Just Kickin' It

These past few weeks first and second graders have been learning the rules to kickball as well as practicing skills for the game.  Students have just started playing the game and are having great success working as a team and making some great plays! With break quickly approaching we will be starting our dance and winter games unit.  Then as we return from break we will quickly jump back into more team sports!

Thank you to the PTO, Mrs. Tran and Mr. Dodd for helping Elizabeth Ide get their own soccer goals for the students to use during recess and for PE!

Welcome to a New YEAR!

There are a lot of changes at Ide this year!  We have made many changes to our school day as well as staff and the building.  I would like to thank the PTO, Heather Tran, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Lazar and anyone else that may have been part of the process to help us get our new soccer goals.  I think this is a great addition to our playground and gives the students another option for exercise outdoors.

ABC Countdown!

The last 26 days of school are always exciting! Be sure to check out what we will be doing each day from the list for the ABC Countdown.  This week we have Artist Day, Buddy Reading, Cartoon Day, Dance Day in the Gym!  We finish the week on a great note with Exercise Day!

Auction!

Be sure to check out the district auction!  There is a chance to have basketball and donuts in the gym before school with your child and a few friends.  Also, another highest bidder will have their student get to be the PE teacher for a day!

Bowling Wrap up and Food for thought!

Students in first and second grade kept track of their bowling scores during the second half of our bowling unit.  Students also worked as a team for the whole unit and did a great job!  As we head into spring break students are exploring the food pyramid and playing some food related games.  Please ask your students about the food groups over break!  

Enjoy the long break and hopefully the weather is a little better when we return!

Gym Teacher for a Day!

The top fundraiser for each class in first and second grade will be the P.E. Teacher for their class and pick which activity the class will be participating in.  Thank you again for your support as we reached our school goal of 7,500 dollars.  Our school total was $7667.50!

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART!

With just under one week to go Elizabeth Ide has raised over $4000 already!  Students are doing a great job being concerned for others as well as becoming more aware of their own heart health! Thank you for your continued success!

Assessing and Four Square

Students in first grade will be learning to play four square at the end of this week as we wrap up our tennis unit.  Second grade will be taking ownership and recording their own data as they try their best as they do some different running activities in PE.

Next week, students will take part in an assembly for Jump Rope for Heart.  This will be our kickoff as students will try and raise money for "kids with special hearts".  We will wrap up our event on the last two school days of February with a celebration during PE.

Gym Night!

I look forward to seeing all of you who signed up for gym night!  If you weren't able to make the cut off don't worry!  We are having a second gym night this year later in the spring! It looks to be a fun night with stations throughout the gym and a few other parts of the school!

Look for a save the date coming home in the weekly notes for Jump Rope for Heart!  This year our kickoff assembly will be as a school instead of individual classes and our rep will be doing the kickoff with some special incentives!