Fair Play Wrap Up

The Grade 5's have been working so hard this week to finish our fair play projects. We started this week by reviewing what fair is because we had a whole week out of the school and a whole week not speaking English! Then we created fair play "rules."

After we had some specific rules to work from we created story boards of people showing our fair play rules.

We then voted on our favourites. I gave each student a sticker for each "Rule" and they voted on which drawing best showed that rule. 

Next we split into groups and used our favourite story board pictures to create tableaus about fair play!

I then printed out the images on paper and we started creating posters to teach others about fair play.

And here is the finished product!

Thanks so much Jesse! We had a blast with Fair Play and a ready for community in T minus 2 days and counting!!

Grade 5 - Akulivik

Miss Hackett's Class Learns About Fair Play

October Fair Play
What an incredible month! Before we even had a chance to do the lesson for this month we had an amazing visit from our mentor Lex Gilette and Classroom Champions CEO Steve Mesler. They talked with the students about goal setting and fair play and answered their many questions. The students even got to accompany Lex through a relay around the library. This is an experience that the students will never forget. These are pictures of Lex with all of his menses and Steve sharing his gold medal with another one of Lex's menses. Classroom Champions also gave all 3 Classroom Champions teachers brand new laptops at the end of the visit.

The students were even more excited to dive into this month's theme after meeting Lex and Steve. Whenever I tell them that we are going to watch a video of Lex they all cheer! They are so excited to learn from him. We watched his video on fair play and discussed what fair play looks like at our school. Then, each of the students drew an example of themselves participating in fair play. Here are some examples of them showing off their work.

                   
The last thing we did was accept Lex's challenge to make a video of fair play. The students tossed around a few ideas until we settled on the plan to make a movie of two friends having a race, then one friend falls over. When the other person sees their friend has fallen down they stop to help them up and then finish the race holding hands. You will need to use your imagination to picture my classroom as a racetrack :)

Team 6/7 is Fair Play

Fair Play in Grade 6 & 7 

It is hard to believe that the month of October has come and gone. When I was a few days late giving our October lesson, I had kids waiting anxiously for Kieran's next video. It really goes to show the impact someone can have on their lives in such a short period of time. 

Students were eager to discuss Fair Play this month. They all seemed to think they had a good grasp on what that looked like both inside and outside of the classroom. We took the time to define what fair play is, and discuss how it is something that should be carried off the field, or hockey rink and into our daily lives. 

After watching some videos that exemplified Fair Play, we looked at the International Fair Play Charter. I initially had a lot of blanks stares and "huh's" happening so we decided to work in small groups to break down what each line meant. They did a great job! And what resulted was our
J.D. Hodgson Classroom Champions Charter of Fair Play! 

After developing an understanding of the Fair Play charter and the character traits it embodies, the students were asked to create an infographic using one of the character traits of Fair Play (respect, team spirit, friendship, integrity, equality and respect for the rules) so we could demonstrate for the rest of the school what Fair Play means. The products were phenomenal. 

When we got Kieran's challenge to document an act of Fair Play each day for the month of October, we decided we would put a twist on it. At J.D. H. we have been blessed with a new family's arrival. We have a family who was sponsored by a local group and has moved from Syria to Haliburton. 2 of the children have entered our grade 6 class to make us an even bigger family of 33. Our kids have been over the top amazing with them, teaching them new words, games, and welcoming them into our family. We knew that this was all an example of Fair Play and wanted to show the rest of our school community this. Our "switched up" challenge was to recognize the challenges our new students would face, and demonstrate Fair Play to make their transition easier. This may look like not getting frustrated or mad when they are tagged when playing a game and don't stop, or making sure they get to where they need to be on time. And while this wasn't directly Fair Play, it was embodying the aspect of Fair Play - respect, friendship, integrity, equality etc. And of course as the month came to a close we had the opportunity to experience something special with them. Their first Canadian Snow. And while both my classes dropped everything and rushed outside to play games in the snow with our new friends, I knew they got what Fair Play really is. 

Fair Play – October

This month went by so fast! We are not finished with fair play yet, because we only had two weeks. At our school the students spent the past week learning all about their Inuit culture out on the land and all over town. I cannot wait to have them back, hear what they did and continue our lesson on fair play.

 (I will add a “rap up” post after we finish!)

We started out the month talking about fair play in our morning meeting. We discussed what it was and how we could show it in our lives.

Then we watched Jesse’s video on fair play, and got a sneak peak at the ski room. We followed that up by watching a few videos of different ways athletes showed fair play on the field.

I talked about fair play vocabulary and we described what fair play looked and sounded like.

Then we made an anchor chart to help us remember.

 We talked about ways that we could show fair play, and we took the challenge to show fair play in gym class. After gym we wrote about ways that we showed fair play (not everyone is finished yet).

 Next up is some readers theatre that shows people

not playing fair. We will re-write them to show fair play and then read them out to the class.

Afterwards we will choose a short moment in our script that really shows fair play, and create a tableau of that moment which we will take a photo of to make posters teaching other students in our school how to play fair.

As you can see lots planned! We should finish in the first week of November so that we can move on to community. Stay posted for more (better) photos of our fair play!

Grade 5 – Tukisiniarvik School, Akulivik Quebec

Jumping Into Fair Play

I/we learned fairly quickly that fair play was going to be an important topic this month. Like any classroom we have arguing, nitpicking, and accusations of cheating on a frequent enough basis. Although we are not perfect, we have come a long way. My students are even talking about fair play with their friends from other classes at recess. Woohoo! We began the month by watching Lex's fair play video. After watching his video and discussing how fair play is all around us, we talked about the greatest areas for us to improve on fair play and how to use Habit #6 Synergy and #4 Think Win-Win from The Leader In Me. The playground, PE, and collaborative groups are our areas of improvement. We will continue to work on fair play for the entire school year.

Lex’s Challenge

Lex challenged us to write and record skits using fair play. I allowed my students to create their own groups, decide on their own ideas, and write their own scripts. Their performances are 100% student created. I can only take credit for filming them. They selected the areas that they were passionate about sharing. Here are their skits written and performed for Lex.

Fair Play on the Playground

Fair Play Around School

Fair Play Stories

I am working on improving the writing of my students. I took advantage of fair play month and Lex’s challenge. I added to his challenge by having my students write their own fair play story. Once again I gave them free range on the topic in hopes of sparking some creativity. I asked them to write a fictional or true story about fair play. Here are their stories.

Fair Play Novels

It is amazing how fair play shows up when you least expect it in assignments. I did not intentionally select novels to focus on fair play, but it just so happened that a common theme among this month’s novels was fair play. My students were the first to notice this theme. We read Crash and Maniac Magee (both by Jerry Spinelli), Landry News (by Andrew Clements), and Savvy (by Ingrid Law).  They made connections between the characters in their book and fair play. Additionally students made connections between the characters in the different books; since students only read one book. It was great to see and hear these lively fair play discussions.

Fair Play at Field Day

Coincidentally our school’s field day lined up during the month of October; Fair Play month. We had a class discussion on what it meant to be a teammate while participating in these class activities. Unfortunately, the early arrival of Hurricane Matthew caused a different plan for our outdoor activities. We had to cut our time and activities in half because we were limited to the gym. We all made the best of the situation and truly demonstrated fair play in tight and unfortunate conditions.

 

 

Standards

ELA:

RL.5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact). RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text. W.5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. W.5.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. SL.5.4 Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

Healthy Living:

5.ICR.1.4 Summarize how to solve problems and resolve conflict without avoidance or violence.

Fair Play Lex

This month we were challenged to create skits that demonstrate fair play. Acting out a skit in front of their peers was a challenge in itself, but they did quite well. From playing sports and making sure everyone agrees to allowing students to complete their work, my students were fully engaged with this challenge. Even my reluctant boys chose to demonstrate fair play in the classroom, big step for them.

Fair Play Video 6
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Fair Play Video 2
Fair Play Video 1