TEAM BUILDING

   Today, the 6th grade came together for some team building activities, where they learned more about one another, and had to work cooperatively to accomplish a goal.  We had two large circles, and the students joined hands.  They had to pass a hula-hoop from one person to another without breaking the chain of hands.  GIRLS WON!  :-)  Then, they completed a crossing the line activity, where we lined them up on one line and read questions to them.  If the question pertained to them, they had to cross the half court line and turn and face their peers, then return to the main line.  We asked questions like...."Have/Were you ever...."                                          

•   broken a bone?
•   helped another person cross the street?
•   seen a bear NOT in a zoo?
•   read a whole book in one day?
•   eaten something weird just to be polite?
•   born outside the US?  (no takers on that one....so we asked - born outside of Maryland?) :-)