Department: Physical Education
COURSE TITLE: Aerobic Dance
INSTRUCTOR: Coach Risse Thompson
EMAIL: Cherisse.Thompson@cobbk12.org
PHONE:
770-819-2521 ext. 059
CLASSROOM BLOG: http://coachrisse.blogspot.com
PHS SCHOOL VISION: Empowering
Students to Become Productive Members of a Global Community
PHS SCHOOL MISSION: Modeling
and Developing Intellectual, Physical and Emotional Behaviors that Lead to
Success for All
KEY ACTIONS:
- Increase the Graduation Rate
- Increase rigor and student engagement (Project-based learning environment)
- Increase community and parental involvement
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course provides students
with an understanding of the importance of aerobic health. It gives students
the opportunity to learn a variety of ways to maintain fitness and health
without participating in an organized sport. Students will learn techniques and
principles for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Students will also participate
in Fitnessgram Testing throughout the semester.
The results and progress will be sent out with each student’s report
card at the end of each semester. Students are required to participate in these
activities along with regular fitness activities for each unit.
KEY STANDARDS:
PEHS.1: Demonstrates competency in motor skills
and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
PEHS.2: Demonstrates understanding of movement
concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics as they apply to the learning and
performance of physical activities.
PEHS.3: Participates regularly in physical
activity.
PEHS.4: Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing
level of physical fitness.
PEHS.5: Exhibits responsible personal and social
behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
PEHS.6: Values physical activity for health,
enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction.
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- Folder
- Notebook
- 2 white t-shirts
- Pen/Pencil/Highlighter
- Physical education attire (Sneakers, T-shirt, Shorts or Sweat Pants). NO LEGGINGS!
- Combination lock for locker (Theft can occur and we are not responsible for stolen items that are left unsecured.)*Pebblebrook reserves the right at any time to remove a lock from a locker*
CLASS
EXPECTATIONS:
Students must abide by all
school rules and gym rules provided by the teachers.
GRADING POLICY:
- 35% - Participation –Students must participate daily in
physical activity (Performance
Standard PEHS.3). Each student must be engaged in all activities during the entire class
period, while behaving in a respectful manner. Students cannot choose which activity to participate
in. Each student will either receive full credit or no credit for the
day. Students will be graded daily for participation.
- 20 % - Dress Out – Students must wear appropriate
clothing for every activity (Performance
Standard PEHS.5). This should consist of tennis shoes, shorts/sweat
pants and a t-shirt. Slides, flip flops, sandals, boots, leggings, compression
shorts, tank tops, or sweat pants over clothing worn to school will not be
accepted as appropriate clothing and will result in a zero (0) dress-out
grade. Students will be graded daily for dress-out.
- 20%- Unit Assessments/Projects –Students will be assessed on
observable characteristics of skill proficiency (Performance Standard
PEHS.1), Fitnessgram
testing (Performance Standard PEHS.4), and given a written
test based on the course material covered through-out the entire unit.
- 5%- Common Assessments –Students will be assessed at the
beginning, middle and end of the semester to determine student growth based on
the content of the curriculum.
- 5 %- Writing prompts/Homework – Students will be given an assignment
or set of instructions for an essay. They will explain, define, classify,
analyze, compare, describe, convince, give an opinion, or choose a point of
view about a particular topic. Students
will also be given homework through-out the semester based on the curriculum.
- 15%= Final –An
assessment will be given based on the content covered during the entire semester.
GRADING SCALE:
A - 100-90%
B - 89-80%
C - 79-74%
D – 70-73%
F - 69-Below
SYNERGY ACCESS TO
GRADES:
It is strongly encouraged that you keep your Synergy login information
in a safe place and that you have access to the information when needed. Parents should contact the Main Office
(770.819.2521)
Please note that
when you are viewing grades in Synergy that a blank grade column for your child
has no effect on their grade. If the
space is blank, then your student may not have turned in that assignment due to
absence or the teacher may not have entered grades for that assignment at that
time. An “X” means that the student is
exempt from an assignment at the discretion of the teacher.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Each student will be actively
engaged in the following activities:
- Aerobics
- Yoga
- Kickboxing
- Step Aerobics Training
- Core Training
- Walking
- Jogging
- Dance
- Fitness Games
- Nutrition/Weight Management
- Choreographing
- Circuit Training
- Fitness Assessments
Projects:
- Some of the learning that takes place in this class will be student-driven and project based. True learning takes place when students solve problems and discover things on their own. I will not stand in front of the class and simply tell you what you need to know.
- Some projects will be individual, but many will require you to work in a small group. Generally groups will initially be two people but if students prove that they are able to work well in larger groups, I will allow it.
- While I understand that some people prefer to work alone, working with others is an essential skill that is needed to be successful as an adult. If you are one of these people, please speak with me in private and I will attempt to group you with other students in which you will be compatible.
Tests and
Quizzes:
- The majority of the tests and quizzes I give are multiple choice and short answer. However, all tests can include a combination of any of the following: multiple choice, true/false, matching, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, graphs, charts, and map questions.
- Quizzes will be scheduled in advance, but the teacher reserves the right to give pop quizzes. If participation in class is low, students are not able to participate in class discussions with reasonable intelligence of the material, and/or did not complete the homework, a pop quiz may be given. Quizzes will cover the readings that the student is to have completed, class activities, and any notes given in class lecture (normally only a week’s worth of material).
FINAL EXAM EXEMPTION:
Students with no more than
one excused absence may qualify to exempt one of their final exams. Students with a course average of 80 or
higher may exempt one final exam of their choice. Students with a course average of 79 or below
may request that ten percentage points be added to the final exam grade. Towards the end of the semester, students who
qualify may submit an Exam Exemption Form to the classroom teacher of their choice. Teachers must verify that the student
qualifies for the exemption.
LATE WORK POLICY: Any late work will receive a highest
possible grade of a 70 if turned in after the assignment is due. The student will have until the unit test to
turn in late work and will receive a highest possible grade of 70. No work will be graded after the Unit Test.
ATTENDANCE AND MAKE-UP POLICY: If a student receives and excused absence
he or she will be able to make up the work in class that was done for the
day. Each class has a rolling folder
activity spot on the back wall. It is
the student’s responsibility to obtain their work from the wall and complete
and return in a timely manner. The
student has up to the amount of excused absences plus one day to complete any
missing work. After that point the work
will be considered late and will be graded as such.
TARDY POLICY:
To avoid being
counted tardy, students must be seated and ready for class when the bell rings.
School policy states that students may receive Saturday School, In-School
Suspension, and Out-of-School Suspension for repeated tardies.
EXTRA HELP:
Students can come in
after school on Monday and Wednesday from
7am-8am. Please make sure you sign-up if you are
planning on coming to tutoring during any of these times.
CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES:
As per the school’s policy,
cell phones are not to be used during class time unless directed by the teacher
for instructional purposes. Students will receive a discipline referral after
one warning to put away any electronic device (unless the device is being used
for instruction). Students are allowed to bring certain technologies to class
(iPad, laptop, Kindle, etc.), but it should NOT interfere with the teaching or other’s learning.
GRADE RECOVERY: Students who score 69 or below on any
unit assessment are allowed to retake the assessment. The grade will not
exceed a 70 for the unit assessment. The retake must be completed with-in
one week. Please view the teacher’s blog for notification when the assessment
will be administered.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
Cheating is considered a serious
matter. Any student who is involved in cheating/plagiarism will receive a
grade of zero on the material, an unsatisfactory in conduct, and his/her
parents will be notified.
For this course,
cheating is defined as, but is not limited to, the following acts:
- Copying anyone's answers to questions, exercises, study guides, class work or homework assignments
- Taking any information verbatim from any source, including the Internet, without giving proper credit to the author, or rearranging the order of words and/or changing some words as written by the author and claiming the work as his or her own, i.e., plagiarism.
- Looking onto another student's paper during a test or quiz.
- Having available any study notes or other test aids during a test or quiz without the teacher's permission.
- Collaborating on assignments when independent work is expected.
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