Classroom Team Standings Mr. Hurst's Class
"Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it." Irving Berlin	Home Who is Mr. Hurst Grades Assignments Extra Credit Class Standings Baseball Links
"When life kicks you, let it kick you forward." E. Stanley Jones		Games are an essential component to the learning process in my classes. Whether it is one of the time-honored classics like "Who Wants To Be a Pointenaire?" and "Jeopardy," or the new wave of classroom gaming like "Don't Be An Idiomatic" or "Sign Wars," games in Mr. Hurst's class are a necessity. In order to play these games, however, you need two very important components. The first is a slick, fun-loving game show host (Mr. Hurst) and the second is a group of teams to play the games. This is where the concept of learning teams in the classroom comes in. At the beginning of the year, students are placed into groups of about five students each based on aptitude, and are instructed to create a team name. From this point forward, everything in the class is done via the learning teams. There are reading circles, group activities, presentations and a number of other activities that are all based on the team concept. When a team does well on something, they not only get individual points, but also team points which are displayed on a board in the room. Assuming the student comes to class with some frequency, they can check the board in the room. If a student is transferred to say, Siberia, how can that student check on their team's score? At long last, we have an answer for that question. Standings will be updated at least once a week, right here. So without further hesitation: Final Standings for 2006 Final Standings for 2007 Final Standings for 2008 Final Standings for Winter 2009 Final Standings for Spring 2009
"Life is what we make it. Always has been. Always will be." Grandma Moses                 "Endeavor to live so that when you die, even the undertaker will be sorry." Mark Twain		PERIOD 1 BK 47 Team Real Tree 36 Puma 32 Toe Jam 2    PERIOD 2   Mixed Nuts 53 Super Troopers 27 Chaka Kahn 22 Bear Marley 15 Nemo 8   PERIOD 3   What? 34 Wow 17 Mudboggers 16 Them 15 Tobaggen 10 PERIOD 4  Snot 38 Waffles 35 School's Most Wanted 32 Ear Wax Lickers 30 We Don't Have One 17 PERIOD 5  Thizzle 77 Smurfers 32 Da Bears II 29 OVERALL LEADERS (Periods 1-5)   Thizzle (per. 5) 77 Mixed Nuts (per. 2) 53 BK (per. 1) 47