State symbols are one of the first areas covered as we study about Utah. As we were talking about them, the question was asked, “Mrs. C., Why are the Utah Jazz called the Jazz? What does that have to do with Utah?”
Good question! I explained to the class,with the help of some […]

This past week was a great chance for the class to take time to watch the Jazz on television and enjoy a little class discussion the next day. We covered all the regular topics of who played well and who did not, How good or how poor the refs called the game, and what […]

As I have been meeting with the parents of my fourth graders this week in their SEP conferences, (Student, Educator, Parent, We knew them as Parent Teacher conferences in days gone by) I realized that many parents are using defensive tactics found in the game of basketball to raise their children.
First we find the […]

‘Spud, Playing Tall’ (Jerry Wachter - NBAE/Getty Images)

A “Think Thought” is a chance we have as a class to discuss and write our interpretation of a famous or profound quote. This weeks quote went something like this:
What lies behind you and what lies ahead of you is small in comparison to what lies within […]

We just finished the first term of our school year last Friday November 2nd. Our teacher talked with us about how our performance in each subject is averaged and calculated into a grade that then goes on our report card. We thought that we would like to grade the Jazz, Coaches and Officials […]

‘Early Love 4 Deron’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images)
Now that the season has begun, I thought that we would take a little poll as to who the class felt would be the Most Valuable Player to the Jazz this season. Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams were the class favorites although Mehmet Okur, Paul Milsap, […]

After a discussion of the basketball schedule, ie. preseason, season, and post season, the class was asked to make a few inferences of the success of the Jazz in the coming season. Following are their comments:
Mariah: I think they will do great!! They seem to have a lot of fun while they […]

We have been studying the genre of mysteries. We’ve learned that mysteries are stories and/or events of which there is a problem or an unexplained event, clues, detective(s), and victim(s). In stories, there is the beginning where the scene is set, the middle where the story unfolds, the problem is developed and, clues […]

Fourth graders were asked to finish this statement: The best part of watching the Jazz is ___________.
Some of their responses……watching the bear riding his Harley motorcycle on the jumbotron! by Kameron
Sophie wrote: …at halftime the bear does crazy stunts!
When the game is almost over and we make the winning shot! by […]

Fourth graders are some of the most candid, real people I know! When I asked them where they would want to work if they could work anywhere for the Jazz organization I was surprised by some of their comments. Of course there were the 6 or 7 boys that know they have the […]