The World Cup's Coming Up Better Work On Passing!!!

I saw a lot of improvements on this lab from when I taught catching a football on the first day of classes. However, I did learn a great deal of things I need to improve after completeing my verbal transcript. One thing that I need to work on is speaking more clearly and saying words correctly. I noticed I used "gonna" instead of "going to" on my different part of my lesson. I need to work on this because by using slang words like "gonna," I do not sound very professional.
I do believe that I made some improvement on how I spent my time during my lesson. On my time coding I ended up with 53% of my lesson being activity time. I also had very little management time, which is great. However, I spent too much time with instructions. I really need to work on keeping my instructions shorter because I want to keep my students as active during class as I can.
Another exercise I did to assess my teaching lesson was a feedback analysis worksheet. This activity helped me to realize that I am not giving enough feedback. I only gave feedback to three different students during my lesson. Also, I need to give feedback to students that I do not know as well. I picked up on that I give feedback to the students of the class that I know the best.

Learning To Get The Most Out Of Your PE Class!

I learned a lot from the time worksheet. The main problem that I have is I spend too much time giving instructions. I gave the students instructions for more than a minute at the start of my class. If I were to do this in a real classroom I would have lost the majority of the children's attention. I need to keep my instructions short and simple. Another thing I noticed was I gave too many cues for the children. I know now that there is no way that the children can remember more two or three cues after just being introduced to a new skill. Next time I plan on making my instructions much simpler, which will also cut down on my instruction time. I feel that making this major change will greatly improve my next lesson.

Throwing a Football Lesson!

I can really notice a lot of things that I need to work on. One of the main things I need to work on is speaking more clearly. Sometimes I notice I get talking to fast and I start to mumble. I feel like my message was not communicated as clearly as it could have been because I was not speaking clearly enough. Also I think that my directions were a little confusing because I said them in the wrong order. I had to go back and tell the children to get with a partner. Also I was moving side to side too much. I feel that my students might begin to focus on how I was moving and not on what I was saying. Next time I should just relax when I am talking so I don't try to say everything at once and I should stand still while giving directions. I feel that these types of activities where we tape ourselves teaching really helps me see the areas I need to work on.

Quick Intro...In A Race To Change PE!

TEACH SOMETHING NOW!!!

I think that the verbal cues I used during my lesson really helped it go well. The cues I used included if the ball is thrown high, thumbs together and if the ball is thrown low, pinkies together. I noticed that most of the class was folowing these instuctions. Some of the students were not, but sometimes it takes time to break old habbits. One thing I could definetly improve on would be the volume of my voice. I really need to speak louder so that everyone can hear me clearly. Also I should have asked if anyone had any questions. I just went right into letting the students work on throwing the football with a partner. I think if I would have spoken louder then my instructions would have been much easier to hear and the students would of understood them better. Also by asking if anyone had any questions I would be making sure that all of the student understood how to perform the skill. Making these improvements will really help me become a more effective teacher.

IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS!!!!

I can’t believe we just had our last lab at St. Mary’s Elementary School. This was a great lab. The theme of this lab was Christmas. Many of us in lab dressed up like elves and reindeer and once the children saw us they became very excited. This week in lab my group started off in the cafeteria. I played checkers and chest with the children. The children play checkers by some different rules than I remember. I think some of the rules are not exactly in the real checkers rule book like the children told me. I was very surprised with how good the children were at chest. They thought out every move and really had a good knowledge of the game. After we went up stairs into the gym and played a Christmas game that my group had prepared for them. The game was a maze where the children would start off going through a windy road on scooters. Then the children had to hope over hula hoops. The children would then run to the throwing/kicking station. The children would get a ball and try to hit the Christmas posters on the wall. We started off with the children kicking the ball at the posters and then we changed it so the children were throwing the ball at the posters. I think the children really enjoyed this activity. After playing this game I was playing catch with a football with a few other children. We ended this lab was Amanda leading a Christmas song. I have really enjoyed my experience at St. Mary’s Elementary School and I have become a much better teach because of this experience.

Clifford Made a Visit to St. Mary's!!!!!

I cannot believe that this was our fifth lab already. This semester is going by so fast. The theme for this lab was Thanksgiving. My group this week worked with the pre-k children. I was amazed with how much energy they have. The first thing we did was go outside and play on the playground because it was a really nice day. We played tag with Derek and many other children. We also played hide and go seek and a bounty hunter game that the kids really like. The rules to the bounty hunter game are all the college kids are fugitives and Christina and Derek were two of the bounty hunters trying to catch them. Once a college kid is caught they must be brought to jail until they get the chance to escape. This game was a lot of fun and while we were playing it I was amazed at how fast some of the children are. There were times when I was running as fast as I could and Derek was right behind me. After we played outside for a while went back into the classroom and Chris read the children a Clifford book about Thanksgiving. After the story was over we all went into the gym and had an activity based on the story. The children would start out by going through a tunnel just like Clifford did in the story. Then the children had to hope through the city while trying to avoid hitting any buildings. Finally the children would select a piece of food that were scattered on the floor to put in Clifford’s dish. The children had a great time with today’s lab and I did to.