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Saskatoon is a large city in Canada. At a school in Saskatoon they are trying out a new gym program. Check it out in the video.

Read the following words and phrases and their definitions.

• kindergarten - a school or class for very young children
• burn off energy - use energy
• buffet - a meal for which different foods are placed on a table so that people can serve themselves
• phys ed - short for physical educuation: sports and exercise taught in schools

First read the assignment. Next watch the video. Take notes to help you do the assignment.

1. Before the gym program, how did Zade use to try to calm down?


2. Which students can burn off some energy at the gym?


3. When can the students go to the gym?


4. Jeff Marshall calls the program “sort of a buffet approach”. Explain in your own words what this means.


5. What is the effect of the new gym program?