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Outside resources are important for physical eduation. Oftentimes, physical education teachers create their lessons, based on the type of activities they have planned. Encorporating the outside into these activities happens often in relation to the weather and amount of groups participating. Pangrazi (2010), “Many times, physical education lessons and activities are considered as indoor activities and outdoor activities.” I believe outside resources can be encorporated into physical education through use of the outdoor environment at school. Creating physical education fields, such as football, soccer, or track fields are ways that schools can provide students with these real athletic training resources. In younger grade levels, a playground can be a great way to utilize outside resources at a school. Pangrazi (2010) states that playgrounds offer a young child the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities such as running, skipping, jumping rope, climbing, and swinging. This activities provide students with the chance to develop their upper and lower body strength, working on strengthening their motor skills and increasing their physical ability.
Reference: Pangrazi, R. P. (2010). Dynamic physical education for elementary school children (16th ed.). San Francisco: Pearson. Pangrazi (2010) mention the following link in terms of purchasing physical education equiptment, “Most of the equipment listed is available from Gopher Sport (www.gophersport.com)”. The author mentions working closely with this site to purchase required materials. When I was looking through this website, I enjoyed how the website separated the equipment into different categories in order to find materials easier. I also enjoyed that this website provided other recommended websites in order to promote lesson plans and unit constructioin.
Another link I found was recommended by gophersport.com. It is called PEuniverse.com. This website is acts as an online community, a place for Physical education teachers to come and collaborate. There are resource and lesson videos posted to show the implementation and development of students in the classroom. I like this website because it is a specific place where teachers of physical education can go and compare their lessons and get feedback from one another aside from their own co-workers. Reference: Pangrazi, R. P. (2010). Dynamic physical education for elementary school children (16th ed.). San Francisco: Pearson. There are a variety of ways to adapt instructional methods for students having difficulty mastering hand-eye coordination. One method is using larger, lighter ball materials to slow the pace of the ball when attempting to catch. One approach mentioned by Pangrazi (2010) is balloons. “Balloons provide interesting movement experiences and emphasize hand–eye coordination. Students who are not ready for faster-moving ball skills can achieve success with balloons. Beach balls are larger, and they move more slowly and predictably. Both objects are harmless, so students can learn to catch without fear of being hurt. These objects move slowly, so students have ample time to learn proper footwork” (Pangrazi, 2010). I believe these alternatives will provide all students the opportunity to practice and fine tune their skills. Not only that, it is fun experience for them.
References: Pangrazi, R. P. (2010). Dynamic physical education for elementary school children (16th ed.). San Francisco: Pearson. According to Anspaugh & Ezell (2010), there are a variety of online and government resources in which you can obtain health resources available to teachers. Anspaugh and Ezell (2010) mention these two resources:
“Kids Health--www.kidshealth.org Explains to kids how the human body works, what makes them sick, and how to be safe. The website is divided into sections for adults, teens, and children and contains games and activities. It’s My Life (PBS Kids)--http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/ Organized by topics such as friends, family, school, and body. Printable activities include journal pages and discussion questions. The website includes lesson plans on bullies, staying home alone, smoking, eating disorders, and drug abuse.” These resources can be incorporated into the health education program at school by topic. For example, when studying the human body and safety, the Kidshealth website and its description according to Anspaugh and Ezell (2010) would be ideal to use in conjunction with it. Another example would be in regards to studying the body would be the PBS website entitled ‘It’s my life’. This website included safety and diseases and their effects on the body. Both of these resources are excellent examples of online resources available to teachers. Resources: Anspaugh, D. J., & Ezell, G. (2010). Teaching today’s health (9th ed.). San Francisco: Pearson/B. Cummings. When and how can outside resources and materials be incorporated into health education instruction?1/23/2012 NJ- Comprehensive Health and Physical Education (2009)
Human Relationships and Sexuality: All students will acquire knowledge about the physical, emotional, and social aspects of human relationships and sexuality and apply these concepts to support a healthy, active lifestyle. 2.4.2.A.2 Distinguish the roles and responsibilities of different family members. A type of authentic assessment I would create to show evidence of student learning would be a family responsibility chart. In this chart, would list each family member’s name, their role in the family towards that particular student (ie- mom, dad, step-parent, aunt, uncle, brother, sister, step-sibling, guardian, etc). Next to that, a household responsibility would be listed. This would include the different aspects of the household that need tending: laundry, dishes, trash, bedrooms, bathroom(s). It would the responsibility of the student to understand and explain their particular role in the family, in addition to their personal household responsibilities. The student would conduct interview with each family member and have them initial the written section. I believe this covers the standard in Human Relationships, and allows students to apply this to their real life, understanding their role in the family and their responsibilities. |
Lindsey PietrocolaSince 2010, I've been incorporating technology (in some form or another) into a classroom as a teacher. Archives
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