Too often physical educators are left out of the mix for supporting literacy. Without sacrificing crucial activity time in class, physical education teachers can transfer their well-ingrained teaching skills into viable literacy-support lessons.
7. Athletic Coach: Varsity, JV, ModifiedPat Martin B.A. Ed., M.S. Ed., C.A.S. Ed. Admin. Resume excerpts 40+ years of experience Director Literacy and ELA Department Chair ELA, 7-8 House Administrator, 7-8 Reading/ELA Teacher, 7-8
8. Workshop Goals For participants to be able to: Comprehend and explain the five facets of literacy and how these facets are universal to learning. Actively engage in activities that demonstrate methods for supporting literacy through PE Leave the workshop committed to integrating two or more methods of supporting literacy into physical education curriculum/lessons. Comprehend and explain to others two or more ways that PE can support literacy. Express an interest in follow-up training in supporting literacy through PE
9. What Is Literacy? What is the Connection to PE? List, Group, Label Activity List: Record every word/term you associate with literacy on a post-it-note. Group: With a group of colleagues, categorize the words/terms each individual listed. Label: Name the categories to classify each group of words/terms. Be prepared to share your categories and rationale for classifying. Teaching Adolescents Who Struggle With Reading, Moore and Hinchman, 2006.
10. What Is Literacy? What is the Connection to PE? Share and Compare – similarities/differences Develop a shared definition of literacy in PE.
Barb: MariannBellai, Mary Anne Fritz, my website, Pat Martin Director ELA/Literacy…this workshop
Pat: Building admin. Starting to work on interdisciplinary units. District level: look for connections b/t disciplines; inclusive ;learning styles Barb: Interest in literacy; professional dev’t.; see connections; my PE teachers; learning styles tactile-kinesthetic learners
Review Goals; Communicated with district officials; saw this as a natural connection as to what the district is doing and where we perceive education will need to go due to global economy and job market.
Pat: Necessary for all types of learning; connection to learning styles
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Pat:Model it--use both literacy terms and refer to Bloom’s. As an education institution, we have mostly taught at the bottom 2-3 levels. Because of how the global economy is evolving, our students need to be able to think at the higher levels.
Barb: Model it: use both literacy terms and refer to Bloom’s