March Madness

02/28/2013

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 I love March. For those who don’t know, this is the month that college basketball teams from all over the nation battle it out for #1.   For me, March also seems to be the time that hope is back in the air.  Help your kids feel that.  I know that some of you teachers do a little competition with March Madness to decrease TARDIES, and increase READING.   There are many ways to do this. One way is to break the class into two EVEN teams for the month of MARCH and let them choose a team name.  Then you can set up a hoop (converted trashcan can work) in the room and then at the end of class, if they READ they can shoot for their team, and if they were there ON TIME, they can shoot.  I would give them the option of choosing to take their earned shots at a 2 point or 3 point line.  Over the month the teams will battle it out by being on time and reading.
          The trick to all this is don’t let it take much class time.  For this reason, let them simply mark being on time and reading as they come in. (Don’t take class time for that!)  Then leave the last 3 minutes of class for the shooting for the entire month.
        
        Since you might already have a hoop set up for “March Madness” you might also be interested in playing Scripture Mastery Basketball.  Divide the class into two teams.   One team will send up someone to shoot (with a rebounder) while the other team chases.  The faster the other team can all get to the scripture mastery in their scriptures, the less time the other team has to shoot.  Then they switch.  I like to give the shooter the option of shooting from a 2 point line or a three point line.  The team with the most points wins.  Make sure to give everyone the chance to shoot.  Each team will also want to have someone helping with rebounds. 
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March Madness!

03/01/2012

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        I love March. For those who don’t know, this is the month that college basketball teams from all over the nation battle it out for #1.   For me, March also seems to be the time that hope is back in the air.  Help your kids feel that.  I know that some of you teachers do a little competition with March Madness to decrease TARDIES, and increase READING.   There are many ways to do this. Break the class into two EVEN teams for the month of MARCH and let them choose a team name.  Then you can set up a hoop (converted trashcan can work) in the room and then at the end of class, if they READ they can shoot for their team, and if they were there ON TIME, they can shoot.  I would give them the option of choosing to take their earned shots at a 2 point or 3 point line.  Over the month the teams will battle it out by being on time and reading.
          The trick to all this is don’t let it take much class time.  For this reason, let them simply mark being on time and reading as they come in. (Don’t take class time for that!)  Then leave the last 3 minutes of class for the shooting for the entire month. 
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Games & Incentives to help them be "ON TIME!"

01/30/2012

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        February is one of those months when tardies can get out of hand (if they haven’t already :-). Here is a game that can really help, and is lots of fun.   We’ll call the game “Guess the Prize”.  To play, get a small gift (perhaps White Elephant like in nature –cheap and strange).  For the example say it is a small thing of colored pencils.  So if class starts at 6am, then each morning, that week at 6am (or 6:01am) give a clue.  Then on Friday, students can use their clues to guess what the prize is.  For guessing the pencils, clues on different days could be something like: “You wood love this”...”Don't let this make you blue”... “Oh no! Now I'm black and blue”... “With the luck of the draw you will be red faced”... “Orange you glad I didn't say banana, grapes, nuts, or broccoli?”  
            Expect that it will take a few days to get this going. And make sure you only give the clues to those one time. Only one prize per week and not answers till Friday. Thanks Sister Sykes for sharing this idea! For a handout with many more helps, games. and ideas to reduce tardies, click on the link HERE.
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