This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
I want my students to have the opportunity to experience a multitude of ways in which they can be healthy and physically active throughout their entire lives.
I am the first ever Physical Education teacher in my school.
It is important that I continue building a strong program that will highlight precisely why Physical Education is one of the most important content areas in education. My students study and perform dance and ballet, and I want to expose them to the many skills and concepts that will directly build on and correlate to their dance experience.
By the time students leave the 5th grade, they should have been exposed to and able to perform foundational locomotor skills (galloping, leaping, hopping, running, bear crawling, crab walking, jumping), non-locomotor skills (bending, twisting, turning), manipulative skills (dribbling with hands and feet, striking with short and long implements, kicking, passing, underhand and overhand throwing, catching), and wellness concepts that will help them keep physical activity part of their everyday life. These skills are the necessary skills involved in any sport, play, fitness endeavors, or life-long adventures, and this equipment will help my 4th and 5th-grade students meet National Standards.
My Project
I am the first PE teacher in my school. We started the year with zero equipment, and with the help of some generous donors, we were able to raise $900 to buy some equipment. However, we are still short some equipment, and more of this equipment would help me ensure that all students are able to participate in the lesson at the same time. Enabling ALL my students with the opportunity to engage in the lesson right after the instruction helps them use the information they just learned as opposed to "waiting their turn," and thus experiencing unnecessary challenges because they weren't able to participate.
Half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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