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What's New at SPARK Book mark this site so you can check back to see "What's New" each month! SPARK Monthly Newsletter, June 2008 SPARK Monthly Newsletter, April 2008 SPARK Monthly Newsletter, March 2008 SPARK K-2 Curriculum:(New edition released August 2008) SPARK has created a three-ring binder with over 400 pages and 16 chapters of engaging, age appropriate activities, instructional materials, and resources. The SPARK K-2 manual includes 10 dynamic instructional units: Building a Foundation, Parachute, Manipulatives, Stunts and Tumbling, Throwing and Catching, Jumping, Dribbling and Trapping, Dance, Volleying and Striking, and Games. Each curricular component is presented in scope and sequence via daily lesson plans that are aligned to NASPE National Standards. ASAP's (Active Soon As Possible), provide an enjoyable warm-up before the main lesson. The SPARK K-2 curriculum also contains academic integration tips (with a special emphasis on literacy), social skills themes by grade level, and challenging extensions for each activity. Every movement lesson shows the Standard(s) addressed and provides useful tips from teachers who have instructed it before. The Limited Space chapter contains activities teachers can do in their classrooms, and the Recess Activities section helps promote movement throughout the school day. Each K-2 manual comes with an "Instructional Media Disc" that provides approximately 300 skill and task cards, assessment tools, pedometer activities, home plays, and much more! All student-centered activities are English on one side and Spanish on the other. Download the contents of the disc yourself, or purchase the "SPARKfolio" and have it organized, color-coded, and laminated for you.
1-286742-201 $149.99 ea. SPARK K-2 PE SPARKFolio This easy-access box contains and organizes the contents of the SPARK K-2 Instructional Media Disc and provides hundreds of color-coded, laminated cards in English and Spanish! You save valuable time and money because SPARK has done all the work for you! $149.99 ea. SPARK K-2 PE Music CD All the music you need to teach SPARK PE Grades K-2 on two CD 's! SPARK staff teamed with Christy Lane to bring you 30 songs and more than 100 minutes of music — perfectly matched to SPARK activities. The CD’s include warm-up music, long and short music intervals for skill/fitness circuits, and songs (cultural, current, country, and more!) to instruct SPARK Dances. “SPARK-Up” YOUR dance and rhythms program by purchasing this CD!
1-288447-201 $49.99 ea. 2007 SPARK Unveils New Elementary 3-6 Curriculum The SPARK programs new addition of the Elementary 3-6 Curriculum is now available for purchase. SPARK PE 3-6 Manual with Instructional Media CD Each unit is written in a skill progression from simple to complex and includes activities to address NASPE National Standards. Red pages "Focus on Fitness," and themes include "ASAP" (Active Soon As Possible), "Chasing and Fleeing," "Aerobic Games," and 7 others. Blue pages shine the "Spotlight on Skills" and examples include "Flying Disc," "Hockey," "Dance," "Cooperatives," and 7 more. Combine an activity from "Fitness" and "Skill" sections then add a cool-down to create a complete SPARK lesson. Personalized fitness monitoring, social skills themes, integration tips, and helpful diagrams complete this comprehensive curriculum. Each SPARK 3-6 Manual comes with a SPARK Instructional Media CD with over 450 skill and task cards, assessment tools, pedometer activities, home play activities and much more! To learn more about the new 3-6 curriculum, call 1-800-SPARK PE or e-mail: spark@sparkpe.org
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