Administrivia: Laptop forms -- turn them in
Target 1: Learning how to build a community in the classroom.
By the End of the Period: You will know the names of people in this class and be more comfortable being here.
Circle: What was the last year you loved coming to school? Who was the teacher and why was it so good?
New Seating Charts & Activity: What you wrote, generally was wrong. Why do we have seating charts? So you feel safe and connected.
Silent Reading (need stickies):
1) Get your own folder and customize it.
2) Prepare a notes packet
3) Short note taking: What is the difference between a theme and a topic? Discuss at your table, then do a 30-second presentation.
4) Show possible themes board, self-identify possibilities for your book.
5) Read & identify passages to support claims
6) Write
Activity: Tower Building -- Build a free-standing tower that is the tallest and most beautiful. After the tower is built, design a presentation that explain the method the group used to create the tower. The score you receive will be based EQUALLY on height, beauty and your process presentation. Get Admin to judge.
Cell phone/electronics in the classroom: Why do we care? Because it makes the classroom a better place and you a better student. Do we have a point?
Create Folder
1) Set up a notes packet.
2) Identify purpose and put it in your notes.
3) Model note taking: Mr. Toohey will read the first two paragraphs, Mr. Burns will take notes. Share, explain, questions?
4) 5-minute independent reading with notes;
5) At your table identify best notes; gallery walk, standing by your favorite notes. Defend.
6) Final 10-minute of note-taking
7) Share most important information at your table. What did you learn?
8) Present the most compelling evidence you read about electronics. What does the science say?
Activity: Group Biography -- Your group will be submitting and essay entitled "Our Group with Mad Skills." You will interview the person to your right, asking them questions about something that they do particularly well. You will then compose a paragraph that will describe in detail the skill and what it is that they do well.
Activity: Helium Loop -- in groups of 8 you'll be placing one finger under a hula hoop and trying to lower a it to the ground without loosing contact with it.
Assignment: Bring materials for an egg drop contest. We will pay you Humex cash for material.
Target 2: Learn why people behave the way they do.
By the End of the Period: You will be able to explain your own behavior based on both the Meyer-Briggs personality inventory and Maslow's Hierarchy of needs.
Seating Chart: Turn and talk for 1 minute: Half the room list as many benefits of a seating chart as possible. The other half list the benefits of free seating.
Circle Intro: What is a circle? Why do we do it?
Circle Question: Name one thing you'd like to get better at this year.
Circle Talk: Why we take notes.
Activity: Cooperative Learning -- Members of your group will choose between two lectures on human nature. After listening and taking notes , you will come back to your group and share your learning while the remainder of your group takes notes for understanding. Next, go to the room you weren't in to ask questions. Finally, 5-minute free write on Maslow's & Meyers-Briggs for understanding.
Activity:10 minute writing exercise: Group Writing -- Write an essay made of paragraphs the talk about times in your lives that you were at the different levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs OR Write an essay made of paragraphs that talk about what it means to be an Introvert, Extrovert, Judger or Perceiver.
Activity: Helium Loop -- in groups of 8 you'll be placing one finger under a hula hoop and trying to lower a it to the ground without loosing contact with it.
Debrief: (Circle?) Why did we do what we did? Name one person you know better as a result of this day. What did you learn about them?
Materials List: Hula Hoop, tape, large sheets of paper, white lined paper, pencils
For the Future:
Egg Drop
Transcript Activity
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