Participation:
From September to now I think this is
one of the main points I have improved on. I bring my gym strip to class every
day and a proper change of clothes. I’m pretty good when it comes to having my
PE strip and I never really needed to be reminded. When it comes to being in
class on time I am also pretty good at that, I’m rarely late to PE, because I
have no reason to be I have it right after lunch. Attendance wise I am always
present (unless I am sick or something of course) and I have never skipped PE
without a proper excuse. Yes, I’ve always been good at bringing a change of
clothes and being on time, but my intensity of participation has really grown
since September. For the first 2 months or so of the school year, I will admit
I did not put my all into a lot of activities and that shows in this blog. I
think since then I really have changed in this category and do participate as
much as I can with most of the activities we do. I’ve learned to have fun with
physical education and even if my skill level is not great, to still try my
best. Of course on some days are not perfect, but when I do have bad days where
I don’t feel like participating I learned that no one can really force me to do
the activities, but I do them because I know it is good for me and that I am
the only one who can really make PE class fun if I set my mind to it. I am
never really reminded to work hard, because I believe I do on most days,
especially now. On choice days my motivation to choose a certain game is the
people. I surround myself with positive people especially on certain choice
days I may not like. My recent post about “Formation X” is a good example,
because I got a lot out of that game from getting a physical work out to also
having a lot of fun with other people and my participation and activity level
were really high that day, because I really did feel like I helped my team. Overall I would give myself a 5/5, just because I feel like I have
accomplished my goal of participating and being more positive.
(Still miss these old shorts ha)
Socials
Responsibility and Contribution to the Class:
Again, from September I have blossomed from being an awkward girl who talked to
3 people in the class, to now being friends with a lot of people in our class.
With that, that has really affected my presence in PE for many reasons. For
one, I am usually very positive in PE, and I do encourage others as well as
they encourage me. I have definitely improved with working with other people
that I typically do not talk to. A good example is my blog post about “Lacrosse”,
most of us were not too good, but I tried to motivate people on my team, even
if we were losing and eventually the game became fun, because of the positive
energy. I usually also help out with cleaning up little things like cones or
balls after capture the flag and I try not to leave before the equipment is put
away. With my fitness levels I am actually very honest, as you can see my
scores are not typically high, but I don’t mind, because I have room to
improve. I don’t like cheating with games, and to be honest I’d rather lose,
because cheating and winning isn’t a real win. The one thing that I would say I
could have done better in this year is leadership. I am usually better at
following instructions, to make it easy for whoever is in charge. The buddy
program taught me a lot about leading and I think I could still improve in that
category, by being better with explaining things, taking initiative and making
class even more fun for other people in other classes. The one thing I was
really proud of was getting to play pickle ball with people from bases back in
January. I took the chance, out of my comfort zone and decided to interact with
new people.
Overall I think I’d give myself a 4/5, as I need to work on making
things fun with people outside our class.
Healthy Living:
My goal up until now has been losing weight, from the beginning
of the year. Over the years I have always tried to accomplish this goal, however
I was never consistent with it. This year, my blog is proof of my consistency
with healthy living. In a way I have a lot to improve upon this category as
well, I definitely need to record my diet on here, and with my recent post
about the app “fitbit” I can start doing that on an app. In my blog as you have
read before I have been posting a lot about playing tennis, going for runs, and
using my penny board. My running skills have really improved since September as
I try to go on at least one run in a week. My goal for the summer is going on a
run every other day. My goal of losing weight has been difficult, but I have at
a slow and steady pace. My beep test scores keeping getting higher and
hopefully by the final beep test I am at least a 6.0. My scores are actually
pretty low compared to others, as I do not have the skill of speed like most
people do. The beep test is definitely difficult for me, but I still like
seeing how my scores go up throughout the year. Throughout the year I have
grown to not hate running, in fact I actually like it, and running is a really
good way to lose extra weight on your body, as well as you can pace yourself
and I have learned to control my speed to go a longer distance. The blog post
about the pond run, back in around December is a good example of that. My
dietary choices have been harder to maintain, especially in February after my
little operation of my wisdom teeth as I was living off ice cream for the past
week. I have gotten better since then and my diet is also getting better, as I
have been eating more fruits and veggies. I usually forget that my eating
habits are also a huge part of healthy living, so I really could have added
more dietary posts. This blog has actually been helping me and motivating me in
life outside of PE class, because I like going out and being fit due to the
fact that I get to blog about it.
Overall
I give myself a 4/5, as even though
I have shown my fitness activities outside of school I really need to work on actually
blogging about my dietary choices and my skill level improvements.
Digital Portfolio
and Reflective Skills:
To be honest, my blog turned out a lot better than I thought, in October
I didn’t fully understand the point of doing these blogs and I thought they
were just annoying and a waste of time. My first post on October 2 was a few
sentences long and I also only used to only post on fitness days, because I
thought those were the only useful days of PE. I think after the Mid Term post
is when I started to realize how this blog motivated me to be positive and work
hard in PE. If you look back at my posts after the Mid Term, they don’t seem as
forced and I start to post things outside of PE class, like how I run and play
tennis and how I couldn’t do anything for a week due to my wisdom teeth. My posts have become longer as well. Also I
reflect a lot about how I feel mentally and physically in my posts and posts
get more positive. My picture evidence also increased, and it’s pretty cool how
much I have grown throughout the year.
In total I have 48 posts including this final. The dates of my blog posts
also aren’t like a week a part anymore, and my blogging has become very
consistent. I feel like I have reflected on my future goals as someone even commented
on my “fitness after 828282 years” blog post saying that I have. One of the
things I learned about as I researched my goal of losing weight is to track
down what you do and eat during the week and with that my sister helped me find
the app “FitBit” which I have blogged about recently. I do have some pictures of
myself in the weight room (me and Peyton on bikes working on our goal). I really
need to work on dietary posts for next year, and I have many posts about
fitness and games we played in class. Not only do I have in class blog posts, but
I also have posts of me working out on my own or going out and being active
with my family. Overall I think I have
met the expectations of this digital portfolio and I’d give myself a 5/5, because I am really surprised and
proud of how this blog turned out
The letter grade I think I deserve is an A, because of the amount of growth I have experienced with my physical skills and mental skills. I also believe I worked hard on this blog and have worked hard throughout the school year in P.E. 9.
