Teaching Effective Activities in Phys. Ed Class

1. Teaching Effective Activities in Phys. Ed Class Ryan Pavlik Elementary & Middle School

2. Before we get started… Before jumping into physical activity in class students need to get warmed up Get your students stretched out and ready to play! What type of stretches should you use? Two types of stretching Static Dynamic

3. Dynamic Stretching Slow controlled movements through the full range of motion Three easy dynamic stretches to get your students warmed up But kicks • High knees • Lunge with a twist

4. Static Stretching Stretching a muscle to its furthest point and holding its position • Feet together, hands straight down • Butter fly • Stretching the upper body can include: • Arm across the chest • Arm behind the head

5. Key points Choose games that include ALL STUDENTS It’s the teachers job to make sure everyone participates Do not play favorites with students Choose some games that do not always involve winning and losing but require teamwork Make game adjustments or modifications if you notice disadvantages or less athletic students struggling

6. Students start the game off like this connecting elbows Elbow tag There is a student who is “it” and the runner The person who is “it” is trying to catch the person whose the runner Everyone else whose not “it” or the runner is linked elbows If the runner is caught, he is now “it”

7. Elbow Tag Cont. The runner can link elbows with any pair when he/she wants to When the runner links elbow, the outside person is now the runner! There is no winner or loser in this game, it continues until the teacher stops Game modification: If you notice someone is not catching anyone, switch it up and make them the runner This person would now be the runner

8. Knockout Basketball • Requires participation from all students • Game modifications: • Have an all girls game then all boys • Make boys shoot farther back than the girls Students all start at foul line First two students in line always start with the ball

9. Knockout Rules Cont. • First person shoots • If they make it, pass the ball to next in line and go to back of the line • If they miss, continue until they do make it • After the first person shoots, second person can go • If the first person misses and the second person makes it before the first person does, they are eliminated • The game continues until there is one person left

10. Mine Field • Mine field requires, trust, communication, and teamwork • Two people per team The communicator will not enter the MINE FIELD, only the COLLECTOR Each team has items in the MINE FIELD that one person has to collect There will be a communicator and the collector

11. There will be mines in the minefield! Mine Field • The collector will be blindfolded receiving instructions from the communicator • The collector must pick up one item at a time and drop it in a hula-hoop • If the collector runs into a mine, they must restart • The game is over when one team collects all items

12. Mine Field Game Modifications • If you notice this it too hard for some students: • Have students pick up more than one item at a time • Have teams of three, and have two collectors rather than 1 • Limit the amount of items in the minefield

13. Scooter Race • Scooter race is another game that requires all students and team work! • The object is to get your team through the obstacle in the fastest time

14. Scooter Race Cont. • Each team should be equal • One person must go in and out of each cone and return • When the first person comes back the next person goes! • First team to have all students go and come back wins! Game Modifications: Make students perform this with a blindfold If going through cones is too hard, take some cones out or eliminate all

15. Survival • Students will make a circle about twenty-twenty five feet • Depending on class size, students will go in the middle • Students on the outside will kick exercise ball with the bottom of their feet

16. Survival Rules Cont. • Students on in the inside of the circle must dodge the balls being kicked • If one is hit with the ball • Must join the outside of the circle • When one person is left, game is over and picks new people to go in the middle

17. Why these activities? • Activities like this get EVERYONE involved • Everyone is active • Includes team work Nobody sits Around !

18. Games that are not affective • Do no use games that one person can take over • Games such as • Dodgeball • Basketball • Football

19. Always Remember.. • Keep students active and involved • Games do not require winning and losing • Make modifications to the game in case certain students struggle