Eric Kruger - Student Teaching Week 7

As I am getting closer to the end of my stay here, I am becoming increasingly more comfortable at the school and with the students. One of the big things that stuck out this week was one student that had not been participating in class much at all. In P.E., the vast majority of the points you gain and grade is from participation. We are currently in a floor hockey unit, which calls for the students to move up and down the floor throughout the game while either playing on offense or defense. This really falls under being psychically active every day (19.A.4b). I spoke with the class before the unit started and addressed on hoe this is just another creative way to get your daily physical exercise in. At the end of the two week grading period, the student saw that his grade was suffering and spoke to me about it. I let him know that he actually had to be moving in the game and not just hitting the puck if it came into his 3 foot radius. I told him that if he starts doing that he will be able to pull his grade back up, Needless to say, the next day he did the same thing as usual. This seems to be a challenge that I need to undertake. Finding ways to let students know about how important physical activity is on their health (20.A.4a) and find ways to motivate the students that do not want to be active.