EED 425 Wk 1 – Purpose Reflection

Physical and health education are considered by some to be an unnecessary use of educational time. Others see them as a worthwhile component of the curriculum, as they are the only area designed to teach children how to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle.

Reflect on your own school experiences with physical education and health education.

Consider the following questions:

• Who taught your physical education (PE) class? Who taught your health class?
• Was your experience positive or negative? Why?
• How active were you outside of PE class? Did you participate in any sports?
• Were you aware of healthy nutrition as you grew up?
• Did you find it “easier” to pay attention and/or learn after you played or exercised?

Write a 1-page personal reflection that describes your views on the following:

• Relationship between physical activity and overall health
• Relationship between physical activity and learning
• Relationship between healthy nutrition and learning
• Positive effects of integrating health and physical education themes into general education curriculum

Submit your assignment.

EED 425 Wk 2 – Summative Assessment: Major Concepts and Resources Guide

Assume you are an elementary education teacher at Florida Elementary School. You are familiar with the major concepts being taught in all content areas, and you understand that health and physical education are very important, as they teach children about healthy habits and ways to maintain an active lifestyle. Your school will be welcoming new teachers next month, and your principal has asked you to train them by collecting information on these subjects and considering ways by which the new joiners can incorporate these skills and topics into their classrooms.

Here is what you must do:

Create a 2- to 3-page guide with a maximum of 525 words for new teachers that provides detailed information about the major concepts and resources for teaching elementary level health and physical education. Divide your guide into 2 sections: one for health education and one for physical education.

Health Education 

Write an introductory paragraph explaining how health education is currently taught in schools.

Address the following traditional health education themes in your guide:

• Mental and emotional health
• Personal health
• Nutrition
• Injury prevention and safety
• Substance use and abuse prevention
• Use of technology tools to assist health education

Include the following information for each health education theme:

• Explanation of the specific topics covered in the theme
• Description of school and community resources that may be used for teaching the theme and specific topics covered
• Justification for importance of teaching the health education theme

Physical Education 

Write an introductory paragraph explaining how physical education is currently taught in elementary schools.

Address the following physical education skill competencies in your guide:

• Locomotor skills
• Non-locomotor skills
• Manipulative skills
• Body management skills
• Rhythmic movement skills
• Use of technology resources to measure physical activity

Include the following information for each physical education skill competency:

• Explanation of the specific skills taught in the competency
• Description of school and community resources that may be used for teaching the competency and skills covered
• Justification for the importance of teaching the physical education skill competency
• Description of how technology resources such as Pedometer can be used in physical activity.

Submit your assignment.

EED 425 Wk 3 – Adapting Lesson Plans

Assume you are a health and physical education teacher in a new school. Your class consists of diverse learners, including learners with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and ADHD. To ensure smooth and effective running of your classrooms, you must create lesson plans for the month and/or make accommodations and modifications to your existing lesson plans to meet the needs of these diverse learners. Here is what you must do,

Choose an elementary grade level and modify (existing lesson plans) or create both a health and a physical education lesson plan for that grade level.

Research health and physical education lesson plans for that grade level and select 1 lesson plan for each to adapt.

Revise each lesson to include the following:

• Accommodations and modifications for the following diverse learners:
• Learners with an intellectual disability
• Learners with autism spectrum disorder
• Learners with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• New resources needed for the lesson, including technology.
• Formative assessment, to include accommodations and/or modifications for the diverse learners

Note: Refer to Ch. 10 of Children Moving for descriptions and considerations for diverse learners.

Compile the following for submission:

• Original lesson plan with assessment

Submit your assignment.

EED 425 Wk 4 – Summative Assessment: Integrated Unit Planning

Imagine that you are a general education teacher in an elementary school. Your school curriculum has introduced the new concept of integrating health and physical education with other subject areas. You are asked to introduce this concept and apply it to your classrooms in the coming weeks. As a part of this program, you have to prepare a 2-week unit that focuses on the academic area of your choice and incorporate at least 1physical education skill competency and 1 health education theme. Remember, planning a unit typically means that you are integrating related concepts from multiple subject areas to reinforce them or teach them from a different perspective. This requires you to take the time to find the connections between subject areas and think critically about how to incorporate them into the lessons.

This assignment is divided into 3 parts. Here is what you must do:

Part 1: Unit Outline

Create a 2-page outline for your unit that includes the following:

• Unit summary, to include:
• Grade level and overarching theme for unit
• Academic subject of focus:
• Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies
• Physical education skill competency incorporated (may include more than 1):
• Locomotor skills
• Non-locomotor skills
• Manipulative skills
• Body management skills
• Rhythmic movement skills
• Health education theme incorporated (may include more than 1):
• Mental and emotional health
• Personal health
• Nutrition
• Apps and technology resources for nutritional help
• Injury prevention and safety
• Substance use and abuse prevention
• Lesson summaries for 6 lessons, to include:
• Topic
• Brief description of learning
• Activities that support academic subject, physical education skill competency, and health education theme
• Assessment summary, to include:
• Formative assessment options for each lesson (must vary in delivery)
• Summative assessment options for unit

Part 2: Unit Overview

Write a 1-page overview of your unit that includes the following:

• Unit statement that describes the following:
• Connection between the academic subject, physical education skill competency, and health education theme
• Relevance of each lesson to the overarching unit theme
• Unit strategy for technology integration

Part 3: Family Communication

Write a 1-page letter to families explaining the unit of study you have planned. Address the following topics:

• Rationale for incorporating the physical education skill competency and the health education theme with the academic subject
• Highlights of activities and/or special projects that will be included
• Reinforcement activities for home
• Information on video resources for physical activity like dance and yoga to practice at home

Compile the following for submission:

• Outline
• Overview
• Letter

Cite your sources according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

EED 425 Wk 5 – Lesson Observation and Reflection

Assume you are a general education teacher in an elementary school. Your students have a health and physical education section this week, the physical education teacher is on leave, and you must step in and teach a physical education lesson. You have to prepare yourself for this task by knowing your way around the gym and/or equipment room, and being somewhat familiar with the environment, as a first step toward being ready. Here is what you must do,

Observe a physical education lesson being taught at an elementary school.

Use the Classroom Observation Guide to document your notes from the experience during your classroom observation.

Compile the following for submission:

• Classroom Observation Guide

Submit your assignment.

EED 425 Wk 5 – Summative Assessment: Promoting Student Well-Being Project

Compile the following for submission:

• Recess Plan
• Bullying Awareness Presentation

Cite your sources according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.