Think-Pair-Share Activity

In the Physical Education setting, it is important for students to engage in higher level thinking. Being physically engaged is an important component in PE. However, students must also be challenged to think critically. For example, in PE for students in middle school, the teacher can incorporate a think-pair-share activity where students work in groups of two. Students are given images of individuals performing different exercises. The objective is, for the students to share what they know about exercise. Is the exercise cardiovascular? Does it focus in strength? Flexibility? The students try to associate the image with the actual concept of the exercise. This activity, will allow the teacher to take the class in the right direction. The teacher will know how much the students know and where to begin in the field. The next step, based on how the class responds, will be to have the students engage in another think-pair-share activityy, where students can evaluate and predicts the level of difficulty of specific exercises. The next progression, will be to participate in the lesson, experience and rate how close, how far the student was from their evaluations. Accountability is very important. The teacher can begin by setting a certain number of exercises, such as 5 or ten, to evaluate them based of what they know, and students are then required to perform those exercises in the PE setting. Another way to hold students accountable is to first teach correct form, and to perform those exercises with such correct form. Students can begin in stations, and rotate at specific times. The teacher leads the rotations and the organization of the lesson.  In retrospect part A deals with the students associating the pictures to content. Part B deals with the students performing those exercises in a station like, lesson.