Some of my FAVORITES :)

We were asked to teach some pretty unique activities this semester. So many kids grow up in Physical Education class with those "cliche" sports and don't ever really experience the infinite number of UNIQUE activities out there. There is bound to be something for everyone. Whether it's curling, disc golf, or Hip Hop, everyone can find a lifelong activity that they enjoy. :)

 

If I had to pick a favorite activity we learned this semester, it would have to be FREE RUNNING. It was so much fun. Look it up.

Michael Phelps Who?

So, I taught my final lab today and I was anxious to teach swimming, because I am not the best swimmer in the world. I thought overall, it went pretty well. I felt like I started off with good energy and had a healthy control of the class, but I think I fizzled a bit towards the end. It's pretty obvious when your students understand what your talking about and the directions your giving. I made the mistake of ending with a peer assessment, instead of with a fun handball game that I had planned. I definitely should have skipped the peer assessment and gone with the game, because I was not clear with the directions and it's just not a FUN way to end a class. It became more "drill" like at the end of my lesson, and I was not shooting for that.


I am learning SOOOOOO much from this class about myself. I still have so much left to learn and I plan on doing that my whole life. I genuinely love teaching and being at the center of kids having fun and being active. Can't wait til next semester!!!!

Here's my swimming lesson :)






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Speed Skating. Dun Dun Dun.

*This is the visual aid I made for my speed skating lesson*

So when I saw that I was given speed skating for my lab C I was a *little* nervous. I am not the best ice skater and when you add "speed" to the front of that, I had some doubts in my mind. All in all, my partner Gino and I came up with some great progressions for speed skating. I was really happy how we divided up the basics of the sport, because it can be difficult for beginners to grasp. With this teaching experience, I felt like I was again way too wordy in my instructions. I had more instruction time than activity time overall. Not by much, but still my goal for every class should be over 50 percent of students active at all times. Also, I need to work on saying my safety statement more clear. I need to get in the habit of saying a safety statement all the time, because we need to be mindful of our student's safety and our own safety, when it comes to lawsuits and all that jazz. One thing that I am going to take away from this lab experience would be the importance of teaching my classes through culture. I think that's something I want to incorporate a lot in my classes because I know I was lacking in the culture department when I was in school. Culture is such an important aspect to life, and I think physical education teachers need to start being more creative with how they portray "being active" in their teaching, and I think this lesson made us think "out of the box".

Here are the videos of me teaching speed skating :)





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