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article: by Fran Mayeski
The Metamorphosis of Classroom Management
"A classroom is a place where students gather to learn. Creating a safe and orderly environment in the classroom is a survival skill for teachers and optimizes the learning environment for students. The strategies teachers use to create such classroom environments have been studied and developed as the area of 'classroom management' for many years. This article will examine recent changes in this field and provide concrete examples of new approaches."
This article begins with a brief historical perspective, then examines the "shifting from the organizational level to the learner" that is taking place.
"Routines are processes or skills; they can be taught in the same way that teachers teach any other skill. Because teaching should reflect what we know about how people learn, it is helpful to examine the three phases a learner goes through when acquiring a skill or process."
These three phases, (1) constructing models, (2) shaping (3) and internalizing, are discussed in this article.
Reward and assessing behavior are discussed near the end of the article, which concludes with an excellent list of references.
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Who Am I?
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| Recognize the characteristics of different animals. |
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| Locomotor skills. |
| Suggested Grade Level: 2-3 |
'Dem Bones
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| Science |
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| To learn the medical and common names for the bones of the skeletal system, and the locations of these bones. |
| Physical Activity Being Taught: |
| Skeletal system and placement. |
| Suggested Grade Level: 4-5 |
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All About
Gymnastics
Teachers will find stretches, information on scoring, skills, drills, and a section of warm ups for their gymnastics class.
Gymnastics
Teachers will find excellent advice and suggestions to teach gymnastics at this site. This is a resource guide for teaching learners with disabilities.
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Thank-you for visiting the "Interdisciplinary PE" section on PELINKS4U. I hope you find this section a valuable use of your time.
If you have teaching tips for successfully integrating PE with other classroom subjects at any grade level, please share them with me.
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Thanks,
Shaunna McGhie,
Section Editors
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Oh Deer!
This Integrated Teaching Idea was taken from a lesson plan developed by Miranda Hale, Kim Riley and Amy Ottensmeier, who are preservice elementary classroom teachers currently enrolled in PE 309 at Southeast Missouri State University. This lesson, and other integrated science lessons taught this semester by preservice elementary classroom teachers, can be found at this link.
Anticipatory Set:
The teacher will ask the students to identify what they think is necessary for humans to survive. Then, the teacher will ask if they think the same needs apply to every living animal, including deer. Then he/she will ask if anyone has ever seen a deer. The students will describe what is necessary for deer to survive.
Instructional Input and/or Modeling Behavior:
The teacher will go on to clarify that deer need food, water, shelter, and space. The teacher will explain to the students that they are going to be playing a game to show how the environment affects population of animals.
Guided Practice and/or Individual Practice:
Students will be divided into two groups, the deer and the habitat components (food, water, and shelter). If the student is in the deer group, they will decide whether he/she needs food, water, or shelter. If the student is in the habitat component group, he/she will decide which component they want to be. The students from the deer group will try to find a match from the habitat component group. If they are successful, they will be able to “reproduce”. If they are unsuccessful, the students from the deer group die and become part of the environment.
Method of Checking for Understanding and Comprehension/Closure and Assessment:
After the class plays the game several times, the teacher will lead an informal group discussion on what was learned by playing the game.
Author: Anonymous (this activity can be found in many different places with no clear reference to the original author. If anyone knows the author, please contact me at smcghie@semovm.semo.edu.
Thank-you.
References/Sources: This lesson was taken (by the above students) from Western Regional Environmental Education Council. Copyright 1983. pg 107-110.
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Sports pen-pals for the Kids
Kids are interested in sports. They want to talk about it. But, mostly it is with kids of their own town, village and country. To practice sports is a common activity (world-wide) and a common subject to talk of it. It is a first step to take contact with other people! Visit this link to talk with other kids about sports, make friends, and have pen pals with common interests.
Nutrition Expedition : The Food Guide Pyramid
This is an online interactive tool to help pupils develop the skills
required to choose a healthful diet. The Pyramid is based on research on
what foods we eat and how we can make the best food choices. Click here.
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Study Web: Links for Learning and
Health & Physical
Education section
Study Web is one of the tools in Lightspan.com,
which "is a FREE K-12 education portal for teachers, parents, and students, providing resources, research tools, and grade-specific activities — all in one convenient place."
The Virtual Body can be found on the Medtropolis
web site. There is information on the Human Brain, Skeleton, Human Heart, and
Digestive Tract.
PE
Related Books
This site is an excellent resource! It contains an extensive listing of children's books that deal with topics related to PE, including items such as baseball, winning and losing, the importance of trying hard, and many others. Great for introducing language arts into your classes!
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Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~
(1749-1832)
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WV
Healthy Schools
A Teacher Resource Corner
This site provides a vast number of resource links for PE teachers. The WV Healthy School Highlights section offers many solutions for integrating physical education and activities into daily academic curriculum.
More Great Classroom Resources
Great Links, Reading Lists, and More.
Teacher
Central
Nutrition Explorations in the Classroom
"Every month you'll find resources and activities here to help you teach students about nutritious food and choosing a healthy diet. Teaching nutrition has never been easier!"
Power Up: From the Inside Out
"Download these fun blackline masters for teaching nutrition to teens. The Power Up duplicating masters include fun facts about calcium in your diet, tips to keep feeling fit, benefits of being active and nutritious recipes to help teens power up!"
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Teaching about the spine
This is an interactive tool on WebMd that allows pupils to learn a most
critical part of our body - the spine! The spine plays an important
function. Not only does it assist to keep us upright, but it is also the
channel through which the nervous system reaches out from the brain and
branches out to reach the rest of the body. Pupils can explore an online
interactive journey
here.
Click
here for a humorous integration of Geography, Sports, and Olympic
Education!
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