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We Can Learn Welcome to the first

Physical Education (PE) is issue of THE
not the "gym class" of the
past. It is the only content area SUNFLOWER NEWS!
that provides ALL students
with the opportunity to learn This series of newsletter is designed to provide you
motor skills, develop fitness, with the information about Physical Education,
and gain understanding of the Monthly Highlights of classroom news, Physical
importance of lifelong Activity you can do at home, and future events.
physical activity.
MICHIGAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY, MICHIGAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION
AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (2014). Retrieved from
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/MDE-2014-
survey-summary-report-2016-05-18_524942_7.pdf

(n.d.). Retrieved from

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Activity Monthly Highlights

§ MSU Seniors joined our classroom!
§ Librarians came to read for us
§ We learned about Weather in the Science Class
§ We learned the song, You are my Sunshine.
Reminders:
1. Parents please sign the Video In Form for MSU
seniors, if you don’t mind your kids to be recorded in
Banana Banana Meatball is a good the video.
song for you to know patterns. It is
also a good dance for you to move
all your body parts at home! (We FUTURE EVENTS
have already practiced it in class : )
à Field Trip to Detroit Art Museum on Friday,
Search the name online and follow 12/06/2019. Sign up if you are interested in ; )
the pattern!
Banana Banana Meatball - Blazer Fresh | GoNoodle. (2016). à It’s snowing!!! Stay Warm!
Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9q4U2P3ig

Vol. 1: Issue 1 November The SUNFLOWER Kindergarten

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Results indicated teachers believed PE:
Back! (1) provides children with opportunities to improve fitness
and be active to counter societal trends towards obesity and
This month’s topic of Physical increased sedentary behaviours;
Education is: (2) impacts positively on learning and behaviour in the
classroom;
The (3) helps children to improve social skills and allows some
Importance children an opportunity to experience success in a unique
of learning environment.
Physical Education. The teachers in the current study believed their programmes
were only somewhat successful in achieving outcomes
relating to physical activity, self-esteem, motor skills and
fitness (Morgan & Hansen, 2008).

Physical Morgan, P. J., & Hansen, V. (2008). Physical education in primary schools: Classroom teachers’ perceptions of benefits
and outcomes. Health Education Journal, 67(3), 196–207. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896908094637

Activity Monthly Highlights

§ We went Detroit Art Museum!
§ We had the Thanksgiving Dinner on November
27, 2019.

Reminders:
Hopscotch 1. MSU seniors are going to teach their lessons this
The first player stands behind the starting line to month. If you don’t want your children to be in the
toss his or her marker in square one. video, please sign the Video Out Form. Thank you ; )
Hop over square one to square two and then
continue hopping to square eight, turn around,
and hop back again.
Pause in square two to pick up the marker, hop
FUTURE EVENTS
in square one, and out. à Parent Conference will be on December 10th,
Then continue by tossing the stone in square 2019, which is the last day of this semester.
two.
(2017). Retrieved from https://www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/activity-
Sign up the time with the teacher.
articles/hopscotch/news-
story/4272569c82c29d6bd2a66080f43ec352#:~:targetText=The first à Skiing in Brighton. Sign up if interested!
player stands behind,the stone in square two.

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Happy The implications of the contributory relationship are
highlighted by the evidence that 50% of the least active
New year! children were at risk for overweight or overweight and that
no compensatory increases in physical activity were found
on school days when physical education classes were not
This month’s topic of Physical scheduled.
Education is: Two studies using data from the National Longitudinal Study
of Adolescent Health and the Bogalusa Heart Study reported
The Connection between positive associations between the number of times youth
Physical Education & participate in physical education per week and self-reported
Physical Activity moderate to vigorous physical activity (Gordon-Larsen,
McMurray, & Popkin, 2000; Myers, Strikmiller, Webber, &
Berenson, 1996) (Morgan, Beighle & Pangrazi, 2013).
Morgan, C. F., Beighle, A., & Pangrazi, R. P. (n.d.). What Are the Contributory and Compensatory Relationships Between

Physical Physical Education and Physical Activity in Children? Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 407–412. Retrieved
from https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2007.10599440

Activity Monthly Highlights

“Clap, Jump, Scream”
§ We went to ski during winter break. Here is the
- Two people pair up and alternates
counting 1, 2, 3 until one of them picture:
misses the number.
- Do clapping instead of counting 1.
Two people “Clap, 2, 3” until one of
them misses the order.
- Now do jumping instead of
counting 2.
- Then do screaming for 3.
- Now the order of counting is Clap, Wardle, S. (2017). Retrieved from https://www.chatterblock.com/articles/1846/7-ways-to-get-your-children-to-love-skiing/

Jump, Scream. Try it with your friend

to see who lose the order first ; ) FUTURE EVENTS
(n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.thechinesezodiac.org/horoscope-2020/

Chinese New Year Party

Kentebe-Comrie, K. (2017). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50_pG4Vlb30

Vol. 1: Issue 3 January The SUNFLOWER Kindergarten

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“Early career researchers and established scholars alike
Back! presented and discussed their research on ways in which
physical education can thrive in schools and also articulate
This month’s topic of Physical with wider societal objectives for increasing physical activity,
Education is: enhancing health and encouraging sporting participation and
achievement”.
The Connection between
Physical Education & In PE curriculum, “boys and girls are encouraged to read,
name and deal with the media’s white-derived
Health & Identity representations of fitness and health”. “This approach
encourages teachers and students to see how the
intersecting roles of, for example, race, class and gender
affect embodied identity” (Thorburn, Gray & O’Connor,
2019).
Physical Thorburn, M., Gray, S., & O'Connor, J. (2019). Retrieved from https://www-tandfonline-
com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/doi/pdf/10.1080/13573322.2019.1610375?needAccess=true

Activity Monthly Highlights

§ Chinese New Year Party Picture:
“Fruit Juice”

Parrish, S. (2015). Retrieved from https://www.columbian.com/news/2015/feb/14/vietnamese-new-year-vancouver-clark-

county-tet/

Learn more fruit by dancing. FUTURE EVENTS

SHAKE your BODY à Filed trip to Children’s Garden at MSU on March
Try it at home with your families and 1st, 2020. (Sign up with your teacher)
friends!
à We are going to have a science class with MSU
Kids' Songs & Stories, P. (2019). Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN3pn_alymA&list=PLNOdQ9T
science professor!
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High quality PE is characterized by standards-based
Back! instruction and includes moderate-to-vigorous physical
activity for at least 50 percent of class time, but not at the
expense of skill development or high-quality instruction;
follows appropriate instruction practices; and is
developmentally appropriate to the physical, cognitive, and
social needs of children (NASPE, 2003)
Over 90% of schools included the following concepts and
This month’s amount of Physical skills in their instruction: movement concepts (general
Education direction, levels); locomotor skills (walking, running,
hopping); manipulative skills (throwing, catching, kicking);
and non-manipulative skills (twisting, rolling, transferring
weight).
Physical
MICHIGAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, MICHIGAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2014). Retrieved from https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/MDE-2014-survey-summary-report-2016-05-
18_524942_7.pdf

Activity Monthly Highlights

“What time is it? Mr. Fox!” § Students are working on their science journal
Mr. Fox stands at one end facing the after they went to the Children’s Garden.
players. The players call "what time § Share your journal with your families and
is it? Mr. Fox" and the Fox says a friends.
time, for example, "3 O'CLOCK". § We took spelling test this month.
Then, the players move forward 3
steps. If the Mr. Fox calls "DINNER
TIME" the players must run back to
the starting line and if they are
caught by the Mr. Fox they become (n.d.). Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/illustrations/boys-studying-children-student-1844435/

a Fox.
Announcement
à Ms. CiCi is going back to China on May 6th,
2020.
à Remember to say Goodbye to her ; )
Schreier, S. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.koaa.com/community/colorado-living/sunflower-fields-near-
Creations, S. (n.d.). Retrieved from dia-are-in-full-bloom
https://www.zazzle.com/sleeping_cartoon_fox_classic_round_sticker-
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