Lesson week

This week during class we all had the chance to perform our jump rope lessons. This was a good chance for all of us to get some practice and see what we need to work on. I think that everyones lesson went pretty smoothly. I've learned a lot from watching my classmates and TA's perform their teaching lessons. When you get to watch others perform their lessons you get a chance to see what other people do well with their lessons. It also gives you a chance to think about how you want to perform your lesson, and you might see something from someone else's lesson that you like and you could incorporate that into your lesson. I have already started to improve and I look forward to learning as much as possible in this course.

reflecting on my jump rope lesson

here is my feedback analysis

here is my verbal transcript for lab B1



I believe that I have improved since our first teaching lessons. I have already learned so much in this course. During this lab I think that my voice has become better than before, I spoke loud and clearly so that everyone could hear me. I like how i started off without using a jump rope just so everyone could work on their foot work because this was a tricky/ackward skill to perform. As we started getting used to the movement patterns, then I added the jump rope. I also made sure that I kept my eyes on the class at all times and never turned my back to them. I made sure I was giving positive feedback but I should probably try and give a little more and also include more students. I really need to work on slowing everything down, I know everything I want to say and I have a ton of ideas but I start thinking ahead of myself. Since I didn't slow down I forgot to give an opening hook and thats a big way to get your class interested in the lesson that you're about to perform. I still need to work on my vocals, I still need to be a little bit louder. Overall I think this lab went very well but there is still a lot that I need to work on.

Chapter 7

4) List six behaviors teachers can engage in during activity that have the potential to directly contribute to lesson objecive.
            1- Observe and assess students
            2- maintain awareness and also maintain a positive and productive learning environment
            3- make sure your students understand the task that you provided them with
            4- assisst students that might need help with the skill
            5- provide the students with feedback
            6- keep a safe learning environment

6) How can a teacher get off task students on task?
                  I think that in order to keep students on task you should have a strong voice. If the students can barely hear you they wont pay attention to anything that your saying. If you have a loud voice it also gets the attention of the students very quickly. You should also always keep your eyes on your entire class. You want to be able to see everyone so you can observe and assess students but also so that the students don't start fooling around behind your back. I would also make my lessons fun and interesting. Sometimes kids don't pay attention in physical education because they are bored of the same old lessons. If you make your lessons fun it could make students remain on task and also participate more.

7) Write an example for each of the following types of feedback.

              1) Great job throwing the football today class, next time we just really need to work on following through to our target.
                2) Stop talking, I told everyone before when I'm talking everyone is to stop talking and pay attention.
                 3) Good job shooting today in lacrosse practice Billy, tommorow lets try and work on trying to keep your arms a little bit farther away from your body when your shooting.

255 jump rope

During class this week we have been going over our jump rope lab. The jump rope skill that I have is the wounded duck. I never really knew about the wounded duck untill this class. This lab is a good chance to get some good practice at teaching. I like how earlier in the week the TA's showed us a few ways to teach our skills. I thought this was good because it gives you a chance to learn from others who have some good experience in teaching. I am really enjoying this class because I think that I am already improving and it's great experience for when it's time to go out in the real world.

201- learning

This week in class we went over which chapters we are doing for our presentations, our group is doing chapter 4. I am excited to start working on our presentation with our other group memebers. This week we also had a chance to work on some games during class. I really liked this because it gave us a chance to work on the games we came up with, it's also good practice for when we are at St. Mary's so everything can run smoothly. We also have been learning about how motor learning deals with physical education and what we can do to help students improve their skills.

PED 255- chapter 8 questions 4,6,7

4)
concept/theme/activity  --------- 3rd grade

establishing a learning environment- 4
Space Awareness- 3
Effort- 4
Relationships- 3
Traveling- 3
Chasing, Fleeing, dodging- 4
Jumping and Landing- 4
Rolling- 3
Balancing- 4
Transfering weight- 4
Kicking and punting- 4
Throwing and catching- 7
Volleying- 2
dribbling- 3
striking with rackets- 3
striking with hockey sticks- 3
Striking with golf clubs- 2
striking with bats- 3
Fitness/wellness conepts- 9
field day and other events- 6

For third grade you might spend more time on some areas than others in second or fourth grade because they are more developed than second graders but not might be at the same level as fourth graders. At this age I would have them start working more on striking objects than second grade. At this age you want to start working on fitness and wellness concepts because the students are starting to get older and need to start learning about healthy life styles and to keep staying active.

6) I think veteran teachers spend less time planning than beginning teachers because veteran teachers have been around a lot longer and they know exactly what to expect. Veteran teachers have had the experience and have put in the time where they don't have to spend that much time planning. Beginning teachers might not know what to expect so they plan out everything and put a lot of time into it. Veteran teachers also know how to plan, after a while it's second nature to them so it doesn't take them that long to plan.

7) If a teacher attempts to jam too many skill themes into a year the students will have a hard time learning the skills. For younger students it takes them longer to learn a skill than when you are older. You might cover a ton of material but the students wont learn the skills because you're not giving them enough time to learn and practice the skill. You might also not spend enough time on certain skills that could be valuable to these students in later years. This could also lead to students being left out because they haven't developed the skills that other students might already have.

PED 255- Chapter 9, questions 2+3

2) The two major components in the establishment of a learning environment are Managerial and Instructional. These two components differ from each other because managerial deals with non subjet matter activities necessary for a class to run smoothly and efficiently over a period of time. Instructional deals with the subjet matter activities designes to see that children learn what is desired by participating in physical education.

3)  Discipline would be when a student is acting out in class and the teacher needs to prevent this from happening again. Your students need to pay attention and remain on task. Developing a learning environment and discipline are different because discipline is reactive and developing a learning environment is proactive. With developing a learning environment the teacher focuses on fostering acceptable behavior and creating a positive atmosphere for their class.