Entry #44

Entry # 44

School Placement:  Forest Hills Elementary

Cooperating Teacher:  Crystal Boyd

Grades/Subjects:  K-5 PE

Date:  11-13-14

Summary of Today’s Activities

Today we had all of the grade levels except for fourth grade.  We started each class with teaching them the annual Turkey Tango dance.  Afterwards, we reviewed the underhand roll with the kindergartners and played a game called Pin Bingo.  The first graders reviewed the underhand toss.  We played two games called Team Juggle and Poly Fishing.  The second graders reviewed the concept of catching an object and played a game called Jail Ball.  The third and fifth graders reviewed dribbling and I introduced the concept of passing a basketball.  They then played two games called Space Invaders and Mystery Passing Game.  In Space Invaders, there were students set up in hula hoops with a ball and the others were considered taggers.  When the whistle blew, the students in the hula hoops had to pass the ball to the other students in hula hoops.  The taggers were only allowed to tag someone in a hula hoop with a basketball.  If a student was tagged with a ball in their hand, then the tagger becomes a person in a hula hoop and the student who was tagged became an invader.

Reflection

Today I was not supposed to have the fifth graders because they had to rehearse for a school play, but the rehearsal was cancelled.  I was glad to see them in class today because I really enjoy teaching them and they are always really enthusiastic when in PE.  It is also easier when every class comes into the gym, so that I do not have to teach two lessons in a matter of forty five minutes the next week I see them.  I had to sit a few students out for a few minutes because they were acting really silly during games.  I also had a student get hit in the face with a basketball and he wanted to sit out for the rest of class.  I showed him that many students were not catching the ball and getting hit and they were not sitting out.  He noticed what I was telling him and he went back to playing the game with the other students.