Teaching Middle School Physical Education: A Standards-Based Approach for Grades 5-8 (Book) 2nd Edition
This popular book provides: expanded standards-based assessments for students at each grade level, self-assessments for evaluating your PE program, and all the tools and information you need to create and implement a comprehensive middle school PE program. Teaching Middle School Physical Education, Second Edition, provides practical information that's flexible enough to use in a variety of settings. Written by a veteran middle school physical educator, it's packed with exciting ideas, proven strategies, and complete standards-based units that cover all aspects of planning, implementing, and teaching middle school physical education: Selecting instructional units Integrating with other subject areas Developing unit and lesson plans Assessing and grading students Motivating students Demonstrating positive teaching behaviors Selecting teaching styles and strategies Choosing instructional materials Incorporating technology effectively The book examines recent reform efforts in the middle school, discusses the physical and psychological environments of a quality program, and encourages physical educators to become equal partners in their school's entire education program. The book also includes sample programs for fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades that demonstrate how all of the elements of a successful program fit together. This updated edition also includes: added units for grade 5, revised units for grades 6 through 8, updated lists of sources for supplies and materials, updated information about the uses of technology, and all-new illustrations for lessons and activities. Teaching Middle School Physical Education, Second Edition, features expanded standards-based assessments for each grade level and self-assessment tools for evaluating your own physical education program. Teaching Middle School Physical Education, Second Edition, helps teachers to integrate physical education into the complete school curriculum and promote overall health and fitness. It provides everything a middle school physical education teacher needs for planning and teaching yearlong physical education classes.