Kid's Triathlon info 8/14/16

Here's one for them to try!  We had a lot of interest in class....Good luck!!

JCC triathlon 5/15/16

These pictures are from the JCC triathlon in Marblehead.  I shared them with my classes to show them what a triathlon is.  We had a question and answer time about what a triathlon is; swimming, biking and running, and how it's part of a healthy lifestyle.  As always, I promote fitness as a way of life and give the students examples on how to live it!

May Units

This month we are playing volleyball!  Students in grades 3-4-5 are learning the set and the bump, rules of the game, and having fun!

Students in grades 1-2 will be volleying with balloons and improving their hand/eye coordination using scarfs.

Spring Fitness testing for grades 3-4-5 

endurance run (1/4, 1/2, mile)

shuttle run

curlups

choice of: pull-ups, push-ups, flexed arm hang

sit/reach

Spring Fitness testing for grades 1-2

endurance run (1/4,1/2, optional mile)

May Fitness Calendar

◄ April	May  2016					June ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1 family walk	2 20 mountain climbers	3 10 push ups	4 10 burpees	5 yoga tree pose	6 side plank hold for 15 seconds	7 free choice
8 family activity	9 25 jumping jacks	10 jog for 5 minutes	11 high knees in place for 30 seconds	12 wall sit for 20 seconds	13 12 burpees	14 free choice
15 family activity	16 play tag with a friend	17 8 inchworm pushups	18 challenge: jump rope 100 times!	19 12 push ups	20 plank hold 20 seconds	21 free choice
22 family activity	23 jog for 6 minutes	24 15 push ups	25 sit back to back with a friend and try to stand	26 throw and catch with a friend	27 put on music and dance for 10 minutes!	28 free choice
29 family activity	30 bike ride, wear your helmet!	31 free choice	Notes: Children need 60 minutes of physical activity every day.  Please try to help them achieve this by doing most of the activities on this calendar, as well as other activities.

More Calendar: Jun, Jul, PDF Calendar

4th graders holding their "miles" run for their virtual Boston Marathon!

This is Mrs. Merlino's 4th grade class holding up the miles they ran today in class.  Our goal was to run 1 lap to equal 1 mile.  Each student ran at least 2 laps and some ran 3 laps.  We previewed the Boston Marathon course map, learned about it's history, what cities it goes through and ran a "virtual" Boston Marathon of 26 miles! My goal was to give them a feeling of running the Boston Marathon and hopefully someday, some of them will!

April Marathon Calendar

Marathon Calendar

◄ March	April  2016					May ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
example: 30 minites of  bike riding 1 mile	example: 1 hour hiking 2 miles	example: 30 minutes dog walking 1 mile	example: 2 hours soccer practice 4 miles	example: jog 2 miles 2 miles	1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30

More Calendar: May, Jun, PDF Calendar

30 minutes of continuous exercise equals 1 mile.  Try to get to 26 miles this month!

Out of the gym today and reading to the first graders on Dr Suess' birthday!  So much fun!!

                               1,845 steps in P.E. class!  

5th grader Thomas Gallagher tracked his steps using his Fitbit during our 45 minute class.   Way to go Thomas!!

◄ February	March  2016					April ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 25 jumping jacks	2 2 x 10 squats	3 plank hold 15 seconds	4 yoga downward dog pose	5 free choice
6 family walk	7 play tag with a friend	8 2 x 10 push ups	9 2 x 10 crunches	10 8 burpees	11 side plank hold 12 seconds each side	12 free choice
13 family walk	14 race a friend	15 throw and catch with a friend	16 walk your dog	17 20 ski jumps	18 9 inchworm pushups	19 free choice
20 family walk	21 superman hold for 10 seconds	22 15 bear walks	23 15 bicycle crunches	24 12 squats	25 plank hold 20 seconds	26 free choice
27 family walk	28 jump rope for 50 times	29 skip 25 times	30 try chin ups on the playground	31 9  burpees	Notes: Boys and girls need 60 minutes of physical activity everyday.  Do as many of these as possible!  Good luck!

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