Watertown Elementary PE Newsletter

Hello Lowell, Hosmer and Cunniff School students/parents/guardians,

We hope you are continuing to do the 7 Day Fitness/Nutrition Challenge. Soon, we will be having recorded P.E. lessons on Zoom. For now, look at the Nutrition video lesson presented by your P.E. teachers. It’s important to eat a variety of foods that give you the nutrients you need to maintain your health, feel good, and have energy.

As always, continue to stay active and healthy!

Sincerely,

Eileen Donahue Lowell P.E. Teacher eileen.donahue@watertown.k12.ma.us

Tina Loguidice Lowell P.E. Teacher tina.loguidice@watertown.k12.ma.us

Lisa Bartlett Hosmer P.E. Teacher lisa.bartlett@watertown.k12.ma.us

Michelle Fitzgerald Hosmer P.E. Teacher michelle.fitzgerald@watertown.k12.ma.us

Michael Tempesta Cunniff P.E. Teacher michael.tempesta@watertown.k12.ma.us

This week is all about nutrition. In the video below your P.E. teachers will be talking about the 5 FOOD GROUPS. During the video you will learn the names and colors of the food groups, how much you should eat from each group and how to make healthy food choices.

The video below shares 5 fun and healthy recipes you can try at home for lunch. Be creative and adapt the recipes any way you want. Make sure to aways have an adult with you in the kitchen when you are cooking.

CLICK THE PICTURE TO PLAY

Your mission, fuel up your MyPlate space ship with smart food choices and 60 minutes of physical activity to fly to Planet Power!

Label and color the food groups on the pyramid. Do you remember the colors for each food group? Rewatch the video from your teachers above for help. You can print the worksheet by clicking the attachment below the picture.

Each day motivate yourself and your family to complete that day's challenge. Have fun and be safe. We recommend you print and tape the challenges somewhere you look everyday. Email your P.E. teacher pictures of you doing the challenges. We would love to see you all in action! Any pictures received will be added to next weeks newsletter.

Go outside and create an obstacle course with whatever you may have (jump ropes, hula hoops, scooters, cups, buckets, etc.). You can even use what nature provides for you (trees, rocks, sticks, etc.). Try to have at least 7 different challenges in your obstacle course. Once it is set up, time yourself and see how quickly you can get through. Try this 5 times!

You can also do this as a family and see how long it takes your family to do the course!

What type of equipment did you use?____________________

What was your fastest time? ______________

Can you name three different forms of dairy?

1.

2.

3.

Make a hopscotch court on the pavement.

Under each number write the following exercises:

1-push ups 6-frog jumps

2-sit ups 7-mountain climbers

3-lunges 8-toe touches

4-squats 9-run in place

5-jumping jacks

Wherever the rock lands, you complete the exercise that is in that numbered when finished with your turn (ex. If it lands on 8, you complete 8 toe touches when you are done with your turn). See if you can have the rock land on each of the numbers for a full body workout.

Dairy is a great source of calcium!

Do you know what part of your body calcium helps strengthen?____________________

GRAINS are good for your BRAIN.

How many letters are in the word grains _______?

Spell out GRAINS while Doing 6 Tuck jumps.

Half your Grains should be WHOLE. So cut the Grains in half and Do 3 Tuck jumps.

What is the color of the Grains food group?_________

How many letters are in the word Orange ?_________

Spell out ORANGE and Do 6 Squats.

Half your GRAINS should be WHOLE. So let’s cut the 6 in half and do 3 squats while naming 3 Whole grains!

Play the game Rock, Paper, Scissor with a family member. Whoever wins the round gets to choose an exercise for both of you to perform (between 10-20 reps). The player who loses the round has to complete the entire exercise. The winner only has to do half! Play best out of 7 (whoever wins 4 rounds first, wins!)

Protein builds, maintains and repairs body tissue. It is especially important for our growth.

What are three different types of protein you ate this week?

1. _________________

1. _________________

1. _________________

Day 6

Create your own fitness tic-tac-toe board. In each square, write in a certain exercise (example: 10 pushups). Whichever square you choose to put an X or O in, you must do the exercise it says. You may use the one below or make your own board with your family!

Create a jump rope/dance routine to a song. If you do not have an outdoor space or a jump rope, pretend you are jumping with an invisible jump rope.

• Choose 3 to 5 different skills/tricks or moves.

• Combined or blend the skills into each other to make a routine

• Make sure to pick an ending pose to finish the routine

Salads are a great way to eat lots of vegetables . What vegetables would you put on your salad?

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Remember: It’s recommended to do 60 minutes of physical activity each day.

For more ideas and fun physical activity and nutrition videos, look at the following sites:

K-2 beginner exercises cont.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_9L5_A6Ww4

Beginner Leg exercises (k-2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qRAublpIXQ

KIDS WORKOUT ! Full 25 min exercise routine program for kids and parents

https://youtu.be/dhCM0C6GnrY

MyPlate website

https://www.choosemyplate.gov/browse-by-audience/view-all-audiences/children/kids

Week of March 30 PE Smore

Week of April 6th https://www.smore.com/au7cb