Entry #25

Entry #25

School Placement:  Forest Hills Elementary

Cooperating Teacher:   Crystal Boyd

Grades/Subjects:   K-5 PE

Date:  10-15-14

Summary of Today’s Activities

                This morning I started off by visiting the principal and introducing myself.  Mrs. Lassiter was not at school yesterday so I wasn’t able to meet her on my first day of observation.  Ms. Boyd and I started the day with first graders.  They started the class off with the “Monster Mash” warm up activity that the classes began class with yesterday.  It is the game that is a variation of musical chairs; instead it is played with hula hoops.  We then used the parachute to play “Witches Brew”.  Ms. Boyd bought fake spiders, bats, and tow ghosts to put in the parachute.  Second graders then came to the gym to start their Halloween activities.  They performed the same activities as the first graders earlier in the morning.  In the afternoon we had the fourth graders.  The played all of the same games as the other grade levels with the only difference being they played a game called Ghostbusters at the end of class.  The students were given a plastic bowling pin and a beanbag.  They had to protect their bowling pin, while knocking other student’s pins down.  The last person with their bowling pin standing won.

Reflection

                Although the games are repetitive all day, each class has so many different personalities that it spices the day up for Ms. Boyd and I.  The excitement of the students in PE is what makes teaching elementary PE so much fun.  Not once have I heard sighs and disappointments from the students about the games we were playing.  Unlike the high school students, the elementary students do not care much about the game.  As long as it has them moving and is somewhat chaotic they love it.  The Halloween games are very creative.  Teaching elementary students is going to be a great change of pace compared to teaching high school students.