At East Oakview we have a rotating Friday "specials" schedule. The year is split up into four blocks and each day of the week is repeated on Friday once each block. At the beginning of the year, the Friday specials schedule is exactly the same as Monday. During the second block, the Tuesday schedule is repeated on Friday. This format continues for Wednesday and eventually Thursday at the end of the year. This means that on every week, half of the school gets an extra day of PE.
Instead of continuing on with the weekly theme on Friday and allowing half of the school to get ahead of the other half, we have instead been having "Integrated Fridays." Integration is about pairing movement and fitness activities with literacy and math skills. Below are examples of some of the Integrated Friday activities that I have captured on camera so far this year.
4th grade keyboard vocab words
4th grade keyboard part 2
1st grade keyboard
3rd grade dice and dots
Many students have trouble maintaining focus while sitting in desks in classrooms. I think adding movement to literacy and math practice helps students stay interested and excited about learning.
Thanks for reading. I can't wait to get back to work on Monday.
Happy New Year!
Jordan Wallin
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