Gym Observation

As we were sitting there waiting for the kids to come in for class, I had very little expectations for a 2nd grade PE class. I expected it to be madness with the kids running around and not listening to Mr. Howard, their teacher. However, when they stepped into the gym, they surprised me greatly. I did not expect to see what happened and as the class went on, I was amazed by how the class was ran. As the kids stepped into the gym, they got right into the warmup without Mr. Howard saying a word. This is what shocked me the most. There was easily a daily format established that the kids followed. For their warmup, they would run laps around the gym. They started by running down the long side of court while then slowing down to a walk under

Once Mr. Howard said warm-ups were over, they all found a spot on the gym floor and were quiet, ready to listen. When Mr. Howard began to talk, they were all zoned in on him ready to find out what today's activity is going to be. Mr. Howard had a very direct interaction with the students. When Mr. Howard interacted with the students, they all listened and respected him. He had fun, energetic yet understanding approach to the kids while explaining the game and during the game. The game for the day was twister. Twister consisted as having Mr. Howard in the middle of the circle with a jump rope. He would simply spin in a circle with the jump rope. As the jump rope made its way around the circle, the kids had to jump over it. If they didn't jump in time and was hit by the "twister," they were out. When someone got out, he didn't just say, "John you're out", he said it with

Howards 2nd grade PE class. All the levels of TPSR were present including; 1. Respect 2. Effort 3. Self-direction 4. Caring and Helping. Every kid listened and respected Mr. Howard when he was talking or giving direction throughout the game. Effort was also a huge part in class that day. All the kids gave their best effort in the game in hope they were victorious. Even if they got out right away the first game, their effort for the second game was the same as the first game. No one ever got down on themselves and gave it all they had every game. They all had a good sense of self-direction when they got out of the game. Each kid guided themselves to the jump ropes and began to jump until the next game was starting. They didn't have to ask what to do when they were no longer apart of the game. The last TPSR level of caring and helping wasn't displayed too much throughout class. Since it was an individual game, there wasn't any helping done throughout it. However, there was a little bit of caring displayed at the end of class. When it came down to the last two kids in the last game, Mr. Howard had the class pick sides. Winning side got to lineup first after class. There was clearly of favorite to win but since there was very few kids on the other side, some changed sides just because that kid didn't have as many people rooting for him. I would say as