week of October 6th

Another week of fun has gone by!

This week is a short week for all students.
The teachers have a work day Monday, but students get to sleep in!

I still made the assignments due Wednesday.  But we will work on them in class on Tuesday,
so you will be able to finish on time.  7/8th graders need to bring chrome books to class.
6th graders please bring your planners and a pencils.  We will begin class by helping you with your work.

6/7th graders assignment is to list all muscles and their locations on the body.
8th graders need to  describe 10 muscles and their actions.

7/8th graders need to do this assignment on google drive.
That way we can work together and fix mistakes.  And you will have a study guide!
Feel free to cut and paste the muscles from a previous blog.

If the 6th graders have access to a computer, feel free to sign up on Google Classroom for your
assignments.  I will give you the code Tuesday.

8th graders- To figure out the action, you need to know the stretch.  If the stretch lengthens the muscle, the actions shortens it.  You learned bones last year.  The action is directly related to movement of one or more bones and/or joints.  For the abdominals you USE them doing a crunch. The action is a flexion of the spine.  For trapezius you USE them by doing a shoulder shrug.  The action is to elevate the scapula.
Here are some keys words for you: elevate, rotate, adduct, abduct, flex, extend and stabilize.
Look up these words if you need to know what they mean.  I will help you understand the
anatomical context.
** I almost forgot.  8th grade has hearing van on Tuesday, so plenty of time to work on assignment!

The body is an amazing machine, let's work on making/keeping yours healthy and fit!

We are still in our pickle ball unit.

Make sure you are practicing your push ups and crunches at home:)

We will also have makeup miles this week.

Have a fun and fit week!