October - Fair Play

Wow, it is the end of October already!  My class has had a lot of fun working through Jesse Cockney's challenge of learning more about fair play and to practice it throughout the month.  We had many classroom discussions about just what fair play is, and how we wanted to teach the younger students in our school how to utilize fair play in their lives.

We started out by watching many videos about examples of fair play in the Olympic games and also by looking for examples in newspapers and on the news.  Next, my students used the site, ToonyTool  to create their own comics that explained what Fair Play means to them.  Our class then shared their cartoons with the Grade One and the Grade Two Classes as a means of beginning a discussion of Fair Play with those children.  My students thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to teach younger students how to play fairly.  Finally, some of my students taught a game to the Grade One class that encouraged fair play amongst the younger children.

We are looking forward to next month's challenge!

Here is a link to the Google Slide show that documents our Fair Play Month.