29 Nov 10

Today the students had a journal entry that asked if they had $10,000 to spend on their parents, what would they do for them and why?
The students that missed the test on Wednesday made it up today.
We read the first two sections of Chapter 22 (alcohol)
Health article was assigned for Friday.
Period 4 watched the video on Teenage drinking and driving since they missed it last week because of the Army presentation.

24 Nov 10

Today the students were reminded that there would be a test tomorrow. It's going to be easy! We went over the information needed on the test, and they had the opportunity to study if they chose to do so. Chapter 7, 8 and 9 will be covered on the test.

19 NOVEMBER (FRIDAY)

The students had been assigned Vocabulary: Susceptible, Elation, procrastinate, competence, affiliation, amends and conscience. They were to be defined and used in sentences as always for a reward on Friday.
They had a trivia question on Thursday.
Periods 1-3 watched a video titled Smashed that dealt with teenage alcohol use and the after effects. If the students were not present for the video they are to make up the points received from the notes by doing a health article dealing with the topics of Alcohol use and abuse, and or teenage driving issues.
4th period-the students had a presentation by Army Drill Sargent Robinson and will either watch the video on Friday or Monday depending on how well they completed their vocab on Friday.
Friday-The students turned in their vocab and either were rewarded or they worked on Chapter 9 chapter review #'s 1-12 from the Recalling the Facts portion. They also turned in their video notes if they had not done so on Thursday.
IT WAS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED THAT THE STUDENTS CHECK THE BLOG FRIDAY FOR THEIR WEEKEND'S HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT. WHICH IS: 1. Complete the Eye on Media Assignment for 1/2 credit if not turned in.
2. Follow this link to the New York Times Website: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/what-does-change-look-like-making-documentaries-about-school/
3. Follow this link for the article: "4,100 students prove 'small is better' rule wrong": http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/education/28school.html
4. Answer the following questions regarding the article:
*What did teachers at Brockton High School do to change the school? What happened as a result?
*What steps did some of the school’s teachers take to implement change? Why did some teachers resist the new teaching methods?
*What rules, policies and practices were put in place to support the new approach at Brockton?
*How is Brockton High School, as the reporter describes it, “an exception to what has become received wisdom in many education circles”?
This homework (both the Eye on the Media) and the NYT assignment are due on Monday without fail!!!!!!

17 Nov 10

Today the students had a journal entry that asked if you could wake up tomorrow having gained a new ability or quality (real), waht would it be and why? I also assigned a homework assignment that is accessible through the Glencoe.com link. It is the Eye on the media assignment for Chapter 7. Here are the directions for getting to the assignment:
Go to glencoe.com
select Az as your state, and click on the student parent button
then select Health and fitness
Then select High school health
Then select health 2007
Click the online edition
under chapter activities select chapter 7
from there select the Eye On the Media option and follow the directions listed

students were reminded to do their vocab and they had ssr for the remainder of the class period

15-16 Nov

Monday the students had a pop quiz on the presentation on Wednesday from the MHA (Mental Health Arizona). Those quizzes were graded in class and must be made up before Wednesday as they are going to be included on your Progress report grades which are due on Wednesday as well.
We also began reading parts of Chapter 7 (Mental Health) and Chapter 8 (Mental Health Disorders) Vocab was assigned and the student also had a Journal entry that asked if you witnessed a teacher hitting/beating another student what would you do?
Tuesday the students finished reading the Chapter 8 assignment, and we went over how to access the online edition of the current text. We/I am so excited about this I cannot wait to assign web homework now! More instructions on utilizing will come in the coming days as I familiarize myself with the site. Today the students had a trivia question.

10 Nov 10

Today the students had a presenter from Mental health America Arizona. They were asked/encouraged to take note as they will be quizzed on the presentation on Monday.

8-9 Nov

Monday the students had the opportunity to run/walk the track for 20 minutes to earn some extra credit points for every lap completed.

Tuesday-The chapter 7 book work was graded and put in the computer along with the extra credit points from Monday. They were not assigned a health article this week due to it being a short week, but tomorrow they will have a speaker to talk wth them about Mental Health Issues and Suicide prevention.

5 Nov 10

Today the kids presented their health articles to the class. With the reminder that they would be on the track on Monday for some extra credit.

4 Nov 10

Today the students worked on Chapter 7 in the text. They were to complete the Chapter Review numbers 1-12 from page 194. They were to just write out the words for #'s 8,9,10 but otherwise write out or paraphrase the questions for the rest of the questions. They were reminded that the health article is due tomorrow and that on Monday to wear comfy fitness friendly clothes because they will be doing physical activity for extra credit since their grades are a bit low at this time.

3 Nov 10

Today the students read Chapter 7 (Mental Health) and were reminded of the health article due on Friday.

2 Nov 10

Today the students played Jeopardy that covered the units we've already covered up to today. It was a crazy day, with lots of histrionics! The students are reminded that their health articles are due this Friday.

1 Nov 10

Today the students were passed back their tests, grades were posted and discussed, and they had a journal entry that asked if you believe that marijuana is a gateway drug, why or why not. Health articles are due this Friday.