22 Feb 11

Yesterday the students were given a small assignment of filling out an envelope for delivery, figuring the cost of an item with tax and the vocab was listed on the board. They had a journal entry: If you could get answers to three question (honest) who would you ask and what would you question?

Today-the students and I went over the chapter 4 review for the test tomorrow. They were reminded of the vocab being due tomorrow and grades were put up.

16 Jan 2011

Today the students had to present their health articles for the entire class period. They then were allowed to work on finishing their product advertisement which is due on Thursday. They were also told that the vocab for next week (due Wednesday) would be put here today so here they are: Mediate, narcissistic, obligation, perception, quadriplegic, realm, scarce, tedious, ultimatum, vendetta, wharf. Words are to be defined and used in a decent sentence.

14-15 Jan

Today and yesterday the students worked on their fitness products. They are to present their health articles tomorrow and the product presentation is on Thursday. Journal entry: what is your best day spent with a family member? Or what would be your best day if none?

11 Feb 11

Today the students (few) turned in their homework of Vocabulary today. It was a very frustrating experience to have so few assignments turned in on time. This will cause me to make the former week-long assignments now have a 2 day window. So, now when vocab is assigned on Monday it is due on Wednesday. Clearly, having 5 days is too long and so we will see how they do with a shorter timeframe. The students that did not turn in their 100% completed homework had to perform community service around campus. And those students continuing to not perform in class will continue to have disciplinary actions taken against them as far as referrals, phone calls home, conferences and possible removal from the class all together.
Journal entry: If you were a teacher and you had students that behave and perform like you or some of the members of your class, what would you do?

10 Feb 11

The 9th was a short day, the students got out at 11 for parent teacher conferences. They did however have a JOURNAL ENTRY: HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU FOUND OUT YOU WERE SWITCHED AT BIRTH?

10 Feb. Today the students worked on completing Chapter 4's chapter review. #'s 4-15 and recalling the facts # 5, 7 and 8. They are as always asked to paraphrase or write out each question as these papers will be used as study guides later. They had a trivia today as well. They were reminded that Vocab is due on Friday.

8 Feb 11

Today the students finished reading chapter 4 (Fitness) and began working on their chapter review. They also learned how to calculate their target heart rate range. TRIVIA TODAY.

7 Feb 11

Today the students continued reading Chapter 4 (fitness) in the text book. Vocab was assigned: Accentuate, Beggar, Chivalry, Debate, Eccentric, Fecal, Genitalia, Hepatitis, Idle, Jicama, Keen, and Lecture. the students are to define and use each word in a sentence for full credit. They also had a journal entry that asked what would their dream (realistic) job be.

3 Feb 11

Today we started reading Chapter 4 (fitness) reading the first two lessons of the text. We then figured out how to calculate our body mass indexes (BMI). Being careful to reiterate to the students that this number is solely derived from your height and your weight. To not get too caught up in the numbers and the classifications of those numbers. Know your body type!
We had a trivia today as well which asked: how many minutes of physical activity are recommended to IMPROVE your fitness level? 30, 60 or 90?

BMI Calculation: wt/2.2 = ____ Kg
Ht/in = ____in
in/m in/39.4 = ____m
Formula: kg/m2

Health articles are due tomorrow. 70% participation PLEASE!!!!

2 Feb 11

Journal entry: Where do you seriously see yourself in the next 10 years?
Today while I completed grading the tests and worksheets, the students had SSR/SSW. Those that were absent on test day took the test and turned in their journal entries. The grades are now updated and in the computer as Progress Grades are due today at 3. Students are reminded to look for their health articles that are due this Friday.

1 Feb 2011

Today the students had a test on Gen. Health and Nutrition. They were reminded that the health articles are due on Friday, and their Journal Entries were collected today. Also reminding the students that their tardies are going to cause them to lose 5 points per tardy from the total points from their journal entries. They are further encouraged to get to class on time as it will absolutely negatively affect their grades if they don't.

31 Jan 2011

Today the kids had a journal entry that asked what they would do if they had their arm trapped in a boulder like Aron Ralston did. I read the piece from Hatemail From Cheerleaders and we discussed the new movie on the subject. The students were also given a review on what was going to be on the test tomorrow. Health Article is due this Friday.