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Classroom Management in Physical Education?

by Ryan Crooks

Sep 1, 2011

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

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Jamie On 9/02/11, Dr.Kathy Martin wrote: > Hi Ryan- I have been a PE teacher for 30 years. Managing the > locker room wasn't that difficult if I didn't give them too > much time in the locker room. So keep the time in the locker > room short is my best suggestion. For my elementary PE > classes, I always have them do the yoga child's pose ...See More

Sep 18, 2011

jamie 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 > classr...See More

Sep 18, 2011

Keegan 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 ...See MoreI 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.

Oct 4, 2011

Keegan 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 ...See MoreI 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.

Oct 4, 2011

Jana On 10/04/11, Keegan wrote: > 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 ...See MoreOn 10/04/11, Keegan wrote: > 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.

I teach k-8 physical education. For my k-5 classes, I use music for everything. Students walk into the gym and sit in their squads for attendance. If they are loud or acting crazy they get penalty minutes. The students catch on quickly and begin walking into the gym silent eventually. When we are quiet and ready, they stand up for warmups. Whatever exercise I ask them to do they do when the music starts. When the music stops they freeze. YOu also will need an incentive for the students to reach. They need to know that good behavior and participation will pay off. I have a reward board that grades each class and they compete against each other to see who makes it to the sticker first. I grade on (getting out of locker room in 5 minutes, participation and activity). That class gets a reward, I usually do the competion each quarter. For the middle school classes, I give them a pizza party. To get the middle school classes out of the locker room, I set the score board for 5 minutes, when the buzzer goes off that means you should be in your squad. THey actually have fun with it and begin racing each other out of the locker. Allowing students to shoot 1 basketball around once they are changed and out of the locker works too. Let them shoot around till the bell rings or the teacher comes to pick them up. Classroom manangment just needs to be reinforced everyday to work. If you use the penalty minutes strategy for example, you must always use it, dont let them get away with being loud even one time or they will not take the penalty minutes seriously. Be sure that all classroom rules and consequences are posted in the gym and go over them constantly. Rewards are everything! Kids like to work towards something and they really like to compete against other classes. But most importantly, always remember that no significant teaching can be done without a significant relationship. Using the "check in" method before class helps develop this relationship. I stand by the door and fist pump every student who walks into the gym. It is important to make the contact with each student daily.

Mar 2, 2012

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