Page 4 - SN October - Grade 3

PE

MS. MARIJA DIMITROV

Dear Parents,
This school year P.E. will bring many new activities to third grade students. They will be introduced to
different individual and team sports such as Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Gymnastics and Track and
Field, to name a few.
During the first weeks of the introductory and team building activities students had a chance to bond
with their old friends and to get to know their new friends better. Working cooperatively with others,
respecting similarities and differences is very important to our third graders, since we started a school
year with a team sport – Basketball.
We practiced basic skills such as dribbling with a dominant and non-dominant hand, changing the level
of dribbling, as well as direction and speed of motion. Through a variety of drills in pairs and in groups,
we worked on passing from different positions and distances, stationary or in-motion, as well as shoot-
ing into a basketball hoop. By practicing these basic elements, we were getting ready to play games; 3
vs. 3 players first, and after 5 vs. 5. Our main focus is not the final score, but understanding the basic
rules, playing fairly and finding a place for everyone on the team.