Syllabus: Leisure Sports

Coach Crenshaw

GMC Charter High 2014-2015

Syllabus: Leisure Sports

This course is designed to assist students in achieving and maintaining a health-enhancing level of physical fitness while participating in individual and team activities. The course is structured to encourage maximum participation every day for the entire period of instruction. To meet the requirements for this course, each student will be assessed in each area of the state physical education standards.

CONTACT INFO:

Office Phone: 864-469-7804

Email:

Website: http://greermiddlecollege.org/faculty-staff/health/chas-crenshaw/ or http://greermiddlecollege.org/athletics/

Room #: B29

Office Hours: Tues and Thurs 1:30pm-5:00pm, or by appointment.

The Course Objectives are based on state and national standards, and encompass the 3 domains of PE (psychomotor, cognitive, and affective):

1. Demonstrate competence in two movement forms.

2. Analyze motor performance and use information to improve performance.

3. Participate regularly in health-enhancing and personally rewarding physical activity outside the PE class setting.

4. Achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness, develop a personal fitness plan.

5. Exhibit responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.

6. Value physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction.

Supplies (bring to class every day):

Scope & Sequence

Daily: address components of health-related fitness through warm-up; sport units

Weekly: evaluate fitness goals; student choice of fitness activity

Per Semester: Project, with activity logs and presentations

Weather Recommendations

We will be going outside some days. Please prepare accordingly:

Hot weather

§  Water bottle with water only, sun screen, sunglasses, hat or visor

Cold weather

§  Jacket, athletic or sweatpants, sweatshirts

We will be using the gym at Praise Cathedral. You will be transported in the GMC bus each day that we use the gym. You are expected to act with and treat the facility with respect. NO FOOD or DRINKS on the bus. During class, water only.

Greer Middle College faculty & staff ARE NOT responsible for lost and/or stolen items. DO NOT bring expensive or enticing belongings to school. We do not have lockers!

CLASSROOM RULES

The rules for this class are centered on two basic principles: Respect and Responsibility.

Respect

1. Keep your hands, feet, and other objects to yourself.

2. Use appropriate language and behavior in the classroom.

3. No food, soda, or candy in the classroom.

Responsibility

1.  Be in class on time, dressed out and ready to begin.

2.  Attend to personal needs before coming to class.

3.  Remember that your behavior and choices are a direct link to your character.

Consequences

If a student chooses to break a rule the following consequences will be given.

First Consequence Verbal warning

Second Consequence Lunch Detention

Third Consequence After/Before School Detention

Fourth Consequence Written Referral

Cell Phone Policy

At times, students in PE may be allowed to listen to music via phones/iPods/etc. These times will be made known to the students by the teacher. Cell phones are electronic devices are not permitted in class unless the teacher has made clear that the class can use them at specified times. They may be confiscated and turned into administration if being used not in accordance with respect to the teachers rules.

Absences

Students are allotted only 5 ABSENCES for the ENTRIE YEAR. Doctor’s notes and principal approval are the only excuses that do not count against the 5 days allotted. It is the responsibility of the student to pick up and finish work missed. Assignments that are late will have points deducted from the final score. Students will have opportunities to make up late work based solely on the teacher’s discretion.

Grading

Complies with GMC policy: 90-100 (mastery level), 80-89 (proficiency level), 0-79 (below proficiency)

Late assignments: points will be deducted for each day an assignment is late.

Nothing can be turned in after the end of a quarter.

It is up to the student to find out what he or she missed during an absence and to receive a due date from me.

Exemptions from physical activity

When you have an “exemption” from physical activity, you will still be required to dress out and participate in an appropriately modified way in order to earn your grade.

§  A doctor’s note is mandatory. It needs to specify the type of exemption and time frame. I will need a copy. A doctor’s note, as stated in the handbook, can only be used once per course.

§  A parent’s note can only be utilized once per course and I will designate appropriate modifications.

***ALL Fridays are set aside for fitness circuits, mile-run (we will build to this- no worries), or choice activity. Student choice in physical activity is important in helping students maintain the desire for lifelong physical activity. The exceptions for choice Fridays are skill assessment weeks at the end of a unit, as well as Heritage Week and Health Units.

August

Administrative: rules, regulations, procedures, behavior, expectations

Handouts: parent letter, syllabus, health document, questionnaire

Practice/review routines, introduce warm-up

What is physical fitness?

What is physical fitness? Components of health-related fitness;

body fat, flexibility, cardiovascular, muscular strength & endurance

September

Ultimate Frisbee: skills development

Ultimate Frisbee: skills development & strategies

Ultimate Frisbee: skills development & strategies, game play

Ultimate Frisbee: game play & assessment

Ultimate Frisbee: tournament

October 1st Semester Project

Review the five components of health-related fitness, Indoor Station activity and calculating target heart rate

Principles of Training (Overload, Progression, Specificity)

Implementing FITT (Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type)

November Goal Setting; Fitness Plans

Volleyball: skills development

Volleyball: skills development

Volleyball: skills development & strategies

December Volleyball: review, strategies, & game play

Volleyball: game play, tournament, assessment

January Basketball: skills development

Basketball: skill games

Basketball: game play and strategy

February Basketball: game play, tournament, assessment

Workout Development – Strength

Workout Development – Strength/Cardio

Workout Development – Balance/Coordination/Cardio

March Handball: skills development

Handball: skills development & strategies

Handball: game play & assessment

Handball: tournament

April

Ultimate Football

2nd Semester Project (Nutrition Analysis, Physical Activity, and Research)

Ultimate Football

Project

Ultimate Football

Project

May

Fitness, Ultimate, Basketball, Flag Football (Students’ Choice)

Finish Projects Due – Choice Activity (above)

Due to constant weather changes and equipment availability, the units are tentative. Some units may be cut short, some may last longer than others, and others may be skipped.

In addition to the health-related fitness components, heath curriculum requirements (Systems of the Body and Personal & Community Health & Wellness) may be added within the units over the course of the year.