MOVEMENT MONDAY A Weekly Newsletter Filled with Activities & Challenges for our Gators! April 6, 2020 Vol. 2 IN THE ISSUE Game Plan Week Focus: Skill-Related Fitness: America Ninja Warrior Daily Challenges “Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." - Michael Jordan WHAT'S THE GAME PLAN? Hi Everyone, It's Coach Sloop! I miss you all like crazy and I can't WAIT until we get to see each other again!! For now though, I wanted to take a little time and talk to you about how PE will look for the next few weeks. Each week on Monday you will get a new Movement Monday edition, with new information and games for you to try out. Encourage your family to try it out with you and let's all strive to be active everyday. THIS WEEK'S FOCUS: SKILL-RELATED FITNESS: AMERICA NINJA WARRIOR Weekly Goal: To identify games that can be played in the backyard. This week we are going to explore a topic that is very important to our ability to complete daily tasks, exercise and participate in sports, it is call skill-related fitness. A few months ago, we talked about health-related fitness and how it helped to keep our bodies healthy well skill-related fitness is important because it helps our bodies to perform specific tasks well. Click on the link below to learn a little more and to take your American Ninja Warrior challenge. Good luck! American Ninja Warrior WEEKLY BOOK SPOTLIGHT Daily Challenges Monday: - Movement Bingo: See how many different ways you can get Bingo using the bingo card found here. Tuesday: - Create your sensory pathway in your house or on your driveway just like the ones we practice on in the hallways everyday. Wednesday: - Take a 20 minute walk with your family or cook a family meal together.. Thursday: - Complete the following exercise challenge 10 Frog Jumps, 20 jumping jacks, 20 second plank and 10 jump squats (repeat 3x) Friday: - Fitness Friday - Create your own American Ninja Warrrior Course (Take a picture and have your parents post it on twitter or Instagram with the hashtags @AntiochES_NC, @UCPS_MonroeNC @AGHoulihan or send it to [email protected] and I will make a slide show to post on our website. I will have weekly office hours on Wednesdays from 3-5pm or by appointment. I would love to help or set up a time to Facetime or talk with your child on the phone. I miss each of you and hope to talk to soon. If you need anything you can contact me anytime at [email protected].