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Lorane Teacher Workout Challenge- Can you outlast the teachers of Lorane?Click here to see a sample haunted house obstacle course.Name: Mr. Mark Ricketts- Physical Education E-mail: maricketts@exetersd.org Phone: 610-582-8608 (ext. 4179) Room #: GymnasiumClick here to see Language Arts in action in P.E. Click here to pledge to play 60 minutes a day ****Please click here to follow my blog where I welcome you to email pictures of you and your family exercising or eating healthy. I will post them on my blog. Also visit my Youtube channel to hear my read alouds of the children's books that I have written. Have a great Summer and stay active with the links on the left of this page.
Mr. Ricketts' Fun Facts:-I love teaching elementary P.E.- I played waterpolo, swam, and ran track in high school, where I was a captain for the waterpolo and track teams. I was a first team all-state selection in Waterpolo.- I coached Exeter's Boys Waterpolo team for its first five years, last coaching during the Fall 2019 season.-I couldn't swim with my head in the water until 7th grade.-My junior high P.E. teacher, Mr. Ruth, got me interested in being a waterpolo player and in being a P.E. teacher.-I ran cross country and track in college and was a captain on each team. My fastest 3.1 mile track race was 15:28 and my fastest 1500 meter run was 4:05, about a 4:24 mile time.(Note: 1600 meters is 4 full laps around a track. In college, they run 1500 meters and start the race after the first turn of the track)-I wish I could run that fast now.-I had the highest GPA of any graduating male student athlete at WCU in 1995. (Hey, it's not Harvard, but still an interesting fact)Quote: "No matter how many sidewalks we build, no matter how many parks we construct, no matter how much we urge people to get involved with physical activity, they simply won't do it unless they have the ability, confidence, and desire to be physically active. That's where physical literacy comes in. Physical literacy should be on equal footing with Literacy and Numeracy."
- Vivek Murthy- American Surgeon General- June 27, 2015
Thoughts:
Movement skills are like lego blocks. You need a lot of blocks to create something really neat. The more "blocks" that you can master, the more confident you will be in your physical activity movements as you go through life. Once you master basic movement skills you can then build on them. You need alot of "blocks" to be able to participate confidently in different physical activities.
Students need to be able to "own" a movement so that they can be empowered.
Physical literacy is a journey, not a destination
Learning to move is just as important as learning to read and write.
Physical Literacy is more than fitness. It's more about the brain.
Literacy Numeracy Music Physical Literacy
ABC 1,2,3 Do-Re-Mi Movement and vocab
Words Fractions Scale Sequences
Sentences Decimals Scores Tasks
Competence in physical skills and concepts leads to Confidence leads to Motivation
Health and PE involves thinking and doing skills, making healthy choices, and life choices.