Group listings can be posted on the gym wall to make the process go even faster when the time comes for students to get into groups.Īllowing students to select their own groups usually enhances motivation because they can work with their friends. You can also arrange students to work with those outside their normal circle of friends. You can arrange groups prior to class based on squads, ability levels, knowledge of the activity, or friends. Using preassigned groups is a quick and effective method for determining practice groups or teams.

Following are other effective grouping options to consider. This strategy usually takes up too much time, some students may not honor their assigned number (change groups), a few students may jockey for a better position in line to make sure they end up with the same number as their friends, or students may forget their numbers, which is often the case with younger children. Although counting off by numbers does work, it is often not as effective as other methods.

Most likely, one of your answers to the previous question is to have students count off (e.g., 1 through 6) to determine their groups. How will you quickly organize the class into groups? After your instruction, you are ready to place students into groups for skill practice or game play. You shut off the music as your stop signal and quickly direct students to sit down in a semicircle in the center of the gym for instruction. Scenario: Students are scattered throughout the gym as you are ready to begin class. Effective strategies to group students in physical education classes This is an excerpt from Introduction to Teaching Physical Education With Online Student Resource by Jane Shimon.

Draw the squad middle finger dance pose