Day 3 of 255

Yesterday was a fun and intense day in class.  Professor Yang started of the class with a story about the Chinese New Year which 2012 is the year of the dragon as well as firecrackers.  He told us that we would be like firecrackers and be intense for a few seconds and then fade away.  This was great because it not only got us active but it also taught us about the Chinese New Year.  You can incorporate so much with physical education.  He also taught us how to say Chinese New Year in Chinese and how to say one, two and three in many languages as well.  We then partnered up with a classmate and we did 20 seconds of intense activity and 10 seconds of resting and catching our breaths and we did this for a total of 4 minutes. The intense workout that we did was with throwing the Frisbee's and it was a lot of fun. Then we did a little bit of yoga and that is a great stretch I will tell you! Then Professor Yang then told us that we were going to group up and defend our goals and try to score on the others goals. It definitely got us sweating and working hard with little or no equipment. Being a physical education teacher you are going to have to adapt most things do to your environment or your equipment. It all comes down to thinking on your feet and trying to incorporate many different things into your lesson in order to teach the best that you can to your students.

Toward the end of the class we went down to the classroom and we were given the syllabus for EDU 255 and it seemed reasonable. Nothing really surprised me because I had had Professor Yang for PED 201 so I knew what to expect. I could see though that some of my classmates were shocked by all that we were going to have to do but I wasn't.  I am glad that I will have my 10 hours outside of the class though by being a TA for Professor Yang.  I am really glad that I get to do it at St. Mary's because that is the place where I grew and continue to grow as being a physical educator.  The above pictures are when I volunteered at St. Mary's last semester when they had their holiday bash. I helped run a car racing game, and I helped also tear down all the games. I just love giving back to the school that has helped me so much. This semester I went back actually and helped one of my friends coach the 4th and 5th grade boys for a practice. It was a blast!! I can't wait to see what upcoming opportunities I will have in the future!!

Yoga and Frisbee Today

Today I went to class and we were given Frisbee's to throw around. We first started out by passing normally to a partner, and then we tried to figure out ways to pass the Frisbee that was different. While doing this I learned how to flick a Frisbee. After the worked on passing we me and three other classmates went and we ran around the gymnasium and passed the Frisbee's and we tried to see how many times we could pass the Frisbee from one side of the court to the other. Making a complete pass is harder than it looks when you are running around and trying to get by a defender. It was a great workout though.

After we worked with the Frisbee's we then all gathered around and we worked on some yoga. You do not need anything at all to do yoga and yet it is an amazing workout, it gives you such an amazing stretch.

The last thing that we did was the name game. We got into a circle and we had to remember everyone's name and the activity that they taught during the first class. It amazed me how well I did with everyone's name. Overall the class was very interesting and we learned that we don't need a lot of things to get someone in shape, you just need to get out there and do something!!

The First Day of Being a TA at St. Mary's!!

So I had a blast being a TA yesterday!! It was so nice to be back at St. Mary's!! When I walked in I saw that my thank you poster was still hanging on the gymnasium door and it put a smile on my face. When I walked into the gymnasium and sat on the bleachers with Stephanie we looked at the new students coming in and we saw that they were terrified. It was funny because I know that was me at the beginning of the last semester. I love the fact that I have grown so much from taking 201 the semester before. I also love that I can now help the upcoming class grow and be a part in their development.

First Day of Class this semester!!

My first day of class this semester was Wednesday and it was packed full of classes!! I was really busy but I really enjoyed what I did in my classes! In 255 today we got there and we were put right into teaching a 4 minute lesson to the class. I decided to teach a lesson about how to make and receive a chest and a bounce pass with the basketballs. I was really happy that I got to teach with something that I was very familiar with, I have played basketball since I was in the 3rd grade. I watched the video of me teaching and I feel as though I looked very comfortable and knowledgeable. I checked for understanding and I also feel as though I demonstrated my skills that I was doing very well.  The  things that I could have improved on was probably putting some movement in my mini lesson and talking louder, other than that I think that I did a good job. The best thing was that I felt comfortable and I had a good time!!! I can't wait for my next class tomorrow!!

Here is a link to my Professional Portfolio!!! It's a work in progress but it is coming along!!

http://proportfolio4pe.blogspot.com/

Here is my Prezi Presentation!!! Check it out!!!!

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Christmas Lab

This week in lab at St. Mary's was our last week helping out at the school.  I worked with the cafeteria group this week and it was interesting.  We had planned to play parachute games but since St. Mary's didn't have one we had to think on our feet.  I had the students work on their throwing skills by having them have a snowball fight against the cones that I had set up on the other side of the gymnasium.  The students had to stand in a line and knock down all the cones.  I set up the games so that the students weren't going against each other but so they were racing against the clock instead.  The students really seemed to like it, after we had played about three times we went to other games but many of the students wanted to continue playing my game.  This made me feel good because I made a good game. 

After my snowball game we decide to play a game where everyone got into a circle and tried to throw the ball in between someone else's legs.  If the ball is thrown between your legs then you have to run around the circle singing jingle bells.  It was actually a lot of fun for me and the students alike.  

I am really going to miss the students at St. Mary's but I am so glad that they gave me the opportunity to help out there I really loved it. I'm actually going to be a Teacher's Assistant for next semester for this class because I loved it so much. So I would just like to say thank you, and here is my collage that I did that says just that.