X Box Kinect Dance Party!

At Montello there is a school wide behavior expectation of the 3 Bs. Students are expected to be safe, be respectful, and be responsible. As a school we decided what that looks like in the hallways, cafeteria, bathrooms, and on the playground. As a class we decide what that looks like in our classroom and everyday routines. Teachers and staff at Montello reward students who are following the 3 Bs with Monty Feathers. Monty the Eagle is our school mascot. 


Feathers are signed by the student and are used in different classrooms for different reasons. In our classroom Monty Feathers are collected and raffled on Fridays for the Friday Feather Award. Students choose from a list of free rewards on Friday if their feather is the feather pulled. As a class we also decided that if we could collect enough feathers to fill a white eagle on our door we would have an X Box Kinect Dance Party! This past week students completed their eagle by filling him with 333 feathers! We had the party on Friday to celebrate.


Students were so excited to dance with the Kinect. We cleared the desks to the sides of the room and took turns having dance battles. In the Dance Central game we had students were able to free style and be video taped. They would crowd the screen and bust out their favorite dance moves, most of which I had never seen before! We would cheer each other on and encourage the students who couldn't get a certain dance move to keep trying. Everyone was laughing and having a great time playing together for the hour long party before gym class. A lot of the students wanted to skip gym and just stay in the room!


The problem is we have now earned over 350 feathers and are not sure what to do for our next class reward. I do get the feeling that the X Box will be making a return visit though...

Daniel dance battling to Galang '05 by Mia

Mohamed dance battling to Galang '05 by Mia

Who do you think won this dance battle??