Week of 9/14/09-09/18/09- (Week 5)

8th Graders,

Congrats, you made it through you first month of school. It has gone by fast. Anyway, here is our week at a glance:

WEEK AT A GLANCE

Monday- Cooperative Activity

Tuesday- Muscle Quiz (use Pages 24 and 25 to study) & Cooperative Activity

Wednesday- Run Day (see below)

Thursday- Fitness Day (see below)

Friday- NO SCHOOL

WHAT UNIT ARE WE IN?

We have one more week of Cooperative Activities until we start Strength Training on 9/19 in our new weight room (only 2 years old). Please make sure that you print out your Strength Training Materials. Read them and put them behind Tab #3. My dog's name is OSKI. After our unit, I will be starting a Strength Training Club where I will open the locker room at lunch and let students lift weights and listen to music.

To see what all of your units are for the year, click here.

WHAT IS OUR RUN THIS WEEK?

We will be doing a team run called Variety Run. The Variety Run is a total of 1.5 miles. To see a description of the run, please go to this link.

WHAT FITNESS ACTIVITY ARE WE DOING THIS WEEK?

I have decided that we are going to do a Rock Wall Circuit Fitness Activity since there is no school for you on Friday. I will save the "Exercise Intensity" Lesson for the following week. Read about it below.

We do not have school on Friday, so your fitness day will be on Thursday. You will be doing a PE 101 lesson called, "Exercise Intensity" which is going to look at Heart Rate and RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion). Please make sure that you print out your PE 101 Packet which has this information in it. Your Packet will be available sometime this weekend, keep checking.

DID YOU FILL OUT YOUR E-LOGS?

Please stay on top of fillling out your weekly on-line logs. OSKI is the Cal Berkeley Mascot in case you were wondering....If you run into a situation where you can not answer a question, either leave it blank or just put some type of answer that will allow you to submit the form. Last week, your Run Log will be for the Pacer. Your Fitness Log will be for "Fitness Testing".

IS HOMEWORK ASSIGNED THIS WEEK?

Yes, HW #6 was posted. Is is another PE 101 assignment. It is due Wednesday, 9/23 at Roll Call. That gives you 10 days to complete the assignment. This assignment requires that you download and read an article then answer some questions. You can type or hand write the answers. Please bring this assignment to Roll Call on 9/23.

ARE THERE ANY ASSIGNMENTS DUE THIS WEEK?

Yes, you have 3 assignments:

1. Complete HW #5, which requires that you watch a Sportsmanship YouTube video and then go the Assignment Blog (from the 8th grade page) and complete the steps. This needs to be done by Wednesday.

2. You need to look up your BMI and record it on page 11 in your Sportfolio. The website for the BMI can be found here.

3. You need to print out your small PE 101 Packet, hole punch and put behind Tab #2. It is due on THURSDAY, 9/17. I will check to see if you have it at Roll Call. Go to the PE 101 page. Under 8th Grade Downloads, print out the PE 101 Packet. THIS HAS TO BE DONE B/C WE ARE USING IT ON THURSDAY.

ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS

-Fill out your e-Run and e-Fitness Logs.
-Complete HW #5 by Wednesday.
-Look up your BMI.
-Print out your PE 101 Packet (Tab #2).

EXERCISE INTENSITY is the Word of the Week.