Recovery Wednesday!

Wow!  What an amazing day of basketball yesterday was!

First, the SDSU Women's Basketball team wins it's fourth straight Summit League Championship in Overtime yesterday afternoon.

Second, a great win by the Chamberlian Cubs to secure a place in the State A tournament in Sioux Falls next week.  Awesome job by all the players and the coaches.

Finally, the SDSU Men's Basketball team wins it's first ever Summit League Championship, and secured a place in the NCAA tournament.  The Big Dance!  When you go to fill out your bracket this year, South Dakota State is going to be on it!  And yes, it was in overtime, too.

I was joking with some coworkers that I probably lost two years off my life yesterday. 

Go Cubs!

Go Jacks!



Health Students will have a test review day for the Chapter 21 Test today.   There is an online practice test availible HERE.

Personal Fitness students will be working on assignment 6 today.



Monday, Jan. 30th

Lesson Plans for this week are up and online.

Health students are preparing for their Chapter 10 Test today.  There is also an online study guide, that they may take as many times as they want to prepare for the test.  Test will be held this coming Wednesday.

Personal Fitness class will be weighing in and fitness testing today.

Good Luck to the Cubs MS basketball team as they take on Winner today.

Had an extremely busy weekend this weekend, and was unable to get out and run.  I need to make time for this.  I didn't have alot of time, but I could have gotten something done, instead of nothing.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Personal Fitness Study Guide

Here is the LINK to the Study Guide for the Personal Fitness study guide.

Students may take this as many times as they would like.

Friday, Dec. 19th

Lesson plans for next week are done, click the link.

High School Classes will have Semester Tests next week on Wednesday and Thursday.
An on-line practice test is up and available for Personal Fitness class. Again, click the link.

No School on Friday next week to begin the Christmas holiday break.

Hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed Christmas season.

Good Luck to the Lady Cubs and Boys BB teams tonight as they host Parkston in double header action.  Go Big.  Go Red.  Go Cubs.

Good Luck to the CHS Wrestling squad as they will travel to Madison for a tournament tomorrow.

Weekend Plans:  Harming family Christmas back in Aurora this weekend, so we will be travelling.  Looking forward to getting the whole clan together.

In other news, another semester of Graduate School is done and in the books for Mr. Harming.  One more semester to go, and I'll be graduating in May from DSU with a Masters of Science in Educational Technology.

Weekend Video:  I'll be Home for Christmas from She and Him

Have a great Weekend Everybody!

Wednesday Health Test Day

Health Classes will be having a test over Chapter 8 today.

I am going to give the students the opportunity to take the practice test, again first. 

The link for that practice test is located here.

Once each of the students has taken the practice test... I will put the "Real" Test on-line.

Personal Fitness Class will be working on assignment 12 today... Which is their final assignment for the semester.  Next week, they will have test three, and the following week is finals week.

Assignment 12 is on... Self Improvement.

My Altra Instincts Finally showed up last night, and I got a short two mile run in after school.  Used the Instincts for only a half mile.  They worked well.

Snowy Monday

I have Health Classes today on a snowy Monday at CHS.

Health Classes are going to finish up studying Chapter 8 Today.  We will then take a practice test that is located on the Internet.

The actual test will be Wednesday.  I will leave the practice test up and running until Wednesday morning.  Anyone who would like to attempt the practice test can do so HERE.

Monday Night Football!  Chargers play the Jacksonville Jaguars tonight in a game of two of the more disappointing teams in the league.  I have no hopes or expectations for tonight's game.

Chamberlain Boys Youth BB starts after school tonight.  I will be helping out with 2nd and 3rd grade boys this year.  Which makes for a busy time in our house, particularly in January when the JH Boys are going as well.  We have 4 kids each on their own BB schedule.

Got a decent run in on Friday, however I spent a little too much time "bare footing" it, and my calves were extremely sore over the weekend.  Hoping to get a short run in tomorrow.

Personal Fitness class is weighing in and fitness testing today.

Wednesday, Health Day

JH/MS students have Health class today.  We will look over and discuss note taking guides on Chapter 7, and hand out study guides for Chapter 7 Test, which will be on Monday.

A Chapter 7 Practice Test is availible online, all you have to do is click on the link.  Students may take the practice test as many times as they want to help them prepare for the actual test.

Personal Fitness will be having a test today over assignments 5-8.  The test will be linked from edmodo.com. 

We are trying to do as many online tests as possible this school year, for a few reasons:
1.  Environmentally friendly - the more tests we take online, the less paper we have to use.
2.  Skill building - as someone who is currently taking some online college courses, on line testing is something that students should have some experience with.
3.  Instant Feedback - the second the student clicks "submit" on an online test, their score is sent to them immediately.  There is no more "waiting" for the teacher to correct the tests (and usually ALL the tests) before handing them back to the students.

What does your student think of taking tests online? 
If they had a choice would they prefer online tests or paper tests? 
Do they see the value in learning how to take online tests?