Our Dubbing Ceremony!

We are currently in our Medieval Times unit right now and the students are loving it! Honestly I was a bit hesitant when starting the unit because there is ton of new vocabulary and complex ideas and we would be tackling it in French! Lucky for me I have wonderful teaching partners and together we have been able to come up with some fabulous activities! Most recently we have been going through the steps of becoming a knight and each step of the way the students have had to perform a challenge. As a Page students had to read tongue twisters, do long division, and complete an obstacle course (which ended up being MUCH louder than I expected. . . note to self "Don't do that in the hallway again."). Then as a squire they had to perform endurance tasks such as standing on one foot, hula hooping, singing without taking a breathe and the dreaded "burpies"! At last they were dubbed knights by King Beauetfort! Check out the video of the ceremony (I'm totally loving IMovie right now!).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa46Xfr_D2A&feature=player_embedded

After the knighting we had a royal tournament where students took part in a jousting competition! 

Here is the magic formula . . .

2 wheelie chairs, + cardboard shields + paper jousts + 2 teachers pushing the chairs = Good times! 

(Note to self: "Have students wear goggles next year . . . ").