Day 2: 2/10/15

Day #2

2/10/15

                Today was our first day with the students.  Before the class began the teachers separated and set up the stations they were assigned last class.  The pre-class setup for Hannah and I involved setting up for the sliding and dribbling stations.  We used two cones and placed them about 25 feet apart on a line for sliding.  For dribbling we had both a playground ball and a basketball for students to use.  Before class Hannah and I studied the performance criteria for the slide and dribble to make it easier to see the whole skill during class.  The performance criteria for the slide included body turned sideways so shoulders are aligned with the line on the floor, a step sideways with lead foot followed by a slide of the trailing foot to point next to the lead foot, a minimum of 4 continuous step-slide cycles to the right and left.  For the dribble the performance criteria included the following.  Contacts ball with one hand at about belt level, pushes ball with fingertips (not a slap) Ball contacts surface in front of or to the outside of foot on the preferred side.  Maintains control of ball for four consecutive bounces without having to move the feet to retrieve it.

                When the students started to arrive the first thing that happened was the students received their name tags in the hallway.  Then they entered the gym and we directed them to take a seat at the back of the gym.  During the introduction all the teachers introduced themselves by saying their names.  We explained to the students that today we were going to be assessing some of their skills.  We put it into their terms by saying looking how good you are at skills such as running, jumping, throwing, catching, etc.  After the introduction each teaching pair took 1-2 students back to their station with them.  When we were at the station we had the kids sit down.  We allowed to pick which skill they wanted to do first.  After they chose we would demonstrate what we wanted to see.  After this we would have the kids do two trails and evaluate them using a chart.  It was quite difficult to see all of the criteria during one trial.  However, as more students went I found myself beginning to become more natural at looking at their skills.  One thing today that was confusing was the rotation of the students.  We did not have a list of all the students so it was difficult to see who had been to what station.  We just worked our best to get through the assessments quickly but also thoroughly.  At the end of the lesson to close things down we did a cleanup activity to clean all the equipment up we also played red light green light.  Finally we did some group static stretching and finished up with a cheer.  All in all today seemed a little scrambled but we did get the data we needed to teach.