4. Learning Environment

This artifact focused on students locomotor skills and understanding spatial awareness in this activity. The students participated in a simulated driving exercise. Different movements such as running, skipping, hopping all represented a driving action.

This artifact promotes a safe environment as students have to focus on not bumping into other classmates. They must know where there body is in space in relation to other classmates. The performance indicator 4I from the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards (2013) states, "The competent teacher creates a safe and environment that maximizes student learning."

There are a couple of factors that go into this lesson; students need to understand spatial awareness and to make sure they are not bumping into each other. This lesson worked well with k-2 so students that are this young need to understand how to create a safe environment with others.

This lesson plan that I created during student teaching was to focus on students rolling form, but also to be able to work cooperatively together. Students worked together in two separate teams either the blitzers or protectors.

The performance indicator 4C from the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards (2013) states,"The competent teacher understands how to help students work cooperatively and productively." The purpose of this lesson was to split the students into teams during activity and be able to work together while creating a positive classroom environment.

What I learned from this artifact is the importance of students working together to reach a common. As students get older, they need to be accustomed in working together in team sports and team building activties.