Blog 3

 

So, how do we help students become physically literate?

For most educators, we use a thing called standards for grading. Standards are objectives and each grade level has its own standards that get difficult over time. Standards are things you do like throwing, catching, stretching, and all sorts of things, anything you do during an activity has a standard.  Standards are graded on a scale of 1-4. 

4 being proficient and 1 being underdeveloped. We grade students on their ability to do something. Not what we think they should do. 

So, an example of a standard would be "The Student Will Be Able To (TSWBAT) make a throw to a moving partner," and then from there, we decide what a proficient grade would look like.

 So we'll say that to get a 4, the student must make a throw to their partner while using proper form (non-dominant leg forward, form an L with your arm, and then high five. We call those cues.) while their partner runs in a zig-zag pattern. And they must complete the throw 5 out of 5 times.

And then to get a 3, maybe the student forgets to use one of the three cues and misses one throw. 

And for a 2, maybe the student only makes 3 throws and only uses one of the cues.

And then for a 1, the student makes less than half of the throws and maybe uses one cue or none of them.

The fact is you decide what a 4, 3, 2, and a 1 looks like and the important part is to give them multiple attempts. Maybe let them have a practice attempt first. You want them to feel comfortable when they do it.