[Teachldsseminary] Chat: March Madness

[Annie Edwards]

Hey all!

I'm a first year teacher.  I have 7 students; 4 are freshman, 2 are 
sophomores and one is a junior.  I'm trying hard to piece this all together 
as I really want to do this next week.  We have teacher inservice tomorrow, 
but we have class on Tuesday, so that's when we'll start.  I mentioned it to 
my kids last week and they got excited, so I really hope that it all works 
out for us.  I'm not sure I totally get it, but I really, really appreciate 
having the ideas keep coming!!

Thanks!

Annie Edwards
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bev Tracy" <bevtracy at comcast.net>
To: "Free Email list for LDS Seminary Teachers" 
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Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:42 PM
Subject: [Teachldsseminary] Chat: March Madness


> Since we are talking about March Madness, I will put my two cents worth 
> in,
> too.  I have played this game for 5 years.  This year, I switched from the
> freshman class to the senior class so I am teaching kids that I taught 3
> years ago.  They wanted to know two things on the first day of 
> Seminary--Are
> we going to sing the Scripture Mastery songs and are we going to play 
> March
> Madness?  They love it.
>
> I have 16 kids and I put them in 4 teams of 4.  That way, there is a lot 
> of
> movement between the teams.  I spike my lessons with MM questions which
> seems to keep them more awake.  I start each day with a question of the 
> day
> with various point values.  I have them write their answer on a piece of
> paper along with their team #.  I read them at the end of prayer and award
> points to the teams.  If everyone is on time and they get the answer
> correct, more points for the team.  I typically make the questions 
> something
> from the previous day's lesson.
>
> I have added some strips to the game to fit my class--singing a primary
> song, more scripture mastery slips, and some designed to have them switch
> seats more regularly.
>
> I can't thank Linda enough for this idea and the benefit it has been to my
> classes!
>
> Bev
> EMS, Fair Oaks, CA
>
>
>
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