Rules & Etiquette (K1)
KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVE ACTIVITYBefore entering the water, introduce yourself and meet your students. Use this time to set the expectations for how you expect students to behave and respond in your class. This is the first learning activity so be prepared to put a little extra effort coaxing shy students to open up and provide answers.
Discuss pool rules and ask students to help brainstorm rules they think they should follow at the pool. Include yourself in the discussion, so that you can prompt students or provide rules that students do not think of on their own. Remember that the rules you discuss will effectively become the rules in your class for the remaining lessons, so make sure to cover what you want your students to follow. After the group has come up with your list of rules, talk about why, as a class, you should all follow these rules.
During the discussions, make sure every student has a chance to respond and give their input on class rules. If you reach the end of the discussion and some students have not provided adequate answers, finish by asking for a review of the rules and ask each student to re-list one. Start with the student(s) who did not provide a good answer on their own, so that they can choose from all of the answers that were just discussed moments ago by the group.
Assessment
The following prompt must be used when assessing students on the Knowledge Objective.
A score of either plus (+) or minus (-) is recorded based on the instructor's judgement of if the student's response was equivalent in meaning and level of detail to the example responses.
Knowledge Objective Prompt:
What is a rule while you are at the pool and why is it important?
Example Student Responses:
Rules:
No jumping or diving
No running
No horseplay
Shower before getting in
Obey lifeguard
Listen with ears above water when instructor is speaking
Keep one hand on the wall
Keep hands to yourself
No splashing
Encourage classmates, no negative comments
Why are they important:
No running, because the pool deck is wet and it is easy to slip and get scratched up or bang your head.
No horseplay. Pushing, shoving, and splashing can hurt the other person, especially if you fall or jump away to dodge and hit someone else.
No jumping or diving, because it's shallow and we might hit the bottom, or land on someone.
Shower before getting in. It's important to shower so we get the dirt off before getting in the water. Swimming in dirty water can make you sick.
Obey Lifeguard: The lifeguard's job is to keep everybody safe. When they ask you to do something, even if it's not a normal rule, it is because they see a danger and want to keep the group safe.