlwind for students in P.E. class.  This week 1st grade students will have P.E. Thursday on our early dismissal, and some classes are flipped around Friday to make time for spooky stories in the classroom!  Next week we will start P.E. classes on the bus with Mr. Tom Tiede for our fall bus evacuations.  Students will learn the importance of bus safety as well as practice a bus evacuation at the end.   After Monday we will be spending sometime discussing other ways to be safe and healthy as we approach Halloween!   Class parties start at 2pm on next Wednesday!

Together Everyone Achieves More!

This week, first and second grade start their teamwork unit.  This is a great unit for the students because they are able to work with students as a group and accomplish tasks that they might not be able to if they were working alone.  Students will get multiple opportunities for various activities to see how their actions either help or hurt their teams. 

This is also bus safety week!  Remember to thank the bus drivers for their efforts in keeping everyone safe!   Later this month, students at Ide will practice bus evacuations during P.E. class. 

Four square!

As we end our ball skills unit, students will be playing four square.   Students will learn more than just how to play; four square is a great game that develops character.   Students will learn communication, coping and problem solving skills through playing.  Quite often students will have a difference of opinions as to what happened while playing.  This is a great game that shows students conflict resolution in an appropriate way!