This week we began to balance our checkbooks(the PE journal). We started by having the students add up the coins they have earned. On each page they added up their coins and put the total at the top outside corner of the page. This teaches them how to chunk and organize their data. On a page in the back of the journal they will add up how money they have for a particular month. They are saving up for a free choice day in PE which costs them $8.00.
We have also started giving bonus questions that the students must go home and research and then bring back the answer. They are given $1.00 for bringing back the right answer. Overtime work = overtime pay! This week the bonus question was how does one calculate their max heart rate? We discussed where to find the answer. The students now know how to go to experts to find their answer.
Interdisciplinary Teaching- This blog was started as a way of using journals and games in physical education class to enhance and connect the learning in math, language arts and science. Now that I am a science teacher I am finding ways to use physical activity to connect the learning in physical science.
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