Entry #8

Entry #8

School Placement: Dan River high School

Cooperating Teacher: Patricia Moore

Grades/Subjects: 9-12^th Health/PE/Drivers Education

Date: September 18, 2014

First block has wanted to play Ultimate Frisbee all week, so I created an Ultimate Frisbee lesson.  We started out by working in groups.  The students practiced the proper way to throw and catch a Frisbee.  Next, the class was separated into two teams and I explained the activity.  After the game, we went into the classroom and we started a new lesson on the skeletal system.  A bell-ringer was provided to introduce the lesson and then I went into my PowerPoint presentation.  In second block, we did a fitness test by seeing how many pushups and jump ropes they could complete in one minute.  Afterwards, we played ultimate Frisbee against the other PE class in the gym.  Third block planning was use deficiently to create lessons for Friday and Monday.  In fourth block, the students completed the bell-ringer on the shapes of traffic sings.  We then played a game in which the class was separated into two teams.  One student from each team would go up to the whiteboard and I would call out a traffic sign.  The first student to correctly draw the traffic sign would win a point for their team.  After the game, the students went into the gym and we played Ultimate Frisbee.

Reflection:

The day was a complete success.  All of the classes went smoothly.  My host teacher left me with the classes all day.  The students have been giving me good feedback.  They said that I am making learning fun and they are enjoying all the activities I have introduced.  What has been great is that no one has asked to just have free-time.  This placement couldn’t get much better and I am proud of the work I have been doing.