Climbing a Rope in Gym Class

When the students shimmy up to the top of the rope they fully understand what is being taught of them.

When students begin something new in school all they have is their prior knowledge to help them in understanding the new concept. If they don't have much background knowledge of the subject they are being taught, then they probably won't succeed much in the new concept at hand.

A rope climb in gym class is a lot like an educational lesson. You first access the situation at hand; how to begin the lesson and how to physically get yourself on the rope. Once you figure out how to begin the lesson you must do it at a manner in which all of your students will understand what you are trying to say. Once you get on the rope, you must figure out how to hold on long enough to reach the top or you'll fall down to the bottom and have to start over again. Once you're halfway through the lesson, you may loose students as they may not understand the concept quite so well and they might want to give up. When you're climbing the rope you may reach a height in which you think is good enough because you're scared to go up any further. You may decide to give up but you realize you need to keep going. Once the lesson is over, you're going to have many students who feel confident in themselves and the way they handled the lesson. When a child reaches the top of the rope, all of their fears are gone and they realize that they in fact can handle gym class.

I chose a rope because I was always afraid of rope climb in gym because my little hands were never sturdy enough to let me hold on all the way to the top. While learning you need to be able to handle information all the way until the end of the lesson or you truely won't get anything out of it.

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