Wednesday, February 8, 2012

ROCK Boot Camp

This week my ROCK group decided to have a "boot camp" week. We started out the week with each student being a drill sergeant for one minute. Today, we participated in a pilates video. It was funny watching the kids and seeing how tired they were by the end. It sounded like they had fun while doing it because they asked to do more tomorrow!


Maggie was really getting into it!

Gabrielle giving it her all.

My 7th grade girls were rockin' it!

The boys, however, weren't as enthusiastic. They were there for moral support!

Monday, February 6, 2012

Vocabulary Review

In preparation for our upcoming vocabulary test, we had a scavenger hunt to review the words. It was fun watching the kids run around trying to find the words and definitions.






Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Dodgeball!

Saturday night was our annual Dodgeball Tournament. We had a great turnout and I think the kids had a lot of fun! 








Our Champions!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

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

Friday, December 16, 2011

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!


Monday, December 12, 2011

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:







Friday, December 9, 2011

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: