Students loved our scooter and inline skating unit! This unit was fun, educational, and challenging. Mrs. Grosso and myself were extremely proud of our students perseverance as everyone pushed themselves to become better on wheels. During this unit we also discussed the importance of wearing a helmet and the basics of bike safety. We packed a lot of learning into one week!

During this unit students work on body control, flexibility, quality of movement, balance, rotation, and strength. Tumbling teaches students how to move their body through jumping, twisting, and rotating. Practicing these skills helps young learners gain agility and flexibility, which decrease likelihood of injury both on the tumbling mat and in everyday life.

Encouraging your child to be physically active is more important than ever before. Increasing a child’s level of physical activity is not only important for improving their health, but recent studies also indicate that physical fitness levels are associated with academic performance, school attendance, and discipline. As a part of your child’s Physical Education program, their class has participated in the FitnessGram® assessment which measures health-related fitness for youth.

The FitnessGram health-related fitness assessment offers multiple tests to measure aerobic capacity, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition. The FitnessGram assessment provides a measure of good health as opposed to athletic ability. Students are assessed using options from the following test items: One-Mile Run, Push-Up, Curl-Up, and Back-Saver Sit and Reach.

As we are finishing our assessments an overall score report will be sent home. The report will include your child’s scores and information about whether or not they achieved the FitnessGram Healthy Fitness Zone® .

The Healthy Fitness Zone represents the level of fitness needed for good health. The information on this private report will not be displayed. This information is used for student-teacher conferencing and goal setting. Fitness assessment data is not used for grading.

Please do not hesitate to reach out.

Email: smeza@d64.org
Website: d64.org
Location: Carpenter Elementary School, North Hamlin Avenue, Park Ridge, IL, USA
Phone: 847-318-4350