Classroom Expectations

This course is aligned with the California State Standards for Kinesiology/Physical Education. During this course, students will be empowered to make choices, meet challenges, and develop positive behaviors in fitness and movement activities that will lead to a healthy lifestyle. Along with learning various sports/activities, this class emphasizes acquiring effective movement skills and understanding and applying fitness concepts to maintain and improve one’s health. Nutritional analysis will also be a focus in this class. Units of activity will include: volleyball, basketball, softball, soccer, swimming, dance, badminton, track and field, golf, pickleball, tennis and fitness.

The goals, according to the California State Standards for the high school level are as follows:
#1. Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of and competency in motor skills, movement patterns, and strategies needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
#2. Students will be able to achieve a level of physical fitness for health and performance while demonstrating knowledge of fitness concepts, principles and strategies.
#3. Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of psychological and sociological concepts, principles, and strategies that apply to the learning and performance of physical activity.

Physical Education is a subject which can create many benefits to one’s health and lifestyle well beyond their years in the classroom setting. It is my hope that I will be able to pass on the knowledge and benefits which will suit my students well. I want my students to succeed in all aspects of their life, from the physical, mental and emotional realms, and I believe this can be accomplished through this course I teach in Physical Education. I have high expectations of myself to be able to best convey my philosophy and create a spark in my students where they enjoy learning these various sports and to be able to find a love in at least one of them. As a parent, it is my goal to include you in your students progress because it is critical to their overall success if they involve you in it. I hope you and your child will reap the rewards of learning about a lifestyle that is healthy for all.

Your child’s grade will be determined by his/her ability to succeed in the three content standard areas dictated by the State of California for High School Physical Education courses. A variety of assessment tools will be used to evaluate each child’s performance.

#1. Demonstrate knowledge and competency of movement patterns, strategies and health-related concepts. Examples of assessments will include physical/written tests, classwork, homework, journals and quizzes. 40%

#2. Monitor and maintain/improve levels of fitness as well as demonstrating knowledge of fitness concepts. Examples of assessment will include students’ fitness portfolios, journals and vocabulary building. 30%

#3. Demonstrate appropriate psychological and sociological concepts when participating in class activities. Examples of assessment are self-check assessments, teacher observation, daily participation, and interaction and cooperation with classmates.
30%

Grading Scale:
90-100% A
80-89% B
70-79% C
60-69% D
Below 60% F

Physical Education Class Policy:

Rules:
• Respect yourself, others and the equipment
• Be positive
• Be punctual
• Honesty is the best policy
• Keep hands and feet to yourself
• Cooperate
• No crude of foul language
• Be active
• Have fun- Work Hard- Learn

Consequences:
Students who fail to follow the class rules will be dealt with as follows:
1. Student Conference (in class or by appointment)
2. Detention Assigned
3. Referral to Office to meet with Assistant Principal
4. Parent Conference
5. If a second conference is necessary, The Vice Principal of Supervision will be involved and I may request that the student be removed from my class.
When the students follow the rules, learning can start on time, learning can be enriched, and learning can be complete. When Students follow the classroom rules, the teacher is a much nicer person.

Dress:
Students must dress out daily in appropriate attire:
• Athletic shoes, closed toes. (NO OPEN TOED SHOES- OR FLIP FLOPS)
• P.E. Logo T-Shirt (purchased for $8 from the Financial Office)
• P.E. Logo Shorts (purchased for $7 from the Financial Office)
• Name clearly written on the front of T-Shirt and Shorts.
• White athletic socks.
• Solid Color Sweatshirt/Sweatpants may be worn OVER P.E. clothes in cold weather.
• Clothes are clean with no holes or inappropriate markings.
• No jackets
• No jewelry.
• No hats (unless for religious reasons, for which a parent note is needed).
Clean Loan Clothes are available for those who forget their P.E. uniforms, but are available on a limited basis and are a first come-first serve basis.
Each student is allowed 5 non-dress suit days, where if they forget to bring their P.E. uniform it will not affect their grade. After the 5th time, points will be deducted from their grade. If the student continues to forget their P.E. uniform, a phone call home to their parents will ensue. Each student will get 1 point per day for dressing out in their own P.E. uniform.

Attendance/Participation:
Just like any other class, attendance and participation is vital to the success of each student. Especially since P.E. is a class where you are physically active, if you can’t participate, you are going to miss out on points. Excessive absences will directly affect your grade. A phone call may be called home if a student is truant or has excessive absences. Also, you cannot learn and grow as a student if you aren’t in class. Any student having difficulty attending class or participating in class activities on a regular basis will not perform well academically and will lack the knowledge of a variety of physical skills and cognitive concepts that lead to a healthy, active lifestyle. If the student is unable to participate for any reason, a parent note is necessary and the student will need to write a journal entry during class discussing what is taught during that particular lesson. Attendence is worth 2 points per day. Particpation is worth 3 points per day, with the breakdown as follows:
3 points- Full participation the whole class period
2 points- Participation for most of the class period
1 points- Participation for some of the class period.
0 points- Not participating for any of the class period.

Make-up Work Policy:
All students who miss class due to sickness/injury/family emergency are subject to the opportunity to make up missed work/points. A parent note is needed. Depending on what the unit we are in, will determine what type of make up work is acceptable. Make up work can include, but is not limited to:
• Doing a variety of exercises at your house and having a parent/guardian sign the paper stating you did it.
• Watching the sport on television and writing a paper about skills you saw performed that have been discussed in class.
• Reading the newspaper and finding an article which pertains to the sport and writing a summary on it.

If you have any questions, I can be reached through my email address at:
lsheppard1313@gmail.com

Some links that will be used in our lessons or that may be helpful to you during this class are as follows:

http://www.pecentral.org/
Games and Lessons

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/healthtool-target-heart-rate-calculator
Helps with Calculating your target heart rate


http://kidshealth.org/
Good research tool for different health aspects