PHED 4650 Recess Observation Report
Observation:
1. Where was recess held? It was outside, behind the classroom.
2. How long was the recess period and what time of day? 10-15 minutes
3. How many classes were in the recess area at the same time? Two
4. What organized games or activities were the students involved with? Children were allowed to engage in free play.
5. Were the majority of the students being physically active? Briefly explain. Yes. Students seemed excited to finally be able to run around, scream, and play. All the children participated in something, even if it was just swinging.
6. What problem behaviors did you observe and how were they dealt with? Two children went too far up the hill trying to play and the area was not fenced. The teacher called the two boys over and asked did they know they couldn’t go up that far and when they said yes, she sent them back inside for the rest of recess.
7. Did you observe students working out differences independently? If yes, explain what you observed. Yes. The only problem was determining who would go next on the monkey bars and the children worked that out by themselves, but using the “I’m next” rule.
8. What equipment was available for students? Swing set/jungle gym and monkey bars
9. What was the level of teacher involvement? The teachers monitored the students’ safety and made sure they played fair or didn’t bully anyone.
10. Describe any safety issues or concerns. My only safety concern was that the area was not fenced. If a teacher is not as attentive as they two teachers were, a student could go up there and be seriously hurt or wander off.
Briefly reflect on your reaction to the recess experience commenting on changes or ideas you might have to make the experience even more positive.
The recess was much needed for everyone. The students started getting antsy in class, talking and just not paying attention. Therefore, that made the teacher and I a little irritated that no one was paying attention or they were rushing through their work to play computer games. I admired the teacher for being so attentive to her students to know when they needed to go outside and “shake it off”. Once recess was over, everyone seemed to be back on track to continue through the rest of the day.
PHED 4650 Physical Education Class Observation Report
Observation:
1. Set Induction/Introduction/Agenda/Expectations: What did the teacher do to set expectations for the lesson or activity?
Teacher introduced the game, rules and equipment needed.
2. Warm-up: What kind of fitness/movement warm-up did the students perform and was it student or teacher lead/directed?
Simple stretches/energizers to loosen them up from being seated all morning
3. Theme/Content: What was the skill or movement theme? (Example: Sport, Fitness, Game, Rhythms/Dance, Manipulatives, etc.)
Fitness/game
4. Practice/Play/Assessment: What did students do to practice the skill taught and describe any form of assessment you observed?
5. Closure: How did the teacher close the lesson? Was there a summary and/or a challenge to practice or apply the skill or activity outside of physical education class?
During the last pause/mini, they were informed that they would be working on one or two more locomotive skills.
Reflection:
Briefly describe your reflection on the following:
1. Problem or disruptive student behaviors observed
There were two disruptive students
2. Teacher discipline procedure for addressing or dealing with disruptive or inappropriate behaviors
The two disruptive students weren’t allowed to participate in the rest of P.E and the teacher was informed.
3. Class management procedures or strategies
The teacher walked the class to the gym and left them with the P.E coach and two other classes. Once the hour was up the class was handed back over to the regular classroom teacher.
4. Clarity of teacher instruction and student reaction or understanding
5. Surrounding distractions and equipment failures or mishaps
Other students may have been the only distraction I noticed