Entry #28

Entry #28

School Placement:  Forest Hills Elementary

Cooperating Teacher:  Crystal Boyd

Grades/Subjects:  K-5 PE

Date:  10-20-14

Summary of Today’s Activities

                Today we had the third graders in the gym.  I started the class with the “Monsters Mash” game.  They had to pretend to be a Halloween character while walking around the gym.  We had a few new suggestions such as goblins, the headless horseman, and trolls.  The class had some built up energy from the day so the warm up was a chance for them to get it all out before we started our other Halloween games.  After the warm up, we played “Spider Tag”.  I chose two students to be the spider, while the rest of the class was flies.  The gym is pretty small so I decided to break each round into girls and boys until we reached the final rounds and there were only a few students left.  The next game we played was “Ghostbusters”.  Each student received a bowling pin (ghosts) and a beanbag (Ghostbuster).  The students chose a spot on the gym floor to put their bowling pin.  Once I blew the whistle they had to pick up their Ghostbuster off of the floor and throw it at other student’s ghost.  If their bowling pin or ghost was knocked down they were considered out of the game and they had to sit out for the rest of the game.  The last person with their bowling pin standing would win.  We played several rounds of this game. 

Reflection

                Mondays and Tuesdays are pretty slow days in the gym, only because we don’t have very many classes on those days.  We use these days to prepare for the events of the upcoming week and clean and organize the gym.  Ms. Boyd told me that there are times that students will come into the gym on these days and we will help them review other subjects and even tutor other students if they need help.  Today was supposed to be my first day of full time teaching, but I pretty much started that last week.  I was glad I did so, because I could relax during this past weekend and not worry about the dreaded first day.  This week I will start my search for teaching jobs.  I guess I better get started on a resume.