| Keeping your students motivate throughout the | | | | sportsmanship in the class. |
| entire school year is a difficult task for a physical | | | | 3. If your class behaves and participates well |
| education teacher. Providing some variety in the | | | | throughout a particular unit, at the end of that unit |
| lessons and giving students moments to look forward | | | | reward the class by letting them have one gym class |
| to will keep students eager to learn and stay | | | | in which as a class can play a game they have |
| motivated to participate. As classroom teaching and | | | | enjoyed from a previous unit. |
| physical education teaching methods can differ, | | | | 4. Research new and unique games which students |
| bringing back teaching methodologies that are known | | | | have never played, but you know they would really |
| to keep students interested and focused are being | | | | enjoy. Introduce this game when your students have |
| used more in within PE and coaching settings. Below | | | | behaved and deserve it. |
| are 7 ideas to provide variety to a physical education | | | | 5. Create a variety of different award certificates at |
| class and keep students coming to class happy and | | | | the beginning of the school year that exemplifies |
| optimistic about learning new skills and activities. | | | | model behavior. At the end of the school year give |
| 1. Give mini trophies at the end of the school year or | | | | each student that fit into one of those behaviors a |
| at the end of physical education units to the | | | | certificate. You can have certificates for participation, |
| students who have participated and preformed their | | | | skill, preparedness, leadership, sportsmanship, etc. |
| very best throughout the school year. | | | | 6. Reward students who follow the rules and |
| 2. Give stickers out at the end of the class to the | | | | consistently behave with bonus points to help |
| students who participated and demonstrated | | | | improve their grade. |