Re: Classroom Management in Physical Education?

Keegan

Posted on 10/04/11

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I use music as my management. I'm a middle school teacher and the
kids love this. When the music is on they play, move, get the
heart going... when it's off it's time to freeze and listen! I
have a warm-up on the wall that they can come in and start doing
right away. This helps with kids dressing out and coming in at
different times. Once they are done with the warm-up they can
get in theirs spot for attendance. After this it is all about
the music for stop/go cues!

I love this and learned it from my student teaching instructor
Dr. Lumpa! It's magic in the gym for all ages :)

On 9/18/11, jamie wrote:
> On 9/01/11, Ryan Crooks wrote:
>> I am a senior in college and will be student teaching next
>> semester. I'm currently enrolled in a classroom management
>> class where we spend a vast majority of the time talking
>> about managing regular education classrooms. I was
>> wondering if anyone could help me be better prepared for
>> classroom management techniques in teaching Physical
>> Education? I believe that the techniques we have gone over
>> in class will work during Health while we are in the
>> regular classroom, but where I went to school we didn't
>> have Health until high school, so what techniques work best
>> in the gym setting? Particularly how do you manage students
>> while they are in the locker rooms "dressing out?"
>>
>> Thank you for any help and comments.
>>
>> Ryan
>
> I have the students sit in 4 squads. When the students are
> quiet while I am giving instructions I give them 5 points.
> After warm-ups who ever participates gets 5 points. So the
> students count by 5's. They love to get points and use Math.
> You can actually see them adding up the score in their heads.
> I use this for grades 1&2. I also have a poster with all their
> names on it. I have fitness circuits and I choose a circuit to
> receive a star. Such as throwing and catching. If they don't
> drop the ball through the entire circuit they get a star to
> put on their name tag. Sometimes if they do the bear walk or
> crab walk the entire circuit they get a star. The circuits are
> about 30-60 seconds long. They love seeing their stars on
> their name tags. They really try to make their goals. Hope
> this helps. It works for me.

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