La-Toya Harris

HESP159
March 4, 2015
Week 4 Reflection
Overview
Teacher:

Casey Fleming

Session Date:

March 4, 2015

Grade Level:

4th grade

Number of Students:

20 students

Unit:

Skill Themes

Previous Learned Skills:

Movement Concepts

Facility:

Blacktop

Required Equipment:

5 hula hoops
4 medium sized orange cones
20 Frisbees

Systematic Observation 1: Time Analysis

Total number of intervals: 121

Total Number of A intervals: 64 intervals, 960 seconds, and 16 minutes
Total number of I intervals: 33 intervals, 495 seconds, and 8.25 minutes
Total number of M intervals: 24 intervals, 360 seconds, and 6 minutes
While observing Mr. Flemings this week, I notice that he had a little more control of his

than he had over the past few weeks. This week I would consider to be a good week for Mr.
Flemings regarding his moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). His MVPA level was
far over the fifty percent mark, which is what he aims to accomplish. I think one of the reasons
for accomplishing this goal was due to the formation of Mr. Flemings activity. He has the
students to work in groups, while conducting a circuit designed for learning a new skill, which

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HESP159
March 4, 2015
Week 4 Reflection
was the Frisbee throw or flick. However, I have a few suggestions that will probably help you
become a more effective teacher.
The first thing I would suggest is for Mr. Flemings to do is to keep the students who
have on-going behavioral issues near you or n your sight. This will also help cut down
management time spent on dealing with behavioral issues. I would also recommend that He take
his time and use each second wisely, remembering everything the four important parts of a
lesson, which are instant activity, introduction, core, and closure. During the lesson this week,
Mr. Flemings failed to provide a closure after teaching his lesson. A closure is a very important
aspect of the lesson. This informs the teacher is the students understood the objectives and what
was taught during the lesson.
Systematic Observation 2: Teacher Feedback
During the lesson this week, Mr. Flemings provided a substantial amount of feedback to
his students. The types of feedback that were used were general, motivational, corrective,
informative, and constructive feedback. He was able to fill about two sheets of written feedback
which explained why his students were so actively engaged. By Mr. Flemings providing
different types of feedback, it helped encourage the students to be better, if not advance from the
skills that some of the students already knew when it came to the Frisbee throw or flick.
However, I would like to make a few suggestions that would possibly help Mr. Flemings
in the near future. I recommend that he not turn his back on the class when providing feedback. I
know that teachers can sometimes get caught up in the moment of teaching and informing their
students, but teachers have to always be aware of what is going on around them. It is hard to do
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HESP159
March 4, 2015
Week 4 Reflection
that with their backs turned to the class. I also suggest that Mr. Flemings encourage students to
be competitive during his feedback. This will help those who are more advanced to become
better and more motivated during the activities.