Health and Fitness

Family Fitness Fest at the University of Arizona

December 6, 2014

With a free code and fancy bus many families at my school were able to participate in this special event.  We are very lucky to be close to a university that supports the local schools and the community.

The events our families registered for were the 1 Mile Fun Run or 1 Mile Obstacle Course.  Some of our kids did both!!

This 5th Grade Teacher Loves Fall

Lots of booths to promote healthy families.

1 Mile Fun Run Start Line

Start line for the 1 Mile Obstacle Course 

Our Wonderful P.E. Teacher Cheering on the Kids

 

  

Our Tech Guy had a great time with his family too!

                        Wilma the Wildcat was there, but I got this picture..

Our Nutrition Teacher from the UA was there!

The event was tons of fun for everyone, 

and we all got t-shirts and medals to show off!!

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We celebrated Tucson Fitness Day on 11/21 with our PE teacher setting out different equipment across our field and basketball courts.  It was a lot of fun for the kids, and  as usual even more fun for the teachers who played with them.

The weather was in the low 60's and cloudy.  In Tucson when we drop from our highs of 90's to the 60's we are FREEZING and jackets are required for all students :)

       

       

   

  

 

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October 2014

Well this last week was exciting to say the least.  We had spirit week leading into Halloween, but NO costumes allowed at my school. This is a very touchy subject at my school because most of the staff and parents say YES and we are all vetoed by the principal.  What do you all think?  Is crazy hair any less distracting than a themed costume day?  Since favorite book character didn't sell her, I'm thinking I'll try "when I grow up" for costumes. Oh well, I'm exhausted from having so much spirit :)

On top of spirit week I had my formal observation... madness is trying to be extra professional while wearing pajamas!  I think it went well and the principal knew what to expect as she was in PJ's too.  The lesson she viewed was an introduction to the second half of our life cycles unit.   The first half was all about butterflies and we used Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly to guide the lessons.  This book is a very cute story to introduce vocabulary and explain the life cycle of a butterfly.  To help with Halloween madness and to finish learning about butterflies I found this crafty project!

Butterfly Life Cycle Craft

Materials: T.P. Rolls, Clothes Pins, Pom Poms, Coffee Filters, Googly Eyes, Liquid Glue

   Caterpillar --> 

    Chrysalis --> 

                               Butterfly

 Healthy Halloween Treat - Fruit Candy Corn

 And if that wasn't enough fun I read 4 Pumpkin and Halloween related books and the kids all got to make their own healthy candy corn snack.

Ingredients:
White - 1 Swirl of Whipped cream
Orange - 1 Cutie/Mini Orange
Yellow - 5 Pineapple Chunks

 

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Movie Morning with Some Students

Two days in a row of fun school activities and it's only getting more fun with Spirit Week next week!

These days field trips are so much work and so much money that it's very difficult to take classes of almost 30 kids anywhere during the school day.  So I have a new plan...instead of a weekday trip we took a Saturday trip.  All of the stress of planning, collecting money, and transporting children was gone!   


Here's how it worked: We had the parents meet us at the theater for the matinee time = no driving or busing kids. Parents did all the purchasing of tickets and snacks = no money collecting.  We allowed for some parents to drop and run, but most parents stayed and had family time with school friends.  All were picked up at the designated time and the teachers went out to lunch!

What more could you want in a field trip?  To make it even better the parents were all so happy to see that their child's teacher is willing to spend a Saturday with them :P  

This trip was so successful for all who went and the ones who couldn't come this time will really want to come next time!


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