Welcome to Mrs. Paul’s Website

West Prairie Middle School

 

Physical Education Grades 5, 6, 8,

Health Education Grade 7

 

Head Girl’s Volleyball Coach

West Prairie High School & Junior High School

 

Welcome to the 2009-10 school year! This is my first year at the West Prairie Middle School and I am truly excited to be in this new position. I hope you will find everything you need on this page but please note that lessons are subject to change. With all of us working together, I know that your child will have a successful school year. If you need to speak with me at school, my plan time is 1:30-2:15

 

Week of August 24, 2009

 

 

Monday 8-24

Tuesday 8-25

Wednesday 8-26

Thursday 8-27

Friday 8-28

Dress, warm up

Begin physical fitness testing for all classes 5-8

Dress, warm up, fitness testing for all classes 5-8

Dress, warm up, fitness testing for all classes 5-8

Dress, warm up, fitness testing for all classes 5-8

Dress, warm up, fitness testing for all classes 5-8

 

Seventh Grade Health

Monday 8-24

Tuesday 8-25

Wednesday 8-26

Thursday 8-27

Friday 8-28

Read pages 8-15. Do vocab. Words in notebook. Assign questions 1-5 on page 15.

Begin section 3 emotions and behavior pgs.16-25. Work on getting vocab. words in notebook the entire week. Assignment is comprehension sheet pg. 29 due Wed.

Continue section 3 pages 16-25. In class group activity on defense mechanisms. Continue reading and discussion with partners.

Finish chapter #1, do questions in class on page 25. Begin a review of the chapter and finish vocab. notebooks.

Continue chapter 1 review and prepare for the first test on Monday or Tuesday depending on how the review goes.

 

 

 

8-31 P.E.

9-1 P.E.

9-2 P.E.

9-3 P.E.

9-4 P.E.

Dress, warm up and continue  the physical fitness testing all grades.

Dress, warm up and begin outdoor frisbie unit. Introduce flying disc horseshoe activity. Practice throwing at targets.

 Dress, warm up practice movement, faking, short passing and pivoting with the frisbie game keep away.

Dress, warm up and continue target throwing while playing frisbie bags.

Dress, warm up and introduce ultimate frisbie. Play in small groups on two courts.

8-31 Health

9-1 Health

9-2 Health

9-3 Health

9-4 Health

Introduction to “Project Alert” which will be held for the next eleven Monday class periods.

Chapter #1 test. Begin chapter two if time with a discussion “About Your Body” page 33.

Preview Key Questions and Main chapter sections on page 33. Assign vocabulary sheet for section one, due Thursday.

Continue reading and discussion of section one pages 34-42 in class.

Check the student’s  comprehension with an in class activity on section one pgs. 34-43. Go over questions at the end of the section.

 

10-26 P.E.

10-27 P.E.

 

10-28 P.E.

10-29 P.E.

10-30 P.E.

Daily conditioning. Continue soccer skills with the game end ball. Give a soccer rules hand out to students.

Daily conditioning. Play a full court soccer game with teams.

Daily conditioning. Continue soccer play in teams.

Daily conditioning. Review the rules handouts. Play last game in teams. Study for test on Friday.

Daily conditioning. Take the soccer written test. Free activity day if time allows.

 

10-26 Health

10-27 Health

10-28 Health

10-29 Health

10-30 Health

Project Alert

Read 192-193 “People in Health.” Begin working on design for a personal exercise Program. Assign 13 & 47

Review for chapter 6 test. Students write questions and answers for review purposes.

Chapter #6 test. Assign section #1 of chapter 9. Do vocab words in notebook. Read pages 259-264 for Friday.

Discuss section #1 of chapter 9. Assignment is work page #17 for Monday.

 

11-2 P.E.

11-3 P.E.

11-4 P.E.

11-5 P.E.

11-6 P.E.

Daily conditioning. Begin basketball skills.

Daily conditioning. Continue basketball skills.

Daily conditioning. Continue basketball skills. Play small games.

Daily conditioning. Play mini games in basketball.

Daily conditioning. Continue basketball mini games.

 

11-2 Health

11-3 Health

11-4 Health

11-5 Health

11-6 Health

Project Alert. Collect fitness plan assignment.

Due outline in class. Discuss section #1 of chapter 9. Do writing poems activity with class. Assign work page 17 for Wed.

Partner read section #2 in class. Pages 265-268. Do vocab. in notebooks. Discuss section on stimulants with class. Continue partner reading section #2. Assign remaining portion to page 273 if not completed in class.

Discuss the rest of section #2. Make a chart in class classifying the three types of drugs. Assign work page 55.

Read section #3 pages 274-279 in class. Discuss the section as we read. Create anti drug slogan murals in small groups.

 

11-9 P.E.

11-10 P.E.

11-11 P.E.

11-12 P.E.

11-13 P.E.

Daily conditioning. Begin basketball tourney play.

Daily conditioning. Continue basketball tourney play.

No School Veteran’s Day

Daily conditioning. Continue basketball tourney play.

Daily conditioning. Continue basketball tourney play.

 

11-9 Health

11-10 Health

11-11 Health

11-12 Health

11-13 Health

Project Alert.  Read section #3 of chapter 9. Hand in work page 55.

Discuss section #3. Go over chart on drug abuse and its effects page 277. Assign work pages 18 and 57 for Thursday.

No school Veteran’s Day

Do concept mapping of hallucinogens, cannabis products and inhalants.  Discuss and then role play peer support groups activity. Assign section #4 reading pages 281-285.

Discuss section 4. Do “People in Health and a writing letters reinforcement activity.

 

11-16 P.E.

11-17 P.E.

11-18 P.E.

11-19 P.E.

11-20 P.E.

Daily Conditioning and begin a co-ed basketball tourney.

Daily conditioning and continue basketball tourney.

Daily conditioning and play coed tourney in basketball.

Daily conditioning and basketball tourney. 30 second skill test in shooting.

Daily conditioning and basketball tourney.

 

11-16 Health

11-17 Health

11-18 Health

11-19   Health

11-20 Health

Project Alert

Chapter 9 test.. If time begin looking at chapter 10 section #1. Do vocab of section #1 in notebook.

Discuss section 1 of chapter 10.

Assign work pages 29 and  58 for Thursday.

Partner read and discuss section 2 pages 298-302. Do vocab in notebook as they go. Assign work page 59 to work on in class. Read section 3 for Friday pages 303-308.

Discuss section 3 in class.

 

11-23 P.E.

11-24 P.E.

11-25 P.E.

11-26 P.E.

11-27 P.E.

Daily Conditioning. Finish basketball tourney. Skill test

Daily conditioning. Basketball 1 on 1 tourney.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

 

11-23 Health

11-24 Health

11-25 Health

11-26 Health

11-27 Health

Project Alert. Bring an ad of an alcoholic beverage for the next class discussion.

Discuss section #4 of chapter 10 pgs. 309-313.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

 

11/30/09 P.E.

12/1/09 P.E.

12/02/09 P.E.

12/03/09 P.E.

12/04/09 P.E.

Daily conditioning. Begin volleyball with forearm passing  demonstration and partner drills.

Daily conditioning. Continue volleyball pass and partner and introduce partner setting.

Daily conditioning. Demonstrate overhand  serving..  Have partners work on  body position and arm swing.

Daily conditioning. Try  serve, pass, and set over the net in small groups.

Daily conditioning. Demonstrate and begin spike approach.

 

11/30/09 Health

12/1/09 Health

12/02/09

12/03/09 Health

12/04/09 Health

Project Alert

Chapter 10 test. When finished with the test, preview chapter 11 and do vocab. in notebooks. Read section #1 and read pages 322-328. Assign work page 21 for Wednesday.

Discuss section #1. Do activity 234. Do flash card activity.

Discuss and read Health close up page 329. Preview section #2 and partner read. Do vocab. in notebook. Assign comprehension sheet 63 and work on last 10 minutes of class.

Check students vocabulary notebooks. Read section #3 aloud in class and discuss. Do writing arguments activity page 336.

 

12/7/09 P.E.

12/8/09 P.E.

12/09/09

12/10/09 P.E.

12/11/09

Daily conditioning. Begin co-ed volleyball tourney

Daily conditioning. Continue tourney play.

Daily conditioning. Co-ed volleyball tourney.

Daily conditioning.  Co-ed volleyball tourney.

Daily conditioning. Finish volleyball tourney.

 

12/07/09 Health

12/08/09

12/09/09 Health

12/10/09 Health

12/11/09 Health

Read section 4 of chapter 11 silently. After class discussion, do the role playing activity page 328. Look at wellness choices page 341 and discuss.

Do “People In Health” pages 342-343. Do role playing activity with the section. Take home chapter 11 test. Do on Wednesday 12/09/09.

Guest speaker Mrs. Sherri Bliss will address the class.

Guest speaker Sherri Bliss will finish her presentation. Assign chapter 7 section #1 reading for Friday.

Discuss chapter 7 section #1.

 

12/14/09 P.E.

Daily conditioning. Begin a new tourney. Boys will play on one court, girls will play on another.

 

12/15/09 P.E.

Daily conditioning. Continue tourney play.

12/116/09 P.E.

Daily conditioning. Continue volleyball tourney.

12/17/09 P.E.

Daily conditioning. Play tourney.

12/18/09 P.E.

Daily conditioning. Finish tourney. Do a serving skill test.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/14/09 Health

12/15/09 Health

12/16/09 Health

12/17/09 Health

12/18/09 Health

Miss Vass will speak to class today.

Discuss section #1 of chapter seven. If time. Do cooperative learning 206 sign making. Assign section 2 to read.

 Discuss section #2. Work on comprehension page 49 for Thursday.

Partner read section 3. Do vocabulary words in notebooks. Assign vocabulary 15 for Friday.

Check vocabulary notebooks. Go over information from previous chapters for a comprehensive  semester test on Monday.

 

12/21/09 P.E.

12/22/09 P.E.

 

 

 

Daily conditioning. Complete class volleyball tourneys.

Christmas volleyball tourney for entire school.

 

 

 

 

12/21/09 Health

12/22/09

 

 

 

Go over semester exams and turn in test books.

All school Christmas party day.

 

 

 

 

1/4/10 P.E.

1/5/10 P.E.

1/6/10 P.E.

1/7/10 P.E.

1/8/10 P.E.

Daily conditioning. Play quad volleyball.

Daily conditioning. Continue quad volleyball play.

Daily conditioning. Play quad volleyball tourney.

Daily conditioning. Play quad volleyball tourney.

Daily conditioning. Finish quad volleyball tourney.

 

1/4/10 Health

1/5/10 Health

1/6/10 Health

1/7/10 Health

1/8/10 Health

Pass out textbooks. Go over class rules. Assign seating chart for the semester .Discuss relationships page 1. Begin  chapter #1 by reading pages 9-15. Do vocab. words in notebook. Do questions 1-5 on page 15 in class.

Read section #3 pages 16-25 in class. Do  comprehension sheet #29 and vocab. worksheet in class.

Continue section #3 with activities on defense mechanisms. Finish reading pages 20-25 for Thursday.

Finish chapter #1. Do questions in class from page 25. Begin the chapter review and remind students to finish their vocab. notebook for Friday’s check

Finish the chapter review with a quiz bowl activity. Prepare for the test on Tuesday. Monday will be our first Project

Alert of the second semester.

 

 

1/11/10 P.E.

1/12/10 P.E.

1/13/10 P.E.

1/14/10 P.E.

1/15/10 P.E.

Daily conditioning. Finish triad volleyball.

Daily conditioning. Plus one volleyball.

Daily conditioning. Finish triad volleyball.

Daily conditioning. Finish triad volleyball.

Daily conditioning. finish volleyball unit.

 

1/11/10 Health

1/12/10 Health

1/13/10 Health

1/14/10 Health

1/15/10 Health

Project Alert

Snow day make up.Section #3 chapter 0ne. Partner read pages 16-25. Do vocab. words in notebook as they read. Assign workpage 29 for Wednesday.

Discuss section three pages 16-25. Collect assignments. Do in class activities and cooperative learning on page 22. Discuss questions 1-5 page 25 with students.

Finish anything from Wednesday not accomplished in class. Do “People in Health” feature with students. Do critical thinking evaluation on page 26-27. Activity: Writing letters if time.

Check vocabulary notebooks. Begin a chapter one review using the text pages 28-29. Chapter one test next Tuesday or Wednesday.

 

1/18/10 P.E.

1/19/10 P.E.

1/20/10 P.E.

1/21/10 P.E.

1/22/10 P.E.

No School MLK Day

Daily conditioning. Co-Ed Volleyball, rally scoring.

Daily conditioning. Plus 1 volleyball girls only.

Daily conditioning. Co-Ed volleyball, rally scoring.

Daily conditioning. Volleyball, rally scoring.

 

1/18/10 Health

1/19/10 Health

1/20/10 Health

1/21./10 Health

1/22/10 Health

No School MLK Day.

Chapter #1 test. Preview chapter two opening page if time. Assign chapter two section #1 for Wednesday.

Discuss section #1 in class. Assign vocabulary sheet, page 3 for Thursday.

Continue section #1. Work on comprehension page 3o in class.

Check vocabulary words in notebook. Collect extra credit. Answer section questions in class. Do activity 38 in class Do page 42 categorizing with students.

 

1/25/10 P.E.

1/26/10 P.E.

1/27/10 P.E.  

1/28/10 P.E.

1/29/10 P.E.

Daily Conditioning and begin floor hockey. Do Passing , dribbling and stick mechanic activities.

Daily conditioning. Continue Floor hockey activities such as skill instruction in shooting and defense.

Daily conditioning. Begin modified game play and cover goal keeping in the activity.

 

Daily conditioning. Continue small game activities in floor hockey

Daily conditioning. Continue small game activities in floor hockey.

 

1/25/10 Health

1/26/10 Health

1/27/10 Health

1/28/10 Health

1/29/10 Health

Project Alert

Discuss section #2. Do cooperative learning activity page 46. Assignment: comprehension work page #31.

Reteaching activity page 52. Read orally Health Close Up page 53. Begin section #3 and read pages 54-58 with a partner. Assign vocabulary sheet #4. Prepare to make models in class for Thursday.

Make models of body systems in small groups.

Finish models and present them in class. Do a writing slogans activity in time allows. Assign section #4  for Tuesday pages 59-67.

 

2/8/10 Health & P.E. Skating

2/15/10  P.E.            

2/9/10 Health & P.E. Skating

2/10/10 Health & P.E. Skating

2/11/10 Health & P.E. Skating

2/12/10 Health & P.E. Skating

No School   

Skating Make up.

Finish Floor Hockey

Floor Hockey Unit

Floor Hockey

 

2/15/10 Health

2/16/10 Health

2/17/10 Health

2/18/10 Health

2/19/10 Health

No School

Finish Skating

Project Alert

Hand back tests. Begin chapter #3 chapter opener. Read in class section #1 and discuss. Assign section #2 reading pages 81-86. Check section #1 and 2 vocabulary on Friday.

Check vocabulary notebook chapter #3 section 1 and 2. Discuss section #2. Assign comprehension sheet 34 and vocabulary 35 for Monday.

 

2/22/10 P.E.

2/23/10 P.E.

2/24/10 P.E.

2/25/10 P.E.

2/26/10 P.E.

Daily conditioning. Begin badminton with serve and volley.

Daily conditioning. Continue with badminton serve and volley.

Daily conditioning. Do badminton skills of forehand and backhand with partners.

Daily conditioning. Continue badminton skills, slam and drop shots.

Daily conditioning. Begin badminton play with partners. Use rules and scoring for games.

 

2/22/10 Health

2/23/10 Health

2/24/10 Health

2/25/10 Health

2/26/10 Health

Check vocabulary for section 1 and 2 of chapter #3. Discuss section 2. Do making charts activity on the board. Assign comprehension page 35 for Tuesday.

Partner read section #3 pages 87-91. Do section #3 vocabulary in notebook. Discuss section #3 in class. Begin a writing letters activity. Assign a vocabulary puzzle for Wednesday.

Do a partner role-playing activity. Read and discuss wellness choices page 90. Read section #4 pages 92-96 and discuss.

Check section #3 vocabulary in notebook. Read and discuss Health Close up and People in Health pages 96 and 97.

Begin a chapter review for the test on Monday, March 1st.

 

 

3/8/10 P.E.             

 

 

 

 

Conditioning and sweet 16 badminton tourney.

3/9/10 P.E. Conditioning and sweet 16 tourney.

3/10/10 P.E. Sweet 16 tourney

3/11/10 P.E. Sweet 16 tourney.

3/12/10 P.E. Badminton test

 

      

3/8/10 Health

3/9/10 Health

3/10/10 Health

3/11/10 Health

3/12/10 Health

Project Alert

Read section 2 of chapter 5.

Do outline 42 in class. Discuss section #2. Assign comprehension page 43.

Group project making a food chart in class.

Health Close up and partner read section #3. Do vocab in notebook for Friday. Assign vocab. page 11.

Check vocabulary notebooks. Do evaluating food labels activity. Hand out Tasting Party information.