| For thirty seven years I have3 seen students | | | | tell the audience what skills they would be |
| perform in musical programs and plays. I | | | | observing. Only about eight to ten speakers |
| have written most of the ones that my | | | | were needed. |
| students participated in. They are always | | | | |
| fun because students like to show off. | | | | The skills they showcased were the skills the |
| | | | teacher had taught them all through the year. |
| After retiring I had a Physical Education | | | | She did not make them learn anything new, |
| teacher come to me and ask if I could write a | | | | just for the program, because that would have |
| program to showcase the skills she teaches in | | | | defeated the purpose of the program. |
| Physical Education classes. What an | | | | |
| interesting idea. | | | | Some skills every students displayed. Other |
| | | | skills were only displayed by a few students, |
| Most school programs and plays are put on on | | | | but several skills were being displayed at |
| the stage so that the audience can see the | | | | the same time. |
| students. How do you show off basketball | | | | |
| skills and track skills on a stage. We | | | | There was only one part of the program where |
| solved the problem by putting the audience on | | | | the students sat and watched their peers. |
| the stage and if room around the outside of | | | | That was the part where individual students |
| the gym. The gym floor then became the stage | | | | brought and displayed individual physical |
| where the students performed they skllls they | | | | activities that they were good at doing. |
| had learned during the year. | | | | Examples would be like gymnastics, skate |
| | | | boards, a short two minute basketball or |
| Decorations for the programs was the | | | | soccer game, dancing, baton twirling, |
| equipment that was to be used by the | | | | wrestling, etc. |
| students. Scattered around the outside of | | | | |
| the gym so that the students could access | | | | It was well received by the parents and the |
| them when needed. | | | | kids had fun because it wasn't sit down and |
| | | | be quiet program, but full of running and |
| Speaking parts were minimal and used just to | | | | playing. |