Week # 11
For week 11, I do not have anything to cover from the school as we switched to e-learning. On Monday, we had a teacher institute day where I assisted my cooperating teacher in creating work both physical education and health classes that will occur during e-learning over the course of the closure. We also meet with the other physical education teachers to discuss the curriculum when we are going to cover once we return to school. Other than that, I have been concentrating on schoolwork.
Classroom Confidential
In chapter 8 Schmidt, covers the topic “great teachers are gossipmongers” Putting the Social Back in Social Studies. I found this particular chapter to be interesting as social studies were one of my favorite subjects as a kid. I always like learning about different points in history and my teachers made the class fun and interesting. My teachers would teach each chapter by using different techniques such as small projects, chapter questions, research papers, videos. One idea that Schmidt mentions were a non- social studies teacher viewing a primary source document. The teacher had the students look at the document and test themselves by asking various WH questions with reading the text. When working in the health classroom, I have found this to be very beneficial to my students. This skill aids the reader in identifying the key details in the text or figure, which then assists them with memorizing the details such as look, name, type, and function. My health classes have done this in the form of booklets for each major body system or organ. The students cut out a picture, color, and label it, and then will write down the function or key details that occupy the term. My students enjoy using this method as it is a new creative way to learn instead of me lecturing.
In chapter 8 Schmidt, covers the topic “great teachers are gossipmongers” Putting the Social Back in Social Studies. I found this particular chapter to be interesting as social studies were one of my favorite subjects as a kid. I always like learning about different points in history and my teachers made the class fun and interesting. My teachers would teach each chapter by using different techniques such as small projects, chapter questions, research papers, videos. One idea that Schmidt mentions were a non- social studies teacher viewing a primary source document. The teacher had the students look at the document and test themselves by asking various WH questions with reading the text. When working in the health classroom, I have found this to be very beneficial to my students. This skill aids the reader in identifying the key details in the text or figure, which then assists them with memorizing the details such as look, name, type, and function. My health classes have done this in the form of booklets for each major body system or organ. The students cut out a picture, color, and label it, and then will write down the function or key details that occupy the term. My students enjoy using this method as it is a new creative way to learn instead of me lecturing.
Emma, I know these are challenging times, and you obviously have to make some major adjustments in how you approach PE teaching and learning. I would be really interested in knowing what your meetings with the other PE teachers were like. What did you discuss, and what did you decide about how you are going to handle this situation? What are doing with e-learning? What tools are you using? What have you heard from students? What seems to work or not work well? How are you spending your teaching time, and how do you feel about all of this?
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