From this week's reading and PowerPoint I have learned that there is literacy that relates to all disciplines.  I have learned also that writing is a process not a product and that writing is not a punishment and that educators need to establish a climate that fosters writing.

My discipline is health and physical education.  I learned this week that general literacy is the ability to make meaning through reading, writing, and reasoning; but content literacy in physical education means that students can take general literacy to acquire knowledge in a specific movement, sport, or fitness content.  As a teacher I can have the students write about specific rules from a sport which can help them to review rules, see how rules look in writing, and engage in critical thinking.  Also I can have bulletin boards in the locker rooms that have articles about sports or the benefits of exercise that might entice the students to find out more information about a health topic.

Also has a health teacher I liked the idea in the PowerPoint that said to pretend that you are a pair of lungs and write a letter of complaint to cigarettes in which they can describe the effects of smoking. I can also help my students to understand how to read food labels and help them understand choosemyplate.gov.




Here is a link for health and physical literacy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_okRtLv-7Sk