Matt Teaches Southwest Leadership Academy's 6B All About Fair Play

The 6^th grade boys had a great month working on Fair Play.  We started off the month watching

Matt’s video as inspiration and really got the ball rolling from there.  We started off analyzing different examples of fair play in sports, school, and other parts of our lives.  One case that really caught the boy’s attention because of their love of football was “deflate gate.” 

            After we started diving into different real life examples I had to go and spend some time playing as the steady QB at recess to get a real sense of our understanding of fair play.  We had a lot of fun playing football, but showed me we had a lot to work on. 

       

    We also had a great visit with Matt.  The boys were really excited to meet him in person and find out which team he was going to play for once he makes the NBA!  After an inspiring talk with Matt, the boys had a chance to ask many questions about college, sports, and his personal life.  After that we had a nice scrimmage against the 8^th grade boys, Matt played on our side. We loved every second! 

            The boys created comic strips outlining a sketch showing fair play or unfair play.  They had a lot of fun writing and drawing scenarios involving fair play.  They shared these comics with the class and then we decided as a group which one we would start to plan and act out.  The skit that the students chose involved a football game and a questionable coin flip where one of the players swapped out the coin for a double-sided coin. Thanks for an awesome month of Fair Play!