Day 12

     Today was the last day of teaching for Lab B.  I thought everyone did really well.  One thing that threw some people off is that Professor Yang had some of us misbehave while others were teaching to test their ability to handle situations like that.  I was one of them and he asked Kim and I to tie each other up with the jump ropes.  Mike was teaching at that time and he was standing close to us and didn't even notice.  I'm not saying that I would do any better, thats just proof that as a teacher you constantly have to be aware of all of your students because they can very easily misbehave or sneak away even.

Day 11

This was a difficult skill so if you
 mess up just keep trying!

Today was my teaching day.  I taught the fling.  I thought it went well.  There were definitely a few things I could have done better.  Such as when I pinpointed Patrick out to demonstrate the skill I should have first asked him if he was okay with demonstrating and I should have also picked out a girl to demonstrate to make it equal.  I also could have done a better job with time management.  I wish I could have had another 4 or 5 minutes.  It would have made my lesson so much better if I had more time to do the activities I had planned at the end.

She also had great visual aids!

I really liked Kim's lesson too.  I thought she did a great job for having such a challenging task.  She really made a point to say that it was okay if we couldn't get the jump rope into the equation.  What she wanted us to know at the end of the lesson was the footwork.  She seemed very comfortable talking and if I was her student it would make me feel comfortable to be in her class.  Kudos to her for a great lesson!

The final people go on Monday and I hope that they take a little bit from everyone else's lesson and make theirs the best! Good luck Monday teachers!

Keep Smiling :)

Keep Moving 

~Emily Woudenberg

Day 10

     Today was the first day of teaching for Lab B.  We are focusing on jump roping skills.  I love the fact that we're doing jump roping because it's something different.  And it gives me a chance to work on my skills too.

Devon starting us off with a great lesson

     Today went great for the first day.  Devon started us off great.  I thought his lesson was awesome and he also made a couple of simple mistakes that we all learned from.  So a big thanks to him for being a team player and starting us off. 

     I think the best lesson of the day was definitely Justin's.  He was so organized and his lesson flowed so nicely.  He did some subtle things that were really great such as facing us away from his poster when asking us questions at the end.  Another thing I liked that he did was in his rules he mentioned respect and elaborated by saying "respect each other as well as me and also respect the equipment."  I loved that he said respect the equipment.  I'm definitely going to remember that for when I go.
 
     Friday is my day to teach so lets hope it goes well for me.

Keep Smiling :)

Keep Moving  

~Emily Woudenberg

Day 9

We took today as another prep day for lab B.  Tied some loose ends and next class hopefully we'll all be ready.  We talked about our visual aids.  We must make 2 posters, one with the class rules and one with the cues of our task.  Visual aids are great  because  it helps the students to remember what to do without having to ask the teacher or their peers 100x.  They can physically see it.

Also we talked about the lesson plan and made sure any questions we had about it were answered.  Overall today was a pretty easy day

It's a beautiful day outside today! Go enjoy the sunshine!

Keep Smiling :)

Keep Moving 

~Emily Woudenberg



Day 8

Day 8:

     Today we practiced our tasks.  I thought mine was going to be easy but when I tried to do it myself I kept messing up!  I was getting so frustrated.  Thanks to a few helpers (Leslie, Stephanie & Danielle) I got it down.  I also thought of a good hook for it.  I'm going to use the kids song row row row your boat.  Because the action is kind of like a rowing action.  We'll see how it goes.
     Then we played a little game called shotgun.  Which was like a team teaching exercise.  My partner and I did the "attention getter."  So I used this opportunity to show off my newly learned skill of finger whistling.  Aaaannndd when it came down to it I went to whistle and got nothing but air.  Haha. Everyone had a good laugh I tried again and got it that time. Gotta love it.

Keep Smiling :)

Keep Moving  

~Emily Woudenberg

Day 6

Day 6:

Today we worked with jump ropes.  Another simple activity that turned into more than just jumping up and down.  We worked on different ways to move and jump with the rope.  We also were challenged to make a little routine with a group.  Ours was pretty fun.  It took us so many practice tries.  But when it came down to it we got it down on the first try when we were in front of the camera.  I felt so proud of our group.  Jump roping is such a great way to work up a sweat.  It's easy to make it fun and not boring.

Keep Smiling :)

Keep Moving 
~Emily Woudenberg

Day 7

Day 7:

Today we did more jump roping.  We had to develop another routine with a different group this time.  Luckily for me I had DJ in my group.  DJ is very talented and strong and can pretty much do any gymnast type maneuvers you ask him to do!  I also had Devon in my group who mastered swinging the long rope with me.  I don't want to spoil our awesome routine just yet. I'll wait to post it when the video is available.  You will be amazed.... up until the part where I mess up on the easy part.  Lol.

Then we went down in the classroom and talked about our tasks that we will be teaching for lab B.  I have Task 4 which is an easy one.  Side swing right, left, and jump.  Not too bad.

Keep Smiling :)

Keep Moving  

~Emily Woudenberg