Kid's Heart Challenge

Elizabeth Ide continues to do amazing things with Kid's Heart Challenge! We had our kick-off assembly last week and already have over $8,000!! Students all month long with be learning about heart health as well as an extra emphasis put on moving! Donations will be accepted until March 26th.  Thanks to everyone that continues to support such a great cause!

Welcome

Welcome to P.E. at Elizabeth Ide!

Throughout your child’s time at Elizabeth Ide they will be exposed to a wide variety of skills and activities.  Kindergarten will spend a lot of the year working on spatial awareness, manipulative skills such as throwing, rolling and kicking, and cooperative tasks working in partners, small groups or teams.   First and Second grade is structured around units focusing on individual skills as well as having an SEL focus. Each week students do warm-ups that hit different target areas(endurance, strength, coordination, goal setting and SEL). Students at Elizabeth Ide receive P.E. everyday but only for 20 minutes.  In order to see every class every day, a couple of classes in first and second grade are doubled. Emphasis is put on being active everyday and a lifelong enjoyment for physical activity.  

Skills covered in Kindergarten

Spatial awareness

Balance

Locomotor skills (skipping, galloping, etc.)

Scooter safety

Throwing overhand/underhand

Rolling

Kicking

Tagging safely 

Rock climbing 

List of Units for first and second grade 

Teamwork

Pillow Hockey (Floor Hockey)

Basketball

Kan Jam (Frisbee and Fitness)

Chasing and Fleeing games (Outdoors)

Heart Health (Kid’s Heart Challenge-Formerly Jump Rope for Heart)

Tennis

Tumbling 

Kickball

Bowling

Soccer

Each unit is approximately 3 weeks long in order to practice individual skills, assess ability and embed other skills within the unit before getting to larger sided games.  

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

This the most excited I have seen Elizabeth Ide students get about Jump Rope for Heart!  As a school have almost already matched our donations last year with a whole week to go! Be sure to ask your children about the different heart messages they are learning about in PE.  Thank you to everyone that has made Jump Rope for Heart a success this year and in the years past.

Kickball and Stations

As we wrap up our Halloween activities, 1st and 2nd grade are starting their kickball unit working on a variety of skills(Kicking, throwing, fielding, catching).  Kindergarten has been introduced to stations in the gym.  We were lucky enough to have some 2nd grade students from Mrs. Schultz's class to come and help model station work for the Kindergartners.  In the up coming weeks, kindergarten will be adding Jump Rope and Rock climbing to their station days. 

Keeping up in the Gym!

We have had a great start to this year in so many ways! The students are excited to be back and are really focusing on making some Prideful choices.  All the grades started the year by working on some teamwork and partner activities.  Currently, first and second grade is working on four square and learning to accept getting out is part of the game.  This is a great opportunity to practice problem solving and discussing things with their classmates.  Kindergarten has been doing a great job working on individual skills and learning to take turns! I couldn't be more proud of the way our students have started the year!

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART SUCCESS!!!

This is a thank you to all the wonderful students and their families and friends that donated to our Jump Rope for Heart.  As a school we raised 11,596 dollars!!!  This is the best year Elizabeth Ide has ever had.  It is all thanks to you!  Below is a picture of two classes after our celebration with our banner!

What a Catch!

Welcome back to another year at Elizabeth Ide in PE!!  The start of this year has been a great one with students demonstrating what it means to be RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE and SAFE.  So far this year each of the grades has been working on different skills for a successful year.  2nd grade has been working on their teamwork and ability to be a great listener as part of a group.  1st grade has been working on our hand eye coordination through various activities and games.  Lastly,
Kindergarten has really explored spatial awareness and are having a lot of fun in PE learning new games!

A few things!

First off,  thank you to all the Ide families that contributed to the wonderful gifts for my son, Logan! We can't begin to express how grateful we are!

As the school year winds down, don't forget to check the ABC countdown calendar.  This week is M,N,O,P, and Q.

Lastly, be sure to check the district website for summer school enrichment classes! There are a lot of great opportunities after the school year wraps up!

Thank you!

Elizabeth Ide had a great JUMP ROPE FOR HEART event!  As a school we raised $9400.  Students spent the month of February really focused on heart awareness and learned to take their heart rate.  Thank you to everyone that supported the cause!


This month we will be recognizing Earth Week and taking an all school picture!

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!

Holiday Week!

This last week prior to break we will be stressing cooperation both in large and small groups.   The beginning of the week students will participate in some parachute activities and learn the importance of taking turns and being fair.  The last few days students will be working in pairs to do a holiday games like snowball and reindeer rides(on scooters)!