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“If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl. But by all means keep moving.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. CHAPTER 3 Teaching Motor Skills To Children The Developmental Perspective “Skill Themes & Movement Concepts”
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Lesson Plan Format Groups
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Constructing Commonalities Select any sport Identify the basic skills –Locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative Identify the carry over skills to one other game Themes apply to different sports, although their use differs in context and emphasis
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Skill Themes Fundamental movements that are later modified to more specialized patterns Involves the development of activities of increasing complexity Involve locomotor, nonlocomotor and manipulative skills
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Characteristics of Skill Themes Competence in performance is a major purpose versus an emphasis on game play Designed to provide experiences appropriate to a child’s developmental level as opposed to age or grade level Scope and sequence of skill themes are designed to reflect the needs of students over a period of years frequent revisiting of themes
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Movement Concepts Used to “modify” skill themes Skill themes are always verbs –things you can DO Movement concepts are always modifiers –descriptions of how (e.g., slowly, at a low level) Children need to learn and understand the movement concept vocabulary –e.g. light force
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See text p. 54-55, Tables 3.3 & 3.4
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Skill Themes/Movement Concepts The Wheel –Skill Themes = Verbs –Movement Concepts = Modifiers ?How does Table 3.3.-3.4 compare to wheel? (Ch. 3, p.54-55) Ing-ly Game
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To Do List… In Teaching Groups –Assign LP books to groups –Review LP Format / LP Books –Teaching Schedule –Look at Equipt (needed for Tuesday) –Discuss lessons found (appropriateness, devl level, etc) –Work on fitting lesson into format We will teach these lessons next Thursday (6-7 students, 10 mins.) –ADC Questions for observation visit
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Peer Teaching Schedule 10:00 – Meet Room 2040 10:15-10:30 Group 1 10:30-10:45 Group 2 10:45-11:00 Group 3 11:00-11:15 Group 4 11:15-11:30 Group 5 11:30-11:45 Group 6 11:45-12:00 Group 7 12:00-12:30 Debriefing & Announcements *Plan 10 minute lessons
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Next Week Tuesday – Peer Teaching (Lesson #1 or #2) Thursday – Mid-Semester Exam
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