Furlow Charter School
Health and Physical Education Program
Sixth (6th) /Seventh (7th) /Eighth (8th) Grade Syllabus
Fall 2015
Habits of Scholar (INSPIRE)
(Adapted from the Furlow Charter School Curriculum for all grades K-12)
Inquire: About the practices of becoming more active and living a healthy lifestyle
Negotiate: About how to improve the way that you eat and the foods that you out into your body
Serve: As a example to your family on how to become more active and healthy
Pledge: To practice a healthy and active lifestyle
Influence: Others to become more active
Reflect: On the findings within the classroom and how you can apply them to your personal life
Envision: A healthy and active lifestyle for yourself for the future
INSTRUCTOR
Name: Steven Sanders
Telephone Number: 404-769-6610
Email: ssanders@sumterschools.org
Conferences: Email if needed
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Health and Physical Education is designed to provide students with information to improve personal
fitness including assessment, projects, and interpretation/ discussion of Physical Education and selected
health-related fitness components and topics.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
In this course, you will
1. Understand the Five Components of Health
2. Create personal fitness goals
3. Know information about the Food Pyramid
4. Know how to determine your exercising Target Heart Rate Zone
5. Understand the causes and symptoms of Cardiovascular Disease
6. Learn different strategies used in different games and activities
7. Learn about the components of a food label
8. Creating own personal eating goals
COURSE ACTIVITIES/ASSIGNMENTS/ REQUIREMENTS
1. Newspaper Articles: Scholars will turn in a total of ten (10) newspaper articles worth 10 points
each. Scholars will take these articles and write a one (1)-paragraph summary about the article
and what they learned from it. Scholars will get one free pass in case they forget to bring in an
article on any Friday that the articles are due. For the one free pass they will earn all 10 points on
that assignment.
2. Small Projects will be assigned in class, which each scholar will be given an assignment guideline
sheet, and rubric that will provide them with information on how the assignment will be graded
(some will not have a rubric).
3. I will provide all scholars with a printout of the health lesson and notes that will be taught in class.
All scholars will need is to bring a pencil to class in order to take notes.
4. Four Quizzes
5. Final Exam
6. Debates
COURSE EVALUATION
Scholars will be given the opportunity to earn points in six different areas: Test (1 Final Exam), Quizzes
(Four (4) Total), Newspaper Articles (Ten (10 Articles) Total), Projects, Debates (Three (3) Total), and
Participation. Quizzes can be made up if missed; the scholar will just have to talk to the teacher about the
availability to determine time to complete quiz (THE SCHOLARS’ RESPONSIBILITY). Assignments will
not be accepted late.
Final Exam: 25%
Quizzes: 20%
Articles: 10%
Projects: 20%
Debates: 15%
Participation: 10%
Total: 100%
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Food and Drinks
Scholars are encouraged to bring a bottle of water or any type of sports drink (Gatorade) to class in
plastic containers. I do not mind if they have a water bottle, but if they have a plastic bottle it should be
discarded in the recycle bin outside the gym classroom.
Health Issues
Scholars will be expected to participate in all physical education lessons that are taught and if scholar
can’t perform certain things that a note is written to the teacher, signed, and dated to the teacher.
Fitnessgram Testing
The scholars will also participate in the FitnessGram testing which will measure how physically fit they
are for their grade and age level. Grades 6th-8th will have all of their results from the test that they will
have to perform recorded and set to the state for monitoring. At the end of the year before the students
get out for Christmas break, I will send home a report with their pre-test scores and post-test scores and
the analysis for your scholar. While in class, I will have your scholar set goals on what they would like to
achieve for the posttest before we leave for Christmas break. During the course of the semester, we will
work on these skills in the classroom through various games and activities. If you need more information
look on my page on the Furlow Charter School website.
Cellular Devices
Students will not be allowed to bring in cell phones to class or use the cell phones inside the classroom
for any purpose.
Remind 101 Codes For Students and Parents
Students will need to download the Remind 101 app onto their cellular device and will need to text their
teachers code to 81010. Students will receive reminders on assignments and updates on what will be due
the next day in class.
Class
6A
6B
7A
7B
8A
8B
Teacher
Sundai Tanner
Leigh Ciani
Pam Buchannan
Gorton
Kevin Mounigham
Liz Noler
Codes
006AST
006BLC
007APB
007BG
008AKM
008BLN
Semester Tentative Outline
Week
Dates
Topic
Assignment
Introduction Week
1
Aug. 3-7
2
Aug. 10-14
Fitness Games
3
Aug. 17-21
FitnessGram Testing
Newspaper Article
Monday: Fitness Goals
4
Aug. 24-28
Yoga
5
Aug. 31- Sept. 4
Health: Peer Pressure
6
Sept. 7-11
Aerobics
Newspaper Article
Monday: FitnessGram Goals
Newspaper Article
Friday: Quiz
Friday: Fitness Plans
7
Sept. 14-18
Striking with objects
8
Sept. 21-25
9
Sept. 28- Oct. 2
Balancing/
Cooperative
Education
Health: Nutrition
Newspaper Article
Friday: Debate (Group 1)
Newspaper Article
Newspaper Article
Tuesday: Monday’s Food Outline
(Breakfast/Lunch/ Dinner)
Friday: Quiz
10
Oct. 5-9
Rhythms and Dance
Friday: Creative Dance
Assignment
11
Oct. 12-16
Strategic Games
Newspaper Article
Friday: Debate (Group 2)
12
Oct. 19-23
Health: MyFood
Pyramid
Newspaper Article
Tuesday: Bring in Food Label
Friday: Quiz
13
Oct. 26-30
Frisbee
Newspaper Article
14
Nov. 2-6
Aerobics
Friday: Debate (Group 3)
15
Nov. 9-13
Volleyball
Newspaper Article
16
Nov. 16-20
Health:
Cardiovascular
Diseases
Friday: Quiz
17
Nov. 23-27
18
Nov. 30- Dec. 4
Thanksgiving Week
Review Week
Wednesday: Health Final