Fair Play with Room 27!

Discussing Fair Play During Our Morning Meetings: 

Watching Lex Gillette's new videos and discussing our monthly Classroom Champions topic has become a favorite way for students to start the day.  They really enjoyed the variety examples of videos we viewed that demonstrated athletes having good sportsmanship and "playing fairly."

Appreciating Fair Play:

Every Friday classmates participate in an appreciation circle, bringing our week to a close with a reflection and appreciation for others who have made their school-week better in some way.  This month students were encouraged to reflect on how others' fair play effected them.  Students had great appreciations to share - especially about how they were including each other in games on the playground!

Playworks: 

This is the first month my students were able to participate in Playworks Class Game Time.  Students quickly made the connections between the fair play discussions we've been having in class and the skills that are re-enforced by Coach Jake.

Meeting Lex Gillette: 

The absolute highlight of this month was meeting Lex Gillette and Steve Mesler!  They answered questions and prompted us to re-visit our goal setting from September, as well as to think about how we can demonstrate fair play at school.  Meeting these two Olympians was an amazing experience the students are still talking about.

Our Skit:

Our project this month was to have students work in groups to develop a skit that demonstrated fair play.  After scripts were done, one was chosen to record out on the playground.  Here is the first (and unedited) version!