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MarshburnRussell
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:02 pm Reply with quote
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I am a first year P.E. teacher and would like to know how to keep the kids interest up in a subject such as stretching and warmup excercises. This is my first unit. I will be doing a unit on weightlifting next. These are all High School kids that are very skeptical about excersise.
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doddkatrina
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:22 pm Reply with quote
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I would suggest making it fun for them. Although they are in high school they still enjoy doing fun things. In addition, what about making it into some type of competition by setting up teams in the different class periods against another class period and keep a chart some where that everyone can view and give a reward at the end of the competiton.
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RockWilliam
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:40 pm Reply with quote
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MarshburnRussell wrote:
I am a first year P.E. teacher and would like to know how to keep the kids interest up in a subject such as stretching and warmup excercises. This is my first unit. I will be doing a unit on weightlifting next. These are all High School kids that are very skeptical about excersise.


A big thing is if you are interested in it and excited about the students generally follow suit. A big thing is also applying it to the students and explaining how it affects them in the long run.

A good warm up/think question might be WHY is he making us do this?
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CleereSteve
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:27 pm Reply with quote
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That's a tough one. I know high school kids are often "too cool" for a great many learning scenarios. One idea to get them involved is to let them create teams with a group leader who is responsible for guiding each required physical task. This allows the students to take ownership of their class activities within the context of what the teacher is asking. Pulling these leaders aside on a regular basis to reiterate the old and to explain the new could lead to some "healthy" competition among the teams. If at first it doesn't succeed, try breaking the groups down into smaller (or maybe larger) teams.
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