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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

At the Heart of HPE are LIVING SKILLS!

GIVING STUDENTS "HoPE" IN H&PE
I just realized that the word HOPE is part of H&PE...I just changed the "&"  to a to a heart (or lower case "o" with a heart in the middle)!  

My question as a health & physical educator is how do I educate my students to build hope and confidence in themselves?  How do I create a safe and productive learning environment that builds personal and interpersonal skills that can be transferred to other curriculum areas?  How will I integrate the Living Skills on a daily basis?  Well, character building is an important part of the H&PE curriculum...we as teachers can give students HoPE in H&PE!

When we observe our students' needs we can drive our daily planning through encouraging Living Skills.  Below, I created a model of how I envision Living Skills impacting my teaching of the H&PE Curriculum and incorporating a continual cycle of planning, acting, assessing, observing and moving through this cycle of teaching with Living Skills at the heart of my planning.

LIVING SKILLS:
Personal Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Critical Creative Thinking Skills
Living Skills Impacting HPE Curriculum and  TLCP cycle
At the heart of H&PE is Living Skills.  Every expectation in the Ontario Curriculum is connected to a Living Skill.  

How are you making Living Skills a part of your H&PE program?




Target Games and Critical Questions


Let the Target Activities Begin!


TARGET UNIT: Primary Living Skills Critical Questions connected to Movement Skills...generated directly from the Ontario Curriculum Living Skills Specific Expectations!


TARGET UNIT: Junior & Intermediate Living Skills Critical Questions connected to Movement Skills (8) and Active Living (7)...generated directly from the Ontario Curriculum Living Skills Specific Expectations!

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Healthy Choices - I CAN...I WILL

I CAN BE HEALTHY...I WILL BE HEALTHY...IN NOVEMBER

Students from grade 6-8 responded to the I can - I will statement above.  This allowed them to set a healthy eating goal for our Healthy Choices unit while at the same time connecting to our True Sport focus for the month of November.





Thursday, November 1, 2012

Net/Wall Game Category Defined

Teaching Games for Understanding: 

Net/Wall Game Category Defined, Strategies, and Tactics

We often used mats as 'nets' to play with a variety of equipment including:

For our Junior and Intermediate Classes, we focussed on a specific net/wall strategy and allowed student choice of equipment later in the unit, once we experimented with various boundaries, skill development (i.e., underhand serve, receiving within set boundaries in ready position - Refer to Ontario H&PE Curriculum for specific grade expectations).

Junior/Intermediate Equipment:
- Petekas (send with hand)
- Tennis ball (send with hand)
- Deck Tennis Rings
- Volleyballs
- Trainer Volleyballs
- Badminton (use of implement to send)
-etc.

Primary/Junior Equipment:
- Balloons
- Beach Balls (variety of sizes)
- Bean Bags
- Tennis Balls (wall ball)
- Trainer Volleyball
- Deck Tennis Rings
-etc.

What are some creative ways you played NET/WALL GAMES using a variety of equipment within your division?