Aldrin Adventure Day

Aldrin Adventure Day is a day where students are able to participate outside in many different "adventures" and activities with their class. Before this day, we need to prepare by learning and participating safely in all Adventure Day games and activities while cooperating in small groups. Students will also be utilizing problem solving techniques to achieve a common goal and incorporating previously taught skills while performing these games and activities. Some games that we will be working on are sling shots, parachute, islands, capture the flag, builders and bulldozers, ice cream cones, boardwalkers, hidden treasures, and junkyard. We hope to provide an opportunity for the students to work together as a group to be physically active and to have a good time.

Ball Handling

Our preschool, kindergarten, first and second grade students will learn the proper techniques to perform a variety of ball handling skills including rolling, tossing, throwing, kicking, and dribbling. They will play various games emphasizing these skills.

Basketball

Basketball is a unit that is completed by third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students. The younger students work on a "ball handling" unit. During the basketball unit, the students demonstrate the basketball dribble with their dominant and non-dominant hand while remaining stationary and traveling. Students will also identify the basketball bounce pass and chest pass and demonstrate these skills using proper technique to a partner. Furthermore, our students will demonstrate proper basketball technique and then incorporate these basketball skills while participating in various basketball lead-up activities and modified 3 Vs 3 games.

Fitness and Conditioning

All of our students will learn more about fitness and conditioning. Students in grades one and two will participate in fitness activities that emphasize the five physical fitness components of cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and agility. They will also learn more about pulse and heart rate. Third grade will be performing similar activities; however, they will also be introduced to the Presidential Physical Fitness Challenges of the shuttle run, mile run, v-sit, pull-ups, and one minute curl-ups. Fourth through sixth grade will participate in these tests as well and have the opportunity to earn a presidential or a national fitness patch.

Football

Our football unit is mainly done by the fifth and sixth grade students in the fall. During this time, the students will be able to demonstrate the football pass, catch, and punt. They will also incorporate various football skills and rules while in a game situation. We will be creating a football playbook by allowing all students to design a football pass play. The students will also identify and demonstrate responsibilities for various football positions.

Games Around the World

All students will work with participating in various games from around the world. This will give the students the opportunity to learn more about various cultures. We will also incorporate ideas of geography by locating various countries on a map a giving students a "fascinating fact" about each country.

Gymnastics

First and second grade students will be working on various movement skills such as animal walks, simple stunt challenges, and rolls. Students will be introduced to the various tumbling positions and some lead-up balancing skills.

Third and fourth grade students will now incorporate the various tumbling positions into a variety of rolls. They will also be challenged with new inverted positions and balance skills.

Fifth and sixth grade students will be performing similar tumbling skills, but they will be progressively challenging. Students will be performing their own original routines using a combination of these skills.

All students will experience various movements on the parallel bars and balance beam using the gymnastic components of balance, strength, and flexibility. They will also enhance their strength by performing rope challenges and rope climbing skills.

Hand-Eye Coordination

The students in kindergarten, first, and second grade will use their creativity and imagination to manipulate objects such as bean bags, hula hoops, deck rings, scooters, and traffic cones. These skills will be done in individual, partner, and group activities. All activities will be aimed at improving eye hand coordination skills and some focus will be put on improving balance.

Jumprope

The month of March will find all of Aldrin working on their jump rope skills. Students will use both the short and long ropes to perform various skills. The younger grades will also work with small groups to perform actions that are stated in rhymes. The older grades will work with partners and small groups to perform rope challenges. Grades one through six will also combine basic jump rope skills to form a routine.

Movement Exploration

Our movement exploration unit is done with all kindergarten, first, and second grade students. During this unit, the students will be able to demonstrate the concepts of body awareness in their own personal space by exploring the different shapes, numbers, and letters their bodies can make both individually and with a partner. Students will also move safely at different levels, directions, pathways, speeds, and forces in their own general space. They will then be given the opportunity to explore various locomotor and non-locomotor movements by participating in various simple games and activities to help stimulate creativity and improve locomotor skills.

Rhythmic Activities and Dance

Due to time restraints, only students in grades 1 and 2 will complete a rhythmic activities and dance unit. We will focus on creative movements, rhythmic movements that use manipulatives (including parachutes and rhythmic sticks), and social dances such as the "chicken dance" and the "hokey pokey."

Soccer

Due to time restraints, soccer is mostly done by grades three and four. Students will be able to demonstrate the soccer dribble, pass, trap, and "give and go." They will incorporate these skills while in a game situation with lead-up games and modified 6 Vs 6 games. They will become familiar with positions and rules of the game.

Softball/Baseball Skills

During the spring, Aldrin students will be focusing on baseball and softball skills. We will work on perfecting our overhand throw. We will also learn techniques of fielding, striking/batting, and base running. Students will be able to use these skills in lead-up activities. We will be using batting tees, whiffle balls, and scoops modify our equipment to make it safe and developmentally appropriate for all students.

Track and Field

Track and field events will be experienced by all third through sixth grade students. We will practice various track starting positions, run various distances individually and with a relay team, discuss ways to pace yourself in an event, and even simulate the steeplechase. Our field events will include the javelin using wands and blowup javelins, shot put using softballs, discus throw using Frisbees, and the hammer throw.

Volleyball

All grades will be introduced to the basic skills of volleyball: the serve, the bump, and the set. By using the sequential holistic approach, modifications will be taken into consideration with equipment and activities to remain developmentally appropriate. For example, primary grades will explore their skills using a balloon, the third and fourth graders will use volley "floaters," and the fifth and sixth graders will use more of the official size and weight volleyballs. We will play lead-up games including the Aldrin favorite, Junkyard, and the fifth and sixth graders will learn more about scoring and rotations.