Journal 4: Planning: Promoting social and emotional learning

*Always share your best lessonplan and instructional materials when you submit your journal 

GoReact: 

• Optional* Please communicate with your supervisor to see if you should submit a video

 Watermark Weekly Journal:

Using the Weekly Journal Template, that is linked below, copy the Thinking, Daily, and Weekly Writing Prompts as given here in the template to complete your weekly journal.

When your journal is completed you should upload and submit to your supervisor in the Watermark Student Teaching Program Submission Work system on that end of week Saturday as required. 

• Thinking Prompt: According to the updated NYS standards for physical education “the Social Emotional benchmarks, along with the New York State Mental Health Education initiative, are nested into Standards 4-6. Within these Standards, multiple opportunities can be built into a curriculum that fosters physical and mental health. The Standards and outcomes integrate these critical dimensions and provide physical educators with the support needed to assist each student on his/her path to overall wellness” (pg.7, NYS Standards, 2020). Explore the SEL focused article to learn more about this topic and the updated NYS standards 4-6. This week, consider the impact of physical education on the social and emotional development of students. Choose two focus students who have different needs that you will observe more closely this week. *if you only see students once a week, pick a particular student each day.
  
  
• Required Weekly Reading Article: Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in Physical Education (See PDF Below) and The New York State Physical Education Learning Standards 2020 (See Link Below)
  
  
• Daily Prompt: Each day, write down what you have done and learned from your experience. This week in particular identify and describe two focus students and share your observations of their social and emotional development over the course of this week.
• Reflection on Feedback: Each time you add a new reflection, your supervisor wants to see you use their feedback and reflect more deeply. Look back on lasts week's reflection and see how this week you can enhance your reflection.

• Weekly Writing Prompt: Explain the importance of embedding and addressing social and emotional learning in physical education. Describe three specific instances with examples from this week where you believed you impacted the social and emotional well being of your students in a positive manner. How will you use this experience to inform the remainder of your student teaching experience?

• Best Lesson Plan of the week: Upload your best lesson plan (with instructional materials/assessments) of the week for evaluation