Watertown Elementary PE Newsletter

Week of April 20th, 2020

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

Good luck with our next 7 Day Fitness/Nutrition Family Challenge. This week, each school will be having recorded P.E. lessons on Zoom. Grades Pk-2 will have a lesson on the overhand throw, while grades 3-5 will have a lesson on the set in volleyball.

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

Zoom Videos this Week

Stay tuned to hear and receive the recorded video from your school's P.E teacher explaining and demonstrating these skills! Remember Pk-2 students will be receiving a lesson on overhand throwing, while 3-5 students will be learning how to "set" in the game of volleyball. You will either locate the video through email or google classroom. Below are some pictures and a couple of fun facts about the overhand throw, and the game of volleyball!

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Overhand Throw

The overhand throw is used in many competitive sports such as...

Baseball
Softball
Football (Quarterback Position)
Cricket

Some sports you may not be that familiar also use the overhand throw such as,

Waterpolo
Handball
Track and field (Javelin Throw)

All Three of these sports are played in the Olympics!

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Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport usually played 6 on 6.
Each team is separated by a net
Volleyball can be played on many surfaces such as an indoor court, grass or sand.
Each team is usually allowed no more than 3 consecutive touches before they have to put it over the net.
Volleyball is also an Olympic sport. In the Summer Olympics volleyball is played on sand where the games are played 2 on 2, as well as indoors where it is played 6 on 6.

7 Day Fitness/Nutrition Family Challenge

Just because you are now receiving video lessons from your P.E teachers doesn't mean you can't keep up with the 7 day fitness/nutrition family challenge! Each day try to complete the challenge. You can do them by yourself or with your family/friends. If interested, you can send your P.E teacher pictures or videos of you doing the challenge or working on certain skills. We will try to add them to the following weeks newsletter!

Below we have Nick Tuccinardi (Grade 2) from the Lowell School working on his soccer, baseball, and basketball skills through an obstacle course! Also, we have Julia Rooney (Grade 2) from the Cunniff School working on her slap shot!

Keep up the great work Nick and Julia!

Day 1

Try a Tabata workout! In this Tabata workout you do an exercise for 20 seconds and it doesn’t matter how many you do but you have to keep doing them for the whole 20 seconds. After that you get a 10 second break and then you repeat this pattern until you complete all of the exercises. See if you can complete the workout twice!

Tabata Workout

Push ups (20 seconds)

Rest (10 seconds)

Side to Side Jumps (20 seconds)

Rest (10 seconds)

Side Leg Kicks (20 seconds)

Rest (10 seconds)

Squats (20 seconds)

Rest (10 seconds)

Jog in Place (20 Seconds)
End

It is always important to have each food group on your plate. Do you know how many food groups there are? _____________

Day 2

Do a workout using a deck of cards! You can do this alone or with the whole family. Each suit has a specific exercise and you do the number of the exercise that is on the card! Each person picks a card, one at a time, and you keep going until the deck is gone! If you are doing it by yourself, try to pick at least 10 cards!

Aces=1

Jack=11

Queen=12

King=13

Diamonds=squats

Hearts=jumping jacks

Spades=push ups

Clubs=sit ups

(Example: 6 of diamonds-you would do 6 squats)

Have Fun!

Try to build a meal! Include one food from each group on your plate! List the foods below.

Vegetable:___________________

Fruit:_______________________

Dairy:______________________

Grain:______________________

Protein:______________________

Day 3

Create a bowling alley lane with ten empty water bottles (or cups). Make sure you're 15-20 feet away from the bottles. Using any type of safe ball, try to knock down as many bottles as you can. The number of bottles you knock down is the number of reps your opponent has to complete for an exercise of your choice (ex. Pushups, Sit-ups, jumping jacks, trunk twists).

The water bottles should be set up in a triangle:

Day 4

Line up three bowls like a stoplight. Crumple up a piece of paper or use a soft ball. Performing an overhand throw, try getting the paper or ball into one of the bowls. If it lands in the first bowl, your opponent has to complete a 10 second exercise of your choice. If it lands in the second bowl, your opponent has to complete a 20 second exercise of your choice. If it lands in the third bowl, your opponent has to complete a 30 second exercise of your choice. Play for three rounds and each player gets 3 throws.

Day 5

Launch a Rocket and use your agility to stop it from Exploding!

You need a plastic grocery bag ,which is the rocket and a balloon to launch the rocket.

Blow up the balloon,squeeze the end to keep the air in,do Not tie a knot in

Put the balloon inside the grocery bag

Push the bag up in the air and let go of the balloon stem at the same time to launch the rocket

Once the Rocket has launched (bag flying around in the air) try to catch it before it hits the ground. If it hits the ground your rocket explodes, Try again.

How many times did you catch it?

How did you have to move?

What helped you to catch the rocket?

5 minute challenge

Finish each exercise then start again.

HOW MANY TIMES did you finish the 3 exercises in 5 minutes ?

Can you beat your score, try again.

How many did you get?

How does your body feel?

Knee ups Look forward, keep your back straight, hold your hands out above your waist and touch your hands with your knees.

Superman Lay flat on your belly, reach forward with your arms and with your legs together reach backward with your toes; lift your arms, chest at the same time and squeeze everything together, hold tight for a count of 5, then do it again.

Mountain Climbers how fast can you go? Have your shoulders over your wrists and alternate bringing your knees into your chest.

65% of children’s bodies are made up of water. As we move/exercise we lose water.

Can you drink 3 glasses of water everyday this week?

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Knees Up

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Superman

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Mountain Climbers

Day 6

You need Bubbles!

Poison Be the hero save the Earth

The soap bubbles are poison

Blow soap bubbles in the air

To keep the Earth from getting poisoned,

you need to make the bubbles pop before hitting the ground.

How many did you get? You are a hero!

Do this 4min Fortnite Fitness Tabata

Copy this link into YOUTUBE

https://youtu.be/4v6Zcc1_tR0

Now you’re ready to do this 4min Fortnite Fitness Tabata :

The screen is split in half so You can choose to Dance or Exercise

On the Left of the screen copy the fortnite dance moves

On the right of the screen copy the exercise

Where can you go?

Do a 20 minute Walk with a Pet/Parent /Sibling

Then take a picture or write down where you got to.

Vegetables have lots of Vitamins & Minerals, that are important for your immune system which keeps you healthy. Write down 1 vegetable you ate every day this week . Another challenge is to look up which Vitamin or mineral is in the vegetable.