Zervas Physical Education Curriculum

Grades 3, 4,and 5

Fall

New York City Street Games

Childhood Games

Bowling and Related Games

Four square and Related Games

New York Street Games

New York City Street GamesGames include stick ball, stoop ball,slap

ball, and box ball.Skills: throwing,catching,striking,and base

runningVocabulary/Lingo:

stoop,macadam,spaldeen,and sewer cover…

Games of Childhood

These are also street or sidewalk games: hopscotch,marbles, jacks, jump rope and “skullize”

Children in K-2 also participate in these activities.

Skills: agility,endurance,and balanceVocabulary/Lingo: knuckling down, swirls,

aggies,scrubbing, “keepsies”…

Bowling and Related GamesWe play a cross between ten pin and candle pin

bowling.Our rules are more candle pin.This is all school activity (K-5)

Related games: bocce, marbles, skittles,lawn bowling,and corn shot

Skills: Four step delivery, rolling which is a form of throwing, eye hand coordination, and how to score

Vocabulary/Lingo: gutter, strike,turkey, frame,splits,kegal (we have over 69 terms)

4 Square and Related Games

With the K-2 grades this curriculum is called “Racket,Nets,Courts, and Hands”

We will have 4 square tournaments Related games: tether ball,table tennis,quad

ball,Roman ball,2 square,and wall ballSkills:Cooperation, serving(a form of

throwing/striking),underhand,overhand hits and following rules

Vocabulary/Lingo: bus stop,chicken feet, hot ball, and tree tops….

Winter

Fitness and Nutrition

Gymnastics (Ropes,Rings, and Mats)

Volleyball

Project Adventure

Fitness and NutritionI sometimes combine Fitness and Nutrition with

gymnastics. This is a K-5 curriculum.We learn how to read the foodpyramid,and the”Nutrition Facts” on packages, how to

choose healthy snacks Skills: All the components of health- related fitness:

muscular strength and endurance, cardiovascular strength and endurance, flexibility and

balanceVocabulary: aerobic, anaerobic, heart rate,wellness…Fitness stations: Exercise machines,heavy jump

ropes,hand weights

Wellness

“ Wellness is a multi-dimensional approach to well-being tat emphasizes individual responsibility.

It is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthier and more fulfilling life”.

Physical, Emotional, Career, Intellectual, Environmental, Social,Spiritual

Gymnastics

At Zervas we only have ropes, rings and mats.The K-5 grades all participate.

Gymnastics is also combined with fitness.The students compete on the “Monkey” and

“Tarzan” clubs.Skills: Muscle strength and endurance,

balance,agility,flexibility.Vocabulary:L &V hangs,bird’s nest,skin the

cat,inverted hang,tuck,extend…

Spring

Volleyball

Project Adventure

Jump Rope and Related Games

Lifetime Activities

Old Fashion Base Ball &Tennis Baseball

Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic sport. Some times we pretend to have a mini Zervas Olympics. The students divide into small groups and choose a country. After the terrible tsunami we choose countries effected by the wave.The teams draw the countries flag and do a brief written report.

Skills: overhand,underhand,sidearm serving (throw)

setting,bumping,blocking and spiking.

Vocabulary: court,serving line, net violation, dig,and rotation…

Project Adventure

This is another curriculum that is school wide K-5.

The Full Value Contract for Zervas is Play Hard, Play Fair ,Play Safe, and Have Fun.

It also has Challenge by Choice.

Icebreakers and Games include “Escape from Shark Island”,Popcorn, “Toxic Waste Transfer”

Skills: Demonstrate use of motor skills and concepts.Responsible for personal behavior.Use effective interpersonal skills.Demonstrate decision making skills,problem solving,goal setting.Understanding of and respect for differences.

Vocabulary: Is the Full Value Contract and Challenge by Choice.

Jump Rope and Related Games

This is a school wide activity K-5.

The great thing about jump rope is that it includes many self challenge opportunities for different levels of skill.

Skills: Jump forward and rest-Steady forward jumping,double under, jumping with a partner…

Related games: Pogo sticks,stilts,hula hoops,pogo balls,skip-its…

Skills Developed:Endurance,agility, balance,strength

Vocabulary/Lingo: Salt, pepper,front door, back door,Double Dutch,rhymes…

Lifetime Activities

Lifetime as its name implies can be played from ages 6 to100+. We alternate these activities with Old Fashion and Tennis Baseball.

Activities: Horse shoes, croquet, Yolf (golf),badminton,bocce, shuffleboard

Skills: eye hand coordination,strategies,manipulation of equipment (rackets,mallets,clubs)

Vocabulary: Ringer,court ,shuttlecocks,call shots,discs,

the jack…

Old Fashion Base BallTennis Baseball

The rules of Old Fashion Base Ball are different then modern baseball.Genteel behavior is expected of players and spectators alike.

Rules:Pitches are underhand, any hit is fair,outs if fly ball is caught or by soaking,more than 1 player on a base allowed,bases may be run in reverse (3.-2-1-Home) every player bats then you switch,1st team to 21 tallies wins.

Skills: Throwing,catching, striking, strategiesVocabulary/Lingo:Feeder=pitcher,behind=catcher,

striker=batter,base tenders=base payers, soaking=pegging,tally=run

Cheers:Both encouraging- Capital!, Well Struck! and Disappointment- Carsarn It!,Thunderation!(there are others)

Artists

Stilt Walkers - Francisco de GoyaSnap the Whip - Winslow HomerUntitled (Blind man’s bluff)- Kitagawa UtamoroChildren’s Games - Pieter BruegelThe East River - Maurice PrendergastBaseball Players- Elaine De KooningAjax and Achilles Play A Board Game- Unknown (Etruscan vase)Scarecrow playing croquet - W W DenslowGirls Playing Knucklebones - Unknown 3rd Century BC

The Story of Rip Van Winkle-@1896 McLoughlin Bros. NY(possibly Arthur Rackman or George P Webster

Clip Art- Mircosoft Office