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Martial Arts?

by B

Apr 11, 2009

Does anyone offer martial arts training of any kind at their school? Through the Phys Ed department, as a team or intramural sport, or as a club--I am interested in talking with other instructors in getting a program started.

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Heart Rate Monitors

by Elissa

Apr 18, 2009

I am teaching a high school step aerobics class. I have started implementing heart rate monitors into my class. Anyone have suggestions on how to make the use of heart monitors the most effective? The only activity I have done so far is to compare their heart rates when exercising with just the step and exercising with the step raised a few inches.

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I Need a Varsity Coach's Opinion

by Deb

Apr 22, 2009

My daughter is a very good athlete. She is in 10th grade and it's her second year on the varsity lacrosse team. Last year she split the position with one of the older girls. This year she is playing the full game and the other girl was switched to defense. The other girl isn't very good. She has been very nasty to my daughter, blaming her for every...See More

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Erin Your daughter definitely needs to make the coach aware of the situation. The coach is then aware of this behavior and can identify it when it happens. The coach can also ask your daughter's teammates about the incidents. This girl does not have to "like" your daughter, but should still respect her as a teammate. As a varsity coach for 10 years, I w...See More

May 19, 2009

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Lauren On 4/25/09, Deb wrote: > I'm not really sure what doesn't make sense. It absolutely is > happening on the field. In my opinion there is a very easy way > to stop it-pull the girl out as soon as the blame game begins > but this coach doesn't have the guts to do the right thing. He > is more concerned with being liked by everyone. He i...See More

May 28, 2009

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Boys and Dance

by mt_preservice_teacher

Apr 23, 2009

Hey,

So I am a pre-service teacher and I start a five-week practicum with my grade 4/5 class next week. For PE, I will teach a dance unit. I have danced since I was 3 1/2 and know ballet, jazz, folk, modern, hip hop,and ballroom. I have also been teaching dance for quite a few years now. However, most of my students have been female. If th...See More

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Shane Van Ginkel On 5/07/09, HS wrote: > remember that boys do not like to be shown up by girls. Since > girls often are introduced to dance at a young age, and since > the boys are not, consider introducing all students to dance > that is new to them all - such as international folk dancing, > square dancing, contra dancing, clogging, perhaps hip ho...See MoreOn 5/07/09, HS wrote: > remember that boys do not like to be shown up by girls. Since > girls often are introduced to dance at a young age, and since > the boys are not, consider introducing all students to dance > that is new to them all - such as international folk dancing, > square dancing, contra dancing, clogging, perhaps hip hop. > The issues here isn't what is "cool" in a teacher's eyes, but > what is possible for beginning students to master in a short > period of time without previous experience... Also consider > more gymnastic types of moves for the boys; they don't like > flapping their feet or precise positions that they must hold. > They like to move, jump, spin, roll. One thing my 8 year old > son loves is improvisation where he has to act out, with > movement, a scene and the audience must guess what he is > acting out. He acted out a snowball fight (meant to represent > winter) with another boy, complete with body rolls, throwing, > making snow balls, running, etc. It was dramatic and > exciting, quite a free for all. The girls tended to stand in > place and do predictable things... > > One thing about international folk dancing is that in many > cultures, men have different, usually larger, movements than > do women. That allows you to teach specifically to the boys > rather than to the girls alone. In contra dancing, many > talented callers have figured out a way to call gender free > dances, which will allow you to let the students pair up per > their preference and not force the boys and girls to dance > together. In modern dance, you can show the students moves > that act out a story, and there is less worry that a boy will > be doing things "wrong"... > > Hope this helps... > > > > On 4/23/09, mt_preservice_teacher wrote: >> Hey, >> >> So I am a pre-service teacher and I start a five-week >> practicum with my grade 4/5 class next week. For PE, I >> will teach a dance unit. I have danced since I was 3 1/2 >> and know ballet, jazz, folk, modern, hip hop,and >> ballroom. I have also been teaching dance for quite a few >> years now. However, most of my students have been >> female. If they were male, they were usually too little >> to care about the gender stereotyped associations that >> dance can carry. >> >> My mentor teacher has challenged me/ advised me to make >> dance "cool" and "acceptable" for the male students too. >> Any tips on how I could go about this? Well one thing I did when I taught square dance was that I let the boys grab wrists and not hold hands. This worked well and the dance still looked the same. A way to make their dance cool was that I let them create their own dance composed of the squared dance moves we learned along with a couple of their own moves in it to. The kids loved it!! They had square dance moves that mixed into some gymnastics that transitioned into modern dance moves. The boys who had less dance skills were assigned roles that fit them perfect. They aided in the dance other ways that made it so cool. We taped it and they watched it one day. It was a blast to do. Hope that helps a little.

May 10, 2009

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fun fun I teach dance and creative movement in after school programs. One of my classes is nearly all boys. They are VERY active boys and I play to their energy. As several posters mentioned, they like to jump, act things out,etc. Also, they are often interested in things that " make their muscles stonger" or " help them with sports". I mention these types...See MoreI teach dance and creative movement in after school programs. One of my classes is nearly all boys. They are VERY active boys and I play to their energy. As several posters mentioned, they like to jump, act things out,etc. Also, they are often interested in things that " make their muscles stonger" or " help them with sports". I mention these types of things when stretching and warming up. Again, keeping them active really engages them. Boys like to move around. Additionally, I let them create " patterns" ( not dances) of movement or give them challenging combinations and they like they love it. Also, interesting music can help too. I have used hip hop ( well more " pop " hop as it is cleaner), songs they know and even cultural music from Africa, Ireland or even Cajun music. They are intrigued by the different sounds. Also, we play " dance games" often too as that makes it more engaging for them too. Good luck

On 5/10/09, Shane Van Ginkel wrote: > On 5/07/09, HS wrote: >> remember that boys do not like to be shown up by girls. Since >> girls often are introduced to dance at a young age, and since >> the boys are not, consider introducing all students to dance >> that is new to them all - such as international folk dancing, >> square dancing, contra dancing, clogging, perhaps hip hop. >> The issues here isn't what is "cool" in a teacher's eyes, but >> what is possible for beginning students to master in a short >> period of time without previous experience... Also consider >> more gymnastic types of moves for the boys; they don't like >> flapping their feet or precise positions that they must hold. >> They like to move, jump, spin, roll. One thing my 8 year old >> son loves is improvisation where he has to act out, with >> movement, a scene and the audience must guess what he is >> acting out. He acted out a snowball fight (meant to represent >> winter) with another boy, complete with body rolls, throwing, >> making snow balls, running, etc. It was dramatic and >> exciting, quite a free for all. The girls tended to stand in >> place and do predictable things... >> >> One thing about international folk dancing is that in many >> cultures, men have different, usually larger, movements than >> do women. That allows you to teach specifically to the boys >> rather than to the girls alone. In contra dancing, many >> talented callers have figured out a way to call gender free >> dances, which will allow you to let the students pair up per >> their preference and not force the boys and girls to dance >> together. In modern dance, you can show the students moves >> that act out a story, and there is less worry that a boy will >> be doing things "wrong"... >> >> Hope this helps... >> >> >> >> On 4/23/09, mt_preservice_teacher wrote: >>> Hey, >>> >>> So I am a pre-service teacher and I start a five-week >>> practicum with my grade 4/5 class next week. For PE, I >>> will teach a dance unit. I have danced since I was 3 1/2 >>> and know ballet, jazz, folk, modern, hip hop,and >>> ballroom. I have also been teaching dance for quite a few >>> years now. However, most of my students have been >>> female. If they were male, they were usually too little >>> to care about the gender stereotyped associations that >>> dance can carry. >>> >>> My mentor teacher has challenged me/ advised me to make >>> dance "cool" and "acceptable" for the male students too. >>> Any tips on how I could go about this? > Well one thing I did when I taught square dance was that I let > the boys grab wrists and not hold hands. This worked well and > the dance still looked the same. A way to make their dance cool > was that I let them create their own dance composed of the > squared dance moves we learned along with a couple of their own > moves in it to. The kids loved it!! They had square dance moves > that mixed into some gymnastics that transitioned into modern > dance moves. The boys who had less dance skills were assigned > roles that fit them perfect. They aided in the dance other ways > that made it so cool. We taped it and they watched it one day. > It was a blast to do. Hope that helps a little.

Aug 12, 2009

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Sports Day For School needs ideas...

by ButtersZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Apr 23, 2009

My collegues and I were talking about having a Sports Day in June. We have no PE teacher so I decided I would take this project on. We have approx 150 stduents in grades PRE- K through 4. We have one classroom per grade level and 2 teachers in each class (Teacher + Asst.). My questions are: What are great activities that all grades would like? How ...See More

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cybraryman@hotmail.com Yes, you can have a fun time with your Sports Day which is very similar to a field day. Setting up stations is the way to go. You can have standing broad jump, frisbee throw and similar activities. On the Physical Education page on my website I have a section on field days that have good suggested activities.

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Coach On 4/23/09, ButtersZZZZZZZZZZZZZ wrote: > My collegues and I were talking about having a Sports Day > in June. We have no PE teacher so I decided I would take > this project on. We have approx 150 stduents in grades PRE- > K through 4. We have one classroom per grade level and 2 > teachers in each class (Teacher + Asst.). My question...See MoreOn 4/23/09, ButtersZZZZZZZZZZZZZ wrote: > My collegues and I were talking about having a Sports Day > in June. We have no PE teacher so I decided I would take > this project on. We have approx 150 stduents in grades PRE- > K through 4. We have one classroom per grade level and 2 > teachers in each class (Teacher + Asst.). My questions are: > What are great activities that all grades would like? How > should I set it up? (I was thinking a circut where classes > take turns playing against each other in teams) We have a > large gym, but a small budget for the activites. We have > no gym equiment either. What are low budget ideas? How > about food/refreshments? > Thanx for anyy suggestions!

Just a suggestion of what you can do is creating a Mini Olympic Games. This does not have to use a lot of equipment. Each of the classes can choose a country to be and create different pictures or crafts that can be made with crayons and paper that they will wear during the events. If you only have one class for each grade level then a good idea is to break countries up into age groups. For example the teams will have four 4th graders, four 3rd graders, etc. Of course you can obviously make the sizes however you see fit.

The games can be modified so you don’t have to use a lot of equipment. For example, you can have a relay race that consists of going through and obstacle like a playground. You can have games for the younger children where they are carrying their favorite stuffed animal across a distance holding it on their heads. The best thing I can offer since I don’t see everything that you have at your hands reach is be as creative as possible that is enjoyable for the students. You can have a long jump competition where they are jumping into a sand pit at the playground if you have that.

I could go on for days with ideas. But get with your colleagues and see what you do have and then be as creative as you want with what you have or can get. Just think of the stuff you do have and create games around kicking, throwing, shooting, running, etc.

Hopefully this might have helped and best of luck to you.

May 5, 2009

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PE position interview

by anonymous

May 9, 2009

Hi everyone, My boyfriend has an interview for a PE position next week. He has had a few disappointing experiences where he was not chosen for a position (at 2 other districts). Any advice on how I can help perk his spirits and encourage him to think positive? I don't want to get his hopes up too high in case it doesn't work out Thanks

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cjode Tell him to go in with a perky upbeat attitude; an I can do anything attitude. Encourage him to speak up about wanting to involve the community with things like incorporating Jump Rope for Heart for the Am Heart Assoc., Field Day, Am. Cancer Society fundraisers with bike a thons, running events. When they ask, "Do you have any questions?" ask these...See More

May 10, 2009

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Physical Education

by Shane Van Ginkel

May 10, 2009

I just wanted to post a comment on the success of student and teacher grading rubrics that I have used in my class. Throughout a lesson I give the students simple yet effective assessment rubrics that they conduct on themselves as well as their peers. I always do a pre, progress monitoring, and a post assessment on all lessons. I compare what the s...See More

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Rick Mariscal On 5/10/09, Shane Van Ginkel wrote: > I just wanted to post a comment on the success of student > and teacher grading rubrics that I have used in my class. > Throughout a lesson I give the students simple yet > effective assessment rubrics that they conduct on > themselves as well as their peers. I always do a pre, > progress moni...See More

Jul 27, 2009

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Aug 4, 2009

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character

by gcee

May 19, 2009

What does one do if he feels he has a defamation of character and harassment issue with his head coach? My head said that I will not be calling plays next year after calling plays for 12 years, due to some false reports and hearsay.

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Athletic Coordinator/Activities Director job open

by cjode --read below and email me if interested

May 29, 2009

The job is on a Native American reservation in a beautiful area of New Mexico, fairly isolated. Our former Activities Director took another position in the community and we need someone who would be willing to do a broad spectrum of duties including: scheduling, preparing the gym for home competitions, filing the appropriate papers with the NMAA (w...See More

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gcolivas On 5/29/09, cjode --read below and email me if interested wrote: > The job is on a Native American reservation in a beautiful > area of New Mexico, fairly isolated. Our former Activities > Director took another position in the community and we need > someone who would be willing to do a broad spectrum of > duties including: schedulin...See More

Jun 1, 2009

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Praxis P.E. 0091 and 0856 Arkansas Error

by P.E. Help!

Jun 2, 2009

Has anyone had any trouble with ETS switching the State required tests around. Prior to April the ETS's Arkansas scores page had 0091 PE Content Knowledge and 0092 PE Movement and Design grouped together, but now they switched 0091 with 0856 "Health and P.E.", and moved 0091 under coaching. please reply if this has happen to you. Thanks.

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