Valerie F. 7 2011

Mad Hot Ballroom



1. What does the word "teamwork" mean to you ?

                The word "teamwork" means people working together to complete or accomplish something.

2. How do you see these students trying to working together ?

                The children have to help each other and listen to each other in order to do the dance correctly.     Meaning, that they have to communicate and cooperate to accomplish something.

3. How important was teamwork for these students ?
Teamwork is important because the dances require both people to do well to win, so the have to help each other and dance well.

4. What do you think is the main message that these students should take away from this experience?

Not proving anything to anyone, but yourself that you can do it. That with only your determination and power can you do something, great.

5. How will you work together with your teammates in this class ?

              Well, in order finish a project we have to agree on a topic, problem, and solution. We have to work with other teams to fix small mistakes. And we will work together, as a class, to better understand technology that is in our generation.

• 1994 Ballroom dancing was introduced to 5th grade students in New York City
• Today 6,000 kids from over 60 schools are required to take thus 10-week course
• The Dancing program is free to the public
• Most of the students are from the Domican Republic
• Large Percentage of Single Parent Families
• The dancing provides the children opprotunities and new things to learn