Entry #47

Entry # 47

School Placement:  Forest Hills Elementary

Cooperating Teacher:  Crystal Boyd

Grades/Subjects:  K-5 PE

Date:  11-19-14

Summary of Today’s Activities

Today might have been one of the coldest days of the year.  Speaking of that, bus duty was very fun this morning!  After bus duty, the first graders came into the gym and we reviewed the underhand toss.  We then played a Hot Potato game, in which students had to start tossing a ball to their partner once the music started.  When the music ended, the student who had the ball had to do five of an exercise, which was chosen by a student in the class.  For example, after one of the rounds the students who ended up with the ball had to do five jumping jacks.  After the Hot Potato game, the students played Mat toss.  A few wall mats were set up standing in a circle in the middle of the gym.  On my whistle, the students had to toss their beanbag in the middle of the wall mats. 

The second graders came in next and we reviewed the concept of catching an object.  We then played a game called Catch 3.  Students were separated into two teams and one team started with the ball.  The team had to complete three consecutive caught passes in order to receive a point.  If the ball was dropped, the opposing team would receive the ball and try to complete three passes.  We then played a game called Catch Relay.  Three zones were set up with cones and a student from each team chose what zone to stand in.  If a teammate caught a ball in the closest zone the team would get one point.  The further the zone the more points the team would receive.  The students counted up their points at the end of the game to figure out the winner.

The fourth graders came into the gym at the end of the day.  We reviewed the concept of passing a soccer ball and I introduced the concept of shooting a soccer ball.  We played a game called Target Shooting.  One student from each team had to kick their ball towards their target.  The target was a bowling pin standing up on a bucket.  If it was knocked down, then the team would receive a point.  We then played a game called Line soccer.  The class was separated into two teams and each teammate was given a number from one to fifteen.  When I yelled a number out the students would meet in the middle and attempt to shoot their ball in the goal.  If they scored they received a point for their team. 

Reflection

The students in all of my classes are really enjoying the games and I feel like they like them because the games have been different each and every week.  The students, at times, want to play some of the same games just because they were really fun.  I have noticed that many of the students enjoy variety.  For the past 2 weeks I have instructed about basketball, underhand toss and underhand roll, soccer, and catching.  Although it has been the same concepts, the games have been different so that students don’t feel the monotony of instructing about the same thing every week.