Entry #50

Entry # 50

School Placement:  Forest Hills Elementary

Cooperating Teacher:  Crystal Boyd

Grades/Subjects:  K-5 PE

Date:  11-24-14

Summary of Today’s Activities

Today Ms. Boyd and I only had one class.  A third grade class came into the gym and warmed up with the Turkey Tango.  Since we didn’t want to be ahead and start Christmas games with them, we allowed them to have free time for 15 minutes after the Turkey Tango.  The students had the choice to shoot basketball, jump rope, or use the scooter boards.  After free time was over we played Spider Ball with the class.  Two foam dodgeballs were thrown out and the game started.  The students had to hit each other with the ball until the last person was standing with both balls.  Once the students were hit they had to sit in the spot they were hit and if a ball happened to roll in their seating area they could throw the ball and hit the remaining students in the game.  After Spider Ball, we played Teacher Ball.  This was another variation of dodgeball, but Ms. Boyd and I were the only people throwing.  The last student standing would win the game.

Reflection

Ms. Boyd and I spent most of the day planning for next week’s lessons and watching and helping with the rehearsal of the school play.  The students had sort of a free play day since we weren’t seeing the other classes for the rest of the week since Thanksgiving was coming up.  I’m looking forward to next week since it is the last week of student teaching and also because we are playing Christmas games with the students.  When watching the rehearsal for the school play, I did notice that students were really misbehaving and talking while the music teacher was trying to instruct.  The students responded very quickly when I told them to listen and be quiet.  It is good to see that I have that respect from the students outside of the classroom.