BrandiHillmon(DT)1

ReflectionJournalII
Unit1:MovementConcepts
February15,2016

I.

Overview

Tiger P.R.I.D.E (physical education, recreation, inclusion, development and

enjoyment) is an internship created by the Health Exercise and Sport Pedagogy

Department in order to develop the skills of the undergraduate students in
engaging in improving their teaching practices to better prepare themselves to
become professional educators. As part of the Delivery Team (DT) my job is to
promote physical education as well as improve my overall skills in instruction
through teaching, lesson planning, and reflection to better and efficientlyeducate
my students. This week inTigerP.R.I.D.EIdecided tofocusonteachingalesson
on throwing and catching. This week I instructed approximately810studentson
the concepts of underhand throwing, overhand throwing, and catching. I noticed
that students have learned this concept before during instruction so it was very
easy to prepare for the next activities. The facilities that were used wastheblack
top of the elementary school near the basketball courts. In order to aide students
in their success with the skills and the lesson I used equipment such as 2530
polyspots, 25 30 bean bags, 10 soft balls (low skilled),10 cones, and an open
safespace.

II.StudentLearningOutcomes

Thehealthrelatedobjectivesforthissessionisasfollows:

Psychomotor(P)
SWBATsuccessfullydemonstratethe
COTS for the catching and throwing unit while
participating in MVPA with 50% success rate and
performtheskill5/10correctly.
Cognitive (C):
SWBAT to accurately recite the the
cues of the skill and demonstrate the COTS taught in
class90%ofthetimeattheendofthelesson.
HR Fitness (H):
SWBAT remain actively engaged in
MVPA at least 50% ofthetimeduringtheduration of
thecatchingandthrowingunit.

As I reflect on my lesson I feel that the allof theabovelistedlearningoutcomes

were not met successfully. However,Iwas veryproudofmystudentsfullparticipation

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ReflectionJournalII
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February15,2016
and their ability to perfectly and successfully recite and demonstrate the cues and
definitions of the academic terms we learned that day. I believe that their needs to be
more improvement inmy instruction.Ifelt as thoughIwasnotconfidentinthematerial
that I was teaching therefore could have leadthestudentsto notpayattention as much
during my lesson.. I also think that the transitions could have gotten a little more
smoother and I will try to improve on that. Also, lastly I need to improve on my
activities so that there is at least MVPA abovea 50%.Though therewas improvement
thisweekthereisstillmoreworktobedone.

III.CreatingaQualityLearningEnvironment

Iwasabletosuccessfully improveincreatingmoreactivitiesthat weremoreMVPA

than last week so that slightly increased the quality of thet learning environment. During the
lessonitseemedthatstudentshave learned thisconcept beforeandperformedverywell.Ithink
thekeywasto providemore challenging activities that reallychallenged theirabilities andwhat
they learned..Asthelesson continued they wereable toidentifyandrecitetheCOTSoftheskill
correctly through repetition which made it easier for them to identify or describe/ help other
studentsand themselveswiththemovements. Inusing thecotsstudentswereableto improve

there skills through out the class through practice and challenges. In addition, The
psychomotor, cognitive, and affective learning domains were not in my opinion
completed successfully throughoutthelesson.Inthe lesson itseemedthat mylessondid
improve an increase in MVPA than last week and less time in instruction and
management. Though I should behappyaboutthisimprovementIfeelthatthereneedsto
be improvement in increasing the activity of thelesson.Duringthelessonthepercentage
of time that my students were involved in the activity was more active and moderate in
instructional or management time. ButIdefinitelyneedto increasemy activitytimejust
a little bit more. I think I need to improvemyplanningofmylessonsothattherewillbe
more MVPA in the lesson. Overall, I hope that I can have a 510 %ofmanagementand
instruction and 90% of activity will be my goal for the next class. In addition, I didnot
give my students an optionto practice practicethrowingandcatchingatahighlevelora
low skill level though they were present if needed. If students were struggling with the
activity I did bring bigger softer balls and I could have adjusted the hoopsandthecircle
activity to be closer and smaller. I learned like in mypreviouslesson toslowlyprogress
them to high level actions slowly by going through stepsof levelsofeasy,medium,then
hard. It seemed to work better that way. I tried to not tell them that thisismoredifficult
or hard to do but rather tell them to lets try this movement or this skill. In order to
improve my students progress level and/or improve their skill development I let them
practice all levels of the skill at least a couple of times since practice and experience
makesperfect.

IV.Strengths&WeaknessesinPedagogicalskillset

Due tothefactthatmyclasssizewasvery smallitwasveryeasytocorrectmystudents

whendoing anactivity.I was alwaysin frontofmystudentsat alltimeswhen possible.

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For the next lesson Ibelieve that I mayhavetomovearoundtocorrectandaidestudents
but for this particular unit because I wasparticipatingand beinga demonstratorduring
the lesson. The COTS for the course were explained and reinforced but I feel that I
should have less assessed my students more on the COTS since they seemed to have
learned this lesson before and it sortofbored them alittlebit.My instructionIbelieve
wasveryclearandalwaysinfrontofthestudents.MyspeechasgottenalittlebetterbutI
need to still practice on clarity.Since I know some of my students may be English
learners. Next time I will try tocontinue toimprovemy speech with utilizing breathing
techniquesthatI learnedfromaspeech instructorinthepast.Inregardstofeedback,Idid
very well in providing feedback to all students when possible. In addition, I think it
wouldbe betterifIknew therenames better sometimes Ifindmy selfhesitatingtogive
feedbackifIcannotremember theirnames which isaproblem.In apositivenote,Idid
provide demonstrations throughout the activity. Studentswere able tofollow alongand
understand the activities we were doing. And it seemedto be clearandunderstandable
based on their successful assessment aftertheclass. IwasveryhappythatI did well in
utilizing the wholepartwhole method. Also, I did use students to reproduce a skill
during instructionwhichwasgreat. At theendofthelessondispersingandcollectingthe
equipmentwasa lotmoreeffectivethistime.Sincemystudentswereableto assistmein
placingtheequipmentaway.Overall,thelessonwasgreatandIhadsomuch funwithmy
students.ThisweekIhadlessdisruptionswhichwas great.I alsolearnedthatifyourare
enthusiastic aboutyourlesson they will be too. Mythreebestskillsfortheweekwasmy
little increase in MVPA, organization, reinforcing my students to succeed. The three
weaknesses I found was myspeech, taking to muchtimein managementandinstruction,
andmytransitions.Ihopetoimprovenextweek.

V.Recommendationsfornextsession

The strategies I would like to improve on is my management/instruction,

transition, and speech. Working on transition I willtrytokeeptheminonspot

so students will not have to move to much from place to place during the
lesson and feel confused. Also learning to control my speech impediment by
breathing and taking my time for each lesson the students need to be taught.
My goal also is to successfully increase MVPA in the next lesson.In addition,
based on what I achieved this week the content of my student learning
objectivesfornextweekwouldbeasfollows:

Psychomotor Objective
: Students will be able to
successfully demonstrate the COTS for the jumping unit
5/10 times throughout the lesson.
Cognitive Objective:
Students will be able to to accurately recite thethecues
of the skill and demonstrate it in class with 75%
accuracy at the end of the lesson.
HR Fitness
Objective: Students will be able to remain actively
engaged in MVPA at least 50% of the time during the
durationofthejumpingunit.
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I hope that by tacklingthesestrategiesthatIlistedaboveIwillbeabletoteach

mystudentstheimportantconceptstheywillneedtolearn.