8/14/2019 October PE Newsletter 09

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4th-5th What’s Coming• Fitnessgram

Pretest• Muscle & Bone

Quiz•

Warm-up Project• Toss & Catch

4th & 5th Recap:• Heart Rate

Activities• FITT

(Frequency,Intensity, Time,Type) Concept

• Chasing and

Fleeing• Recess

Activities

Important Dates:• 10/26 Staff 

Learning DayNo School

October Newsletter

 Volume 1, Issue 2

Cupertino Union School District, Elementary PE Program

With this crazy weather, it is important to stayhydrated during the day. Here are a fewreasons why:

Energy: Being dehydrated can sap your energy and make you feel tired -- even milddehydration of as little as 1 or 2 percent of 

your body weight. If you're thirsty, you'realready dehydrated -- and this can lead tofatigue, muscle weakness, dizziness andother symptoms.Headache cure: Another symptom of dehydration is headaches. In fact, often whenwe have headaches it's simply a matter of notdrinking enough water. There are lots of other causes of headaches of course, butdehydration is a common one.Better exercise: Being dehydrated canseverely hamper your athletic activitiesbecause it slows you down and makes itharder. Exercise requires additional water, sobe sure to hydrate before, during and after exercise.

How to form the water drinking habit? Hereare a few things that will help you remember to drink water during the day, as well asdevelop the habit of consuming enough water 

Why Drink Water?

Family Activity Time 

For the next several weeks your child will

be learning about the overhand andunderhand throw. There are a lot of funactivities that you can do with your childto help them practice these skills. Youcould take them bowling or go to the parkand play catch. There is a great place inLos Gatos called Campo Di Bocce whereyou could take the family to play bocceball.

The P.E. Pep Talk 

a day:Set a Routine: It's not good to just drinkwhen you're thirsty -- you're alreadydehydrated by then. Best is to form aroutine: drink a glass when you wake up, aglass with each meal, a glass in betweenmeals, and be sure to drink before, during

and after exercise. Try to generally keepyourself from getting thirsty.Carry a bottle: A lot of people find ituseful to get a big plastic drinking bottle, fiit with water, and carry it around with themall day. When it's empty, I fill it up again, akeep drinking.Substitute water: If you would normallyget a soda, or a Gatorade/PowerAde, get aglass of water instead.Exercise: Exercising can help make youwant to drink water more. It's not necessarto drink sports drinks like Gatorade whenyou exercise, unless you are doing it for more than an hour. Just drink water. If you're going to exercise, be sure to drinkwater a couple hours ahead of time, so thait will get through your system in time, andagain, drink during and after exercise aswell.

Track it:  

There are also opportunities in the area

where you can take your child toactivities where they can watch highlyskilled athletes practicing these skills. Itis high school football season so onFriday nights you could take your son or daughter to the local high school footballgames where they can see how older children use these skills in the sportsthey play.