From Balls and Scoops to Hula Hoops

This book was created for the primary (K-3) physical education teacher. It presents a skills-based approach for teaching physical education using a variety of equipment and teaching strategies. The book provides all the necessary information to plan organize and implement a skills-based program. It includes a developmental assessment system and adaptations for children with special needs. The units games assessment rubrics and adaptations contained in this book have been developed and field-tested over the past eighteen years in an elementary physical education program.</p>Key features of the book include:<br><UL>§ Set of systematic instructional units organized around different types of equipment that address the development of foundational physical skills though individual partner and group activities<br>§ Use of inexpensive easily obtained equipment<br>§ Identification of motor concept development and social competence/academic support goals for each unit<br>§ Simple adaptations to maximize participation of all children for each unit<br>§ Set of non-competitive complementary games that can be used to reinforce and extend the skills from the units and provide an opportunity for authentic assessment<br>§ Developmental qualitative assessment rubrics to monitor skills acquisition and progress<br>§ Format that facilitates teacher lesson planning<br>§ Sample lesson plan and assessment grid</ul>