Welcome 3rd Grade Parents!

Spring SemesterFirst Nine Weeks

Sports and Health

* YOU WILL ALL RECEIVE A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION *

Learning at Home Project

WHY IS LEARNING AT HOME IMPORTANT?

Learning at home should be fun and engaging!

When parents, siblings, friends, and neighbors become involved in a child’s education, that child succeeds.

Learning at home ensures that knowledge is not lost in translation and reinforces everything learned in the classroom.

WHAT CAN YOUR FAMILY GAIN FROM THIS?

By participating in these learning at home activities, families are afforded the opportunity to learn and play alongside their student.

Learning at home helps grow familial relationships.

WHY WAS THIS TOPIC CHOSEN? Sports are exciting for

kids and adults alike! This project will provide

information while fostering an interest in physical activity.

Equally as important, these assignments promote health and well being for students and their families.

Sports and health also translate to a wide variety of subjects (math, writing, etc.).

WHO CAN AND SHOULD PARTICIPATE?

Each project will be different in terms of participation. Try to include everyone in the house in at least one activity. Encourage your student to ask grandparents, friends, neighbors, and other community members to participate as needed.

WHAT SUPPLIES ARE NEEDED AND PROVIDED?

Supplies needed for every activity are listed further in the presentation.

You will be provided with a packet containing two copies of every example, template, and any other handouts that you will need.

Come to the classroom if you need any additional handouts or supplies.

WHEN ARE THE ASSIGNMENTS DUE?

All of the assignments are due the last day of class before spring break. You can turn them in all at once or as you get them finished.

HOW IS THIS EVALUATED?

This Learning at Home Project is graded based on completion and participation – if it is turned in on time and well done, credit will be received. Every student with full credit on the project will have the opportunity to participate in our culminating project. The project is our end goal!

Choose 9 of the 12 projects to complete and turn in before

SPRING BREAK!

IF BACTERIA DOESN’T EAT IT, WHY WOULD YOU?

Subject Area: Science/Writing/Math

Objective: Gain a better understanding on the importance of fresh food verses processed fast food

Instructions: Observe and record the changes, through photos and or written description between a McDonalds happy meal (plain burger and fries) and fresh food or fruit, such as a slice of watermelon over the 9 week period

Materials: Paper, Pencil, Photos (optional) one McDonald's plain hamburger with fries and slice of watermelon (or fresh fruit/food of choice)

*Must start first if chosen*

FOOD AND DRINK RECORD

Materials: Food Log & pencil 

Subject Area: Writing

Instructions: For two days, record everything that you eat, drink and how much in your Food Log.

Objective: Improve on writing and data collecting skills

HEALTH FOOD SCAVENGER HUNT

Subject Area: Writing/Math

Objective: For children and families to gather information and determine the amount and type of foods kept in the household

Instructions: Go on a scavenger hunt with a family member through your house and record the different types of foods you find. Then sort the items found into food groups using the information gathered to make a bar graph

Materials: Graph paper, pencil, and paper.

CREATE YOUR OWN GAME

Subject Area: Writing

Objective: To embrace creativity through family interaction while improving writing skills Instructions: With a family member create your own sport or game. Feel free to create a game from scratch or modify an already existing game. When you create your game be sure to write a rulebook as well as the materials needed to play. Once you create the game go out and try it with friends. Materials: Paper, pencil, anything for

created sport

OBSTACLE COURSESubject Area: Math/Writing Objective: Promote family fun physical activity while improving child’s writing and mathematic skills

Instructions: Clear some space in your yard or living room, and set up an obstacle course (as long, short, easy, or difficult as you would like). Find some people who are willing to participate. Have every participant line up and take turns running the obstacle course; switch off who runs the stopwatch and records the times. After everyone has run and the times are recorded, make a bar graph of each runner with his/her times (you have been provided with a graph template).

Materials: obstacles (furniture, ropes, trees, etc.); stopwatch; graph paper (provided); pencil

Round up some family, friends, and neighbors for some friendly competition!

HOW MANY GOALS CAN YOU GET?!

Subject Area: Math Objective: Provided is quick dot cards (soccer style) for students to practice with at home. This can be done with any relative, a neighbor, or friend. This is intended to be used to practice multiplication facts.  Instructions: One person will hold up two different cards for 3 seconds and then put them down for the student. The other has to quickly determine how many soccer balls they saw on each card and multiply them together. For added fun, let the student hold the cards and switch roles to see who can get the most cards (goals) right! Record how many goals are achieved.

Materials: Quick Dot (Soccer) Cards

STATISTICS AND REVIEW OF A GAME

Subject Area: Math/Writing

Objective: To enhance child’s writing and math skills through a sporting event

Instructions: Pick a sporting event to watch or attend together. Decide on a few statistics to keep track of all game. For example if you are watching a baseball game you can keep track of hits and strikeouts or for a basketball game you can keep track of points and rebounds. Once the game is over, work together to find the range, median, and mode for each statistic and identify the top performers. Once you have found all your totals, work together to write a newspaper article about the statistics. Be sure to include your overall experience watching or attending the game. Materials: Television or tickets, paper,

pencil

INTERVIEW SOMEONE SPORTS RELATED

Subject Area: Writing

Objective: Work on communication and writing skills while becoming informed and involved with in the community Instructions: Interview a friend,

family, or community member that is/has been involved in or is currently involved in the health or sport industry. Ex: athlete, coach, nutritionist, announcer etc..

Materials: Paper, pencil, accessibility for interview in person or over the phone.

CREATE YOUR OWN SEQUEL

Subject Area: Reading/Writing

Objective: Improve on reading and writing skills while learning more about heath and fitness, embracing creativity

Instructions: Read a book to a family member, neighbor, or friend and talk about the main events in the story including the beginning, middle, and end. Next discuss the characters in the book and the roles that they played. In your own words, write a sequel, a “add-on” story for the book you have read. At the end of the story, write down the main event of the sequel you made. Then, read your story with the person you chose to work with.

Materials: Book involving sports of owns choosing, Paper, Pencil

REVIEW OF SPORTS THEMED MOVIE

Materials: Television, movie, paper, pencils

Subject Area: Writing

Objective: To improve on writing skills while spending time together and showing interest in child’s learning.

Instructions: Select a sports themed movie (Ex. We Are Marshall, The Mighty Ducks, Rocky…) and watch it together. When the movie is over, everyone will write a magazine article reviewing the film. When writing your review be sure to include what you liked and disliked about the movie. After you complete writing the article share yours with others.

COMPARE & CONTRAST SPORTS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

 Materials: Paper, Pencil

Subject Area: Social Studies/Writing Objective: To improve writing skills while becoming more culturally educated in different countries sports

Instructions: We have many sports that get our attention in the United States. Talk with your parents, other family members, neighbors, or friends, and decide what you think is our most popular sport and what sports are like in other countries and what exactly they are. Write a reflection on what you thought compared to who you talked with. Include the differences of opinions, what sport you chose for our country the United States, and the sport of the other country, of your choice.

RESEARCH A FAMOUS SPORTS FIGURESubject Area: History/Writing

Objective: Improve on writing skills through researching the historic past of an athlete

Instructions: Research a famous athlete who played his/her sport BEFORE YOU WERE BORN. Learn about their sport: what years they played, which team/teams they played for, and their accomplishments. Also, learn about their life: their childhood, their family (parents, siblings, spouse, and children), their interests outside of sports, and other details of their personal life. Become an expert on the athlete of your choice, and create a story, power point, or visual presentation (poster board, collage, create a rookie card, make a map of his/her life or sports career) about one part or all of the athlete’s life and sports career.

Materials: computer, books, newspaper articles, other research materials, paper/pencil or computer.

Visual presentation: Through PowerPoint or trifold poster presentation

CULMINATING PROJECT

WHAT: University of Oklahoma Spring Football Game on WHEN: Saturday, April 12, 2014. HOW: We will meet at our school at 12:15PM on April 12 and depart for Oklahoma Memorial Stadium by 12:30. After the scrimmage, we will immediately leave the stadium and head back to the school at approximately 4:30. WHY:A community sponsor for our class generously donated the tickets for our hardworking and amazing students! o We need parent volunteers &

chaperones!o Please send your child with

concession stand money (or feed them beforehand).

o The weather will be sunny, windy, and warm.

THANK YOU!We appreciate your willingness to participate in

this Learning at Home project! We are so excited to receive your work and attend the

football game together.

If you have any questions or need any resources, please do not hesitate to contact us

via phone, email, or in person!

Joe Guidoboni, Joey Jackson, Kara Kelly, and Melody Thompson