September 20, 2018 –
Pepperoni Pizza Day
As part of
national pizza month, we celebrated Pepperoni Pizza Day. We used the parachute as our pizza (the
parachute is divided into triangles like pizza slices) and used Frisbees as the
pepperoni. This was a fun way to work on
the basic technique for throwing a Frisbee.
Students gathered near the parachute and placed the Frisbee in their
dominant hand. They stood sideways to
the “pizza” with the throwing hand closest to the parachute. They then touched their opposite shoulder
with the Frisbee, stepped towards the pizza with their closest foot, and
reached out with the Frisbee towards the parachute and released the Frisbee. (We call this “open the garden gate.”) We counted how many Frisbees (pepperoni’s)
landed on the pizza. This was a fun and silly way to work on the Frisbee throw, but it was quite effective.
Preparing to step and throw the Frisbee.
Stepping in to the throw.
Aiming for the parachute.
Stepping and releasing the Frisbee towards the parachute.
Frisbees landing on the parachute represented pepperoni on the pizza.
