Teamwork

This past week we have been working on our team building skills. The students have become very upset and frustrated at times with how hard the activity is, but by the end of the week they were starting to work as a team. I'm hoping that through this week the students feel tighter as a group and we will be able to discuss and do things more serious next semester. 

Human Knot

Human Knot

I believe these two lost a bet

Roller Coaster, with Mr. Barry's assistance

Roller Coaster

Elf Yourself

Ms. Engstrom sent me this site where you could put your face, or someone else's face, in the body of an elf and watch them dance. I thought this was highly comical, so I decided to try it out with a few of my students. Let's just say we had quite a few laughs Thursday in class! Here are the links. Try it out yourself!

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/0zCwbUkbZ9sKs02BVasV

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/3XYJSx85tg02a1IVDkCG

Winter Formal

Last Saturday the 7th and 8th graders had their Winter Formal. It was an amazing night and the kids looked so great dressed up. Here are a few pictures of the wonderful evening:

Reading Project and Randomness

So...one day while working on a hero project in reading, a group of boys needed to record a song onto their iMovie. This required the class to be silent so it could record uninterrupted. However, Austin decided to perform a lyrical dance for us, causing the class to die laughing. Here's his performance:

Minute to Win It

For the past couple of weeks the students have been participating in Minute to Win It Games in ROCK. Some of these were very interesting and funny to witness. Here are a few photos:

 Get the cookie from your forehead to your mouth without using your hands.

 Keep a feather in the air for one minute. You can only blow on it.

 Assemble a puzzle in one minute.

Get six noodles onto a spaghetti noodle in your mouth without using your hands.

Stack 3 golf balls, one atop the other.

Halloween

Halloween is always a fun time around the middle school. I have to say, there have been several interesting costumes! Even though the dance is tonight and I know more costumes will come out, here are a few that were worn during the day:

Demonstration Speeches

This past week the students have been presenting their demonstration speeches. Let's just say that we have been fed well! They have done a great job with these. It's awesome to see how much fun they are having with it and their speaking abilities are getting better. Here are a few pictures from the week:

Regan showed us how to make an origami pinwheel.

Maggie showed us how to decorate cookies. Gabby is showing off her final product.

Chance drove his tractor to school and showed us how to bail hay.

Abby showed us how to make a tie blanket.

Mickelle showed us how to use apples, peanut butter, and marshmallows to make a face with teeth.

Cookie Worms

For the next few weeks we will be working on demonstration speeches. To model one, I did a demonstration speech on how to make a cookie worm. The kids had a great time and a delicious treat. Hopefully they learned something in the process!

It may have gotten a little messy!

Pink Out

Tonight at the home football game the players are wearing pink tape in support of the Coaches Vs. Cancer campaign. The community was asked to wear pink as well and I feel that the 8th graders did a great job! 

First Period

Second Period

Fourth Period

Homecoming: Western Wednesday

We had another great day of outfits! Here's what some of the students chose to wear for Western Wednesday:

Homecoming: Totally 80's

We had some super 80's outfits today! Check them out:

Comic Strips

The students have been working on writing a creative story. One of the requirements for the story is to add dialogue. In order to show how to write dialogue correctly, we created comic strips. Wherever a new bubble is, that would be a new paragraph in the story. The kids had a great time being creative and using the mimio board to draw their artwork!

First Period: "Cereal" Killer

2nd Period: How the artisan chip was made

4th Period: The Golden Egg

Homecoming: Pajama Day

 Here are some lovely pajamas worn by 8th graders today. Enjoy!