The Golden Rule of Sports

Sportsmanship

"A person who displays good sportsmanship always plays fair and by the rules.  They make an effort to treat opponents, coaches, teachers, teammates, and referees with respect.  Sportsmanship is the golden rule of sports:  You should always treat others how you wish to be treated."

That is one reason why good sportsmanship is always encouraged in our P.E. classes.  Students who show good sportsmanship in game and sports are more likely to show this behavior in all parts of their lives.

Everybody loves to play with a good sport!  Everybody enjoys the company of a respectful person.

September P.E. Plans

Every month, I will post which skills we are working on and what we are doing to improve those skills.  Feel free to ask me any questions by commenting below or by email joel_miller@beaverton.k12.or.us

Parents, ask your kids about them.
Students, teach your parents how to play!

TEAMWORK AND SPORTSMANSHIP
Learning Targets (Goals) for Skill introduction/development/improvement
Use teamwork with ALL teammates in a game.
Use sportsmanship with ALL players in a game..."Good game!"
Support teammates with positive actions and words.
Use/include ALL teammates...(talking, helping, passing, etc.)

Activities include Survivor (Grades 1st-5th), Capture the Footballs (4th/5th), Ultimate (3rd-5th), Capture the Flag (2nd/3rd), Castle Soccer (1st/2nd), Color Tag (1st/2nd).

FOOT DRIBBLING AND KICKING
Learning Targets (Goals) for Skill introduction/development/improvement
Foot Dribble under control and keep the ball close.
Use ALL parts of your feet when foot dribbling...and both feet!
Use your body to shield the ball.
Pass to open teammates.

Activities include Mud Monsters (Grades 1st-5th), Pirates of the Pugg (1st-5th), Number Soccer (2nd-5th), Castle Soccer (1st/2nd), Foot Tag with Kicking (1st-5th).

SPORTS/GAME SKILLS
Learning Targets (Goals) for Skill introduction/development/improvement
Find an open space so teammates can pass to you.
Use all teammates...pass!
Guard a player while on defense.
Stay active and keep moving.

Activities include Capture the Footballs (4th/5th), Capture the Flag (2nd/3rd), Number Soccer (2nd-5th), Mud Monsters (Grades 1st-5th), Pirates of the Pugg (1st-5th), Ultimate (3rd-5th).
*Other games, activities, and goals may be mixed in based on time, development, or weather.

Teams who Survived!

Kids and parents,
At the beginning of the school year, I always like to focus on teamwork and sportsmanship when playing in games.  For teams to be successful, they must work together.  I also like to look for players who use teamwork with ALL teammates.  Classes dove in playing a game called Survivor.

(Parents) - The goal in Survivor is to get your team from one side of the gym to the other side of the gym.  Problem is players may not touch the floor.  Each team has materials they can use to help their team get across without touching the floor.  Students are not instructed how to use the materials.  They must work together to figure it out!

I have seen people aged 5 to 65 play this game (Sexton Mountain teachers played it a few weeks back!).  Hands down, the most successful teams are the teams that worked together - they helped, listened, problem solved, encouraged, and more!

In PE, many teams made it across, but not all.  I took a photo of each team that accomplished their goal!  Enjoy!  Great job, kids!

Testing...testing...can you hear me?  OK.  We are live.  First post is up.  Welcome to the blog. 

We have had a great start to the year!  We focus on teamwork (working together) this time of year as students get comfortable with their new classes.  The next post will hopefully feature photos of the 1st through 5th grade teams who worked together to achieve success in the game, Survivor!