Moana Show week- Hoop Hop Showdown May 19-23, 2025

During Show week, Ms Schmittle graciously lets me use her space and one of fan favorites is to play Hoop Hop Showdown. This is a game where students are split into 2 teams and the first person in each line jumps 2 footed through the hula hoops until they meet a player from the opposing team. Then those 2 players play Rock Paper Scissors and the winner keeps going while the other player returns to the end of the line.

Wellness Week Team building activity- Cross the River Intermediate grades May 16 2025

As a part of the school's wellness week, students took part in a team building activity called cross the river where students needed to work together to use the equipment provided for them to cross an imaginary river. Students learned the power of communication and practiced making changes to an approach when it doesn't work.

Wellness Week Team Building Activity Pass the frog- Primary May 16 2025

Primary students had to work in teams of 8-10 kids where they needed to pass around a baton using a designated body part. The emphasis was on communication and working with others to be well.

Intermediate grades flag football games May 12-16, 2025

Intermediate grades building up their skills in football through flag football games

Primary grades ball striking and 2 square game May 12-16, 2025

Students worked on their striking skills through the 4 square build up game called 2 square where 2 partners hit the ball back and forth trying to get it bounce only 1 time in their square.

Intermediate grades Football throwing and catching May 5-9, 2025

Students worked on using their throwing and catching cues to improve their skills.

Primary grades ball dribbling challenges April 28- May 2 2025

Students attempted a series of dribbling challenges and then shared them with the class during "Showtime". Be sure to ask your student about "Showtime"

Ball Dribbling challenges Primary grades April 22 2025

Students took on a series of challenges to do while dribbling like hopping on one foot.

Here are the winners for the Decatur March madness bracket challenge for the men's and women's tournaments. Way to go!

Intermediate grades basketball tournament April 14-18, 2025

Jr. High Basketball games April 14-18, 2025

After working on building skills, students got to demonstrate their skills in small sided games with 3-4 players.

Primary grades builders and bulldozers game April 8 2025

Students were split up into 2 teams. One team was the builders whose job was to dribble the ball while setting up any cones that were knocked over. The other team were the bulldozers and their job was to keep their dribble going while also turning over the cones with their hands. Then the 2 teams switched their roles.

Intermediate Yoshi Tag April 4 2025

Students wrapped up the week playing one of their favorite invasion games- Yoshi Tag where there are 2 teams and both are trying to get all their players across the center line and into the rectangle opposite their starting side.

Primary Spot Shooting April 2-4, 2025

Students took turns using their shooting cues to practice their basketball shooting.

Primary Basketball unit shooting and dribbling

Students learned proper technique for dribbling (pushing off finger pads, waist high with the dribble and eyes up) and did a series of dribbling games like bubble breakers where students need to walk/jog or dribble to the next polyspot on the floor. Next they had to dribble 7 times on the spot to pop the bubble and were challenged to pop as many bubbles as they could in a set amount of time.

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