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Students in grade 5 have physical education twice in the 6
day cycle. Students need to wear clothing conducive to vigorous activity.
Students should have a short sleeve shirt under warmer clothing so outer
clothing can be removed as student gets hot from activity. Students need to
have athletic sneakers. Boots, clogs, sandals and slippers are not appropriate
for PE class. All students must secure hair for safety reasons.
PE curriculum for grade five continues with sport skill
development, lead up sport games and sport game rules. Health and fitness
information is embedded in the curriculum and students strive to improve
personal scores on the President's Challenge Fitness Test. Aerobic fun games
are interspersed between units and on days affected by bad weather.
Students receive a grade for each unit. This performance
grade factors in several areas including student personal improvement, student
skill level as compared to grade level expectations, rule understanding as
demonstrated by student play and self officiating and personal effort to
improve skills. Students in grade 5 are graded with letter grades on the
trimester report cards.
Students who are ill or injured and need to sit out of PE
class should bring a note from home to be excused. Students with a medical
condition needing to sit out of PE for more than a week need a written medical
excuse from a doctor. Students who visit the emergency room for an injury and
are told to restrict activity by the physician should please ask for the
restrictions to be written. Physicians are familiar with school requirements
and many will do this without being asked.
Parents with any questions or concerns should contact me
via email at kcavaioli@comcast.net
or leave a message with the office staff with contact information.
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