Prompt:
Summarize a “best practice” field study relevant to your instruction
A best practice that I have learned this
year is spending time getting to know each other. In PE and health, students can be
uncomfortable in the environment. Health
brings topics like sex ed, abuse and emotional health and PE requires you to
look silly and try new things.
Therefore, it is necessary for students to feel relaxed and safe in this
environment so they can learn, ask questions and ultimately succeed.
For the first month of school, we started
the first 5-10 minutes of each class with an icebreaker. This icebreaker had the students sharing facts
about them as well as their name. In
addition to an icebreaker, one or two students would present their “about me”
powerpoint presentations. This is a
presentation they created telling us about themselves, their family, what they
like to do, hobbies, etc. This was
awesome because kids were able to connect with other students who liked the
same things. After about 4 weeks, we
also did a name quiz for the whole class.
This “forced” them to learn everyone’s names, again strengthening the
bond of the class. The best part about the “getting to know you” is that it was
set up by the teachers. My mentor and
myself presented our about me powerpoints the first day so the students could
get to know us and they could begin to work on their own. For icebreakers, we always went first so
again, students could get to know us and they could feel comfortable in the
activity.
Overall, this is by far a best
practice. It creates a unified
environment that allows the students to bond and feel comfortable throughout
the year. In the three months that I
have been in class and from visiting other schools/classes; I can see a clear
difference in taking the time to get to know each other.
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