1/1/2019
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
David Allen
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I am a proud Elementary PE teacher in Palm Beach County. One particular student that I teach has a visual impairment (low vision). Her disability affects her learning when we are outdoors in varied settings.The nature of PE of course requires following directions , mechanical movements, and often times, eye-hand coordination in many instances. Recently, my student's class was involved with striking an object with a dominant hand (volleyball). My fifth-grader was impacted by the challenge of using an underhand striking motion to contact and serve the ball. I gave her the opportunity to use a " beach ball - sized object" to practice striking repetitively to her designated partner.
Additionally, while the majority of the students were outside of the PE pavilion in the direct sunlight practicing strikes, I also strategically modified her positioning under the pavilion away from the direct sunlight, along with another 6 pairs of students. It is mandatory to keep her indirectly shielded from the sun because it impacts her disability. The class was arranged in two settings to accommodate everyone's needs as well. |
1/2/2019
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
David Allen
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I have a student that is Hearing Impaired, in Grade 2. Recently we discussed the use of locomotor movements in the outside setting - specifically jumping, hopping, and leaping. I decided upon a "leap of faith" lol to show this second grader a stellar visual example of the 3 locomotor movements in an appropriate YouTube video from an African Reserve- gazelles and cheetahs. He used earphones on my PE office computer to enhance the visual effects, and understand the fundamental movements with real world animals. |
1/2/2019
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
David Allen
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I had a new student arrive at our school in December, and he is a 3rd grader with severe ADHD. I was directed to monitor his overall behaviors and give feedback after a Fine Arts rotation in PE. We performed a unit with right hand dominant dribbling at Grade 3. I did a teacher observation watching how he handled the task ( based on the standard) and how well he interacted with peers. Overall, I was pleased with his responsiveness to the outdoor environment for PE. At the end of PE class, we did an exit ticket, using "Think, Tac, Toe", where partners had to challenge one another to write dualing responses to a basketball dribbling question - on the white boards. The friendly nature of the assessment and being able to follow directions led to this child being successful and having fun. |