G.O.+Journal+4

Monday 11/14/2011 Journal 4

Today I co-taught with Ms. Hinz in her 9th grade P.E. class that is currently in their CPR unit. Ms. Hinz gave me a packet with the things that she needed her students to know and hopefully practice by the end of the day. I made a lesson plan on the steps or skills used to assist a conscious choking adult and child, as well as a conscious to unconscious choking pediatric (infant). Ms. Hinz lead the first demonstration of the adult and then I followed up with the child demonstration while Ms. Hinz commented to the students what I was doing and why I was doing it.

Students were involved in the demonstrations by frequently being asked what comes next as they follow along in their packets and Ms. Hinz or I would demonstrate.This technique allowed for students to get clarification on certain steps and also helped myself and Ms. Hinz know that they were at least following along in the packets. Another strategy used to keep the students interested and to relate to their personal lives was telling them that more then 90% of the time someone that may need CPR is going to be a family member or close friend and they will want to be able to help if something were to happen to them. This also opened up an opportunity for one of the students to share a personal story further relating the importance with the students.

For this particular class formative assessment is used as they practice in their pairs. There were 4 teachers going around to each group and asking them to show the steps in preparation for their summative testing the next few days. In order for the students to pass each section they would have to pass a skills test showing they know the necessary skills to perform on the victims.

Since the CPR room is rather small it is much easier to manage the classroom in comparison to the gym. Each student has a partner that they share a mat with and are responsible for the manikin and the clean up of their station. They were warned at the beginning of the unit that if they break any manikin because of unnecessary abuse they will have to pay for it and they are expensive. We only had one or two students that needed to be reminded of the policy.

Overall the students were very well behaved and were actually fairly excited to practice the skills with their partners.