Overview

Teacher:

LaurenNakaso

SessionDate:

October20,2015andOctober22,2015

GradeLevel:

4th/5thgrade

NumberofStudents:

20students

Unit:

SoccerSkills(dribble,heading,juggling,passing,shooting)

PreviousLearnedSkillsBasketball
Facility:

GrassArea

RequiredEquipment:

SoccerBalls
Cones
PolySpots

StudentLearningOutcomes
Mystudentlearningobjectiveswereasfollows:Psychomotor:Studentswillbe
abletoengage in physical activity while performing different soccer skills at the stations,
which will raise their heart rates 80% of the time. Through this stage the teacher will be
able to analyze the level of the students physical abilities at each station.ForCognitive:
Studentswillbeabletogain a clear understanding of the purpose of each station, such as
hand-eye coordination, communication, movement and teamwork with 70% accuracy.
They will be able to acknowledge, recite, and inform their peers on the COTS to soccer.
ForHealthRelatedFitness(H):Studentswillremain physically and mentally active
throughout the lesson while engaging in 50% MVPA 85% of the time.Afterreviewing
mySOfrommyevaluationteam,Ihad1150secondsofMVPA,whichisalmost
equivalentto19minutes.Intheend,thestudentswereabletotellmetheimportanceof

whykeepingyoureyeontheball,andkeepingtheheadupwhenheadingordribblingthe
ball.Havingthelessonplanwithstationswasagoodideabecausethestudentswereable
topracticealltheskillstheyhavelearnedintheweekinonelesson.IwishIhadmore
timeateachstationtoallowthestudentstopracticetheskill.

QualityLearningEnvironment
Thisweek,IthoughtallthestudentswereactivelyparticipatinginthelessonandI
feltthatIachievedthefourcriteriaforalearningexperience.Duringmyinstantactivities
on Tuesday and Thursday, all the students were engaged and had an interest in
participating.OnTuesday,thestudentsstartedwithcirclepassing.Whenthestudents
were under pressure and were passing the ball with speed, the ball was not passed
accuratelyorwiththecorrectCOTS.Manyofthestudentswerekickingtheballwith
theirtoeinsteadoftheirinstep.OnTuesday,Iplayedredlightgreenlighttohelpthe
studentspracticetheirdribblingskills.Inthisgameitwasveryimportantforthestudents
todribblewithcontrolandkeeptheirheadup.ForThursdaylesson,itwasdesignedfor
allthestudentstorunthroughalltheskilltheylearnedthroughtheweek.Thestations
included:passing,dribbling,shooting,andthenIalsointroducedheadingtheballand
juggling.Atstations,itiseasierformeastheteachertowatchthestudentsperformthe
skillandIcanwalkaroundtogivefeedback.Forthislesson,Ihad13minutesofactivity,
10minutesofinstruction,and6minutesofmanagementformy28:30minutelesson.My
instruction time was actually higher than I expected. I had to demonstrate and walk
througheachstationforthestudentsotherwisetheywouldallbeconfused.Italsotooka

goodamountoftimeteachingthestudentshowtojuggleandheadtheballproperly.IfI
didnttakethetimetoteachtheTigerPridestudentshowtoproperlyperformtheskill,it
couldhaveleadtoariskofinjury.IalsohadafairamountofinstructionfortheIA
becauseIwasexplaininganewdribblinggametothem.Thestudentsseemedtoreally
enjoythegameattheend.Themanagementinthislessonwastowardsthestudentswho
werenotlisteningtomyinstructionsordidnotknowwheretogo.Forthestations,Ineed
to count all my students ahead of time because I had too many stations and fewer
students.Ihadmylessonplancreatedfor20participantsbutmanyofthemwereabsent.
Withalloftheinstructiongiven,itcutintothestudentsparticipationatthestations.
Somestationsseemedtobeshorterthanothers.Itwasveryapparentwhichstationthe
studentsenjoyedandwhichonetheydidnotwanttoparticipatein.

Strengths&WeaknessesinPedagogicalskillset
Duringthisweeklesson,IfeltthatIhadagoodamountofmovementbothon
Tuesday and Thursday. On Tuesdays lesson, I was actively participating with the
studentsdribblingaroundinthegrid.Thursdayslesson,Iwasabletomovearounda
goodamounttoprovideindividualfeedbacktostudentsasIwalkedbytheirstations.I
shouldhavemarkedoutthejugglingstationmoreclearlybecausesomeofthestudents
gotconfusedwheretogo.Ialsoshouldhavespreadoutthepassingareabecauseitwas
tooclosetothejugglingstation.InoticedwhenwatchingthevideoIcontinuetosay
perfect,awesome,andokaymultipletimes.Mostofmyfeedbackwastoindividualsto
guidethemtoimprovetheirskilldevelopment.

Whenteachingthecuesoftheskillfordribbling,IthoughttheIAwasperfect.
Studentsseemedtoreallyenjoythegame.WhenIplayedAttack,theyseemedtoreally
enjoyitbecausetheyhadthewholegridofopenspaceandtrytokeepcontroloftheball
whiledribblingawayfromtheirclassmatestryingtotaketheballaway.Nexttime,Ineed
toreviewthebasicrulesofthegamebecausemanyofthelowerskilledstudentswould
usetheirhandsinsoccerandbouncetheballlikeabasketball.IthoughtIdidagoodjob
demonstratingtheCOTSfordribblingandusingthestudentstodemonstratefortheir
classmatesaswell.Ihadthemgothroughthemotionsandwalkthemstepbystepand
hadthemtouchwhichpartofthefoottheyusetodribble(insideandoutsideofeither
foot).Itmadethedirectionsmorecleartounderstandwhentheywereabletovisually
demonstrate for themselves. When giving instructions, I noticed many students were
beingdisruptiveandfidgetingwiththegrassorhavingsideconversationswhenthey
shouldhavebeenlistening.Whenparticipatinginthedribblingactivitywiththestudents,
Itriedtochallengesomeofthembydribblingstraightatthemtotryandhavethem
changedirection.InthemiddleofthelessonItaughtthestudentsthepullbackmove.
Somestudentswereabletoperformitfairlyeasyandtheotherstudentshadadifficult
time.Thegoalofthelessonwastohavestudentsdribbletheballwithcontrol.IfeltthatI
couldhavebeencleareronhowIwantedthelessontogobutIthoughtIdidagoodjob
attendingtoallmystudentswithfeedback.
BeforeTigerPridestarted,ItriedtosetupthelessonasmuchasIcouldbefore
theclassbegan.Forthestations,Ipresettheshootingarea,dribblingarea,andheading
area.Myinstantactivitytookupthemostspacebecausetheconeswereplacedinthe

middleofthefieldformingalargesquaremarkedout.Oncetheinstantactivitywasover,
andthestudentswerepickinguptheconesfromtheIA,Iwasabletofinishsettingupthe
restofthestations.Mostofthestudentscanfollowinstructionswell,whenItellthemto
sitonhomebaseoncealltheequipmentiscollected.Theotherstudentswhochosenotto
listenwillplaywiththeequipmentuntilItellthemtolistentomyinstructions.Ishould
havehadthesoccerballsallreadytogoateachstationinsteadofhavingthemallpiled
togetheraftertheIAbecauseittookmoretimetogetthemromtheballarea.Iwasina
rushtogetthestudentsactiveandinthestations;Iverballyexplainedsomestationswhen
Ishouldhavegivenavisualforallofthem.Thestudentsallseemedtoreallyenjoythe
lessonIhadplanned.Theyreallylikedthejugglingandheadingtheballstationthemost.
Thisweek,Iwouldsayoneofmystrengthswasactivelyparticipatingwiththe
students andtalkingtostudents individually.Thestudentswereabletohavealarge
amountofreceivingtouchesonthesoccerball.Iprovidedthemwithagoodamountof
practicetimetoprogresstheirskillsinkicking.Iamgettingbetterbutstillworkingonall
thestudentsnames.BylearningalloftheirnamesIwillbeabletocallonmystudents
bytheirfirstnameratherthanjustpointing.

Recommendationsfornextsession
FornextweeklessonIwillbeteachingsoftball.Iamgoingtocontinuetowork
onmylessonplan,organization,andtransitionswithalloftheequipment.Itisimportant
fornextweeklessonIusemyspacewiselyandgooveralltherulesandexpectationsto
avoid injury. I need to make sure to ask the students questions and check for

understanding.Iwouldliketohavelessoninstructionandincreasemyactivitytime.Iam
alsogoingtoworkonmyidiosyncrasiesandusemoreofavarietyofwordsinsteadof
okay,perfect,andgreat.Mystudentsarebecomingmoreskilledandbecomingmore
activeinthelessons.