Block Plans

         Along with writing lesson plans, a teacher can do other things to organize their classes; one thing is to create block plans.  With block plans they can just plan a whole week day by day on a chart instead of looking at the lesson plan.  The block plan is a lot easier to read and to go off, at least to me it is.  It has each day of the week and then under each day it has the whole day planned out.  These two block plans are two block plans that I wrote in the same groups as with the scope and sequences. 

The first one is for the badminton unit for a fourth grade class.

 

Week	Day One	Day Two	Day Three	Day Four
1	Instant Activity: Freeze Tag	Instant Activity: Grabbing a partner and serving to each other	Instant Activity:  Grabbing a partner and serving and receiving.	Instant Activity: Grabbing a partner and playing a little game, while using all the skills learned.
	Intro: Give idea of what is going on for the day. And talk about how to hold racket.	Intro:  Review of previous day and what will be occurring for the day	Intro: Review of previous day and what will be occurring for the day	Intro:  Review of previous day and what will be occurring for the day
	Safety: Be aware of the people around you.  Be sure to look before you swing your racket. Do not use the rackets to hit people with.	Safety:  Be aware of the people around you.  Be sure to look before you swing your racket. Do not use the rackets to hit people with.	Safety: Be aware of the people around you.  Be sure to look before you swing your racket. Do not use the rackets to hit people with.	Safety: Be aware of the people around you.  Be sure to look before you swing your racket. Do not use the rackets to hit people with.
	New Skill: Forehand short serve	New Skill: Receiving the birdie and how to hit it back.	New Skill: A smash	New Skill: A overhead clears
	Guided Instruction: Using a balloon to begin with.	Guided Instruction: Be sure to keep racket high.	Guided Instruction: Use balloon again.	Guided Instruction: Using the balloons again
	Group Closure: Go over how to hold racket, go over the cues, and ask questions.	Group Closure:  Skill evaluations, go over the cues, and ask questions.	Group Closure:  Skill evaluations, go over the cues, and ask questions.	Group Closure: Skill evaluations, go over the cues, and ask questions.

The Second one is for my Yoga unit that is for a middle school level. This is also a different way to format the block plan.

Day 1 Into – give safety statement, talk about the poses Warm up – yoga tag Lesson focus – 5 basic poses Fitness component – flexibility, muscular endurance Physical activity –yoga tag, poses, step count Assessment – quiz, self assessment Closure – review	Day 2 Intro – review of previous day and talk about what will be occurring today Warm up – fitness bingo Lesson focus – 5 new basic poses, breathing Fitness component – flexibility, muscular endurance Physical activity – bingo, poses, step count Assessment – self assessment Closure – review
Day 3 Intro – review of previous day and talk about what will be occurring today Warm up – fitness tag Lesson focus – review 10 basic poses, breathing Fitness component – flexibility, muscular endurance Physical activity – tag, poses, step count Assessment – self assessment Closure – review, reminder of test next class	Day 4 Intro – review of previous day and talk about what will be occurring today Warm up – line tag Lesson focus – review poses, test Fitness component – flexibility, muscular endurance Physical activity – tag, poses, step count Assessment – teacher assessment & testing of 10 poses Closure – we will start some more difficult poses next class
Day 5 Intro – review of previous day and talk about what will be occurring today Warm up – buffalo bill tag Lesson focus – 5 more complex poses, breathing Fitness component – flexibility, muscular endurance Physical activity – tag, poses, step count Assessment – self assessment Closure - review	Day 6 Intro – review of previous day and talk about what will be occurring today Warm up – fitness bingo Lesson focus – 5 new complex poses, breathing Fitness component – flexibility, muscular endurance Physical activity – bingo, poses, step count Assessment – self assessment, peer assessment Closure - review
Day 7 Intro – review of previous day and talk about what will be occurring today Warm up – squad square fitness Lesson focus – review 10 more complex poses Fitness component – flexibility, muscular endurance, cardio fitness Physical activity – squad square fitness, poses, step count Assessment – self assessment Closure - review	Day 8 Intro – review of previous day and talk about what will be occurring today Warm up – fitness tag Lesson focus – review poses, test Fitness component – flexibility, muscular endurance Physical activity – tag, poses, step count Assessment – teacher assessment & testing of 10 poses Closure - review

            With practicing writing block plans I feel that I will be better prepared with organizing my classes.  And with organization I will be able to create a better learning environment for my students.  With the learning environment, the students will be able to have a better learning experience and then they will be able to learn more compared to if they were in a horrible learning environment where the teacher does not help students with learning.  If the students are able to learn in a place where they can feel safe and have fun then they will have a better experience.  One thing that I have been hearing from student teachers who in their experience now is to be organized, and by practicing writing block plans, scope and sequences, and lesson plans then I will be better off during my own experience and even in my teaching in the future.