Let's get ready to run!
Our class has made the extraordinary decision to join the Terry Fox Run run! One of the greatest strengths to have while running is endurance (click on the word for its definition and add it to your "words of the day") so that you can perform a moderate-to-high activities for a longer period of time without losing momentum or becoming shorter of breath too quickly.
Over the next month we will be setting short-term goals related to health and fitness, such as improving cardiorespiratory fitness, monitoring heart rate and recovery time, and our small group assignment of creating an aerobics routine for the whole class to perform!
For now, here is a MINI-CHALLENGE: how long have you been sitting at the computer? While we do want to be engaged in technology and incorporate it into the classroom, sitting for longer periods of time does not improve our health. Just like we do in class: if you've been sitting for more than 25 minutes, stand up and do 25 repetitions of an exercise! 25 jumping jacks, 25 side punches, 25 'skip-rope'! It will refresh your mind and release endorphins which make you happy!
What other 25-repetition exercises can you think of?
Who is excited for the upcoming run?
Bonus Research:
Research and Tweet your findings of why Terry Fox is so important to Canadian history with the hashtag #TerryRun
Dear Parents: Joining the Terry Fox run is not mandatory for all students but a personal choice and will not be used for assessment. However, it is a rewarding experience to share with classmates! Only the reflections on setting short-term goals and assignments such as creating an aerobics routine leading up to the run will be assessed. The living skills and healthy living section of the curriculum talk about self-awareness and self-monitoring skills, and the active living section deals with actively participating, to their best capability, in a wide variety of program activities.
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