Larry Walton Westview Treadmill program 3rd Journal entry 1. Week 1-2/10-2/13 Week 2-2/17-2/20 2.

These two weeks with all my students I started off with a 5 minute warm up, which is just a walk and I slowly increase the speed until we get to 5 minutes. After the warm up we move on to either sliding or walking backwards or running depending on what the student needs and prefers to work on. Each of my students is at different coordination levels while on the treadmill. My first student is very proficient in all skills we perform. Student 2a is proficient in walking, sliding, and walking backwards at a slow pace. Student 2b is proficient in walking, sliding, and walking backwards at a slow pace as well. With students 2a and 2b after the warm up and walking running or sliding session I will focus on hand eye coordination activities with bigger objects. 3. I have observed many things happening within our treadmill program the past two weeks. If you didnt already know the treadmill program is located in a very central area where a lot of the students from the entire school come to have breakfast every morning. There are teachers and students everywhere and they are making lots of noise as well. So one of the key things I observed is how important it is to get your students focus on what they are doing and once they are completely focused in on the task at hand they seem to zone out all the other activities going on around them. 4. Student one and I performed a variety of different skills. We played catch while walking backwards with many different objects including medicine ball (5-6 pounds), small bouncy ball, a medium sized heavier ball, and a football. He also worked on the ball on a string activity and we volleyed with a Styrofoam paddle and shuttle cock. His record was 18 with the ball on a rope activity. Student 2a and 2b are very similar in skill level so we perform almost the same

Larry Walton Westview Treadmill program 3rd Journal entry activities. We start with a warm up and then move to sliding and walking backwards and then for the last 5-8 minutes we will work on hand eye coordination activities and these would vary from day to day. I usually stick to bigger objects and move to smaller objects depending how the student is performing that day. 5. I learned over the past two weeks that as a teacher you cant be hard on your students every single day and yell at them. You need to be understanding of what students are going through at home and every day could be a hard day for that student so be understanding and be patient with your students especially students with adapted services. 6. I learned that while teaching as well as anything in life it is the best tool to be PREPARED for everything. Be prepared and be able to be flexible within your plan of action. Have set activities that you want to accomplish with your students and if you can set milestones or goals and objectives for your students who need that extra motivation to do well as well as all the other students in the classroom if possible.