Wednesday, September 13, 2016

Word of the Week
Make your sentence, we'll bring it to the main office.

Self Assessment:
1) What one piece of information do you think you'll never forget from your research on 9/11.

Target 1:  Learning how to build a community in the classroom by understanding yourself and others' personalities.
By the End of the Period: Your will know the Myers-Briggs type of your group members and yourself and how it impacts how you work together.  You will know how to interact better based on your Meyers-Briggs type.

Meyers-Briggs Personality Test
You'll take the test and be given a sheet to better understand your type.
1) Independent research: what is the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator?
2) Independent research: What is a I vs. E; N vs P; F vs. T; P vs. J?
3) Take the test.
4) Identify two attributes that affect how you work with others and explain them to your group.  Focus: After the egg drop you will present how your group worked based on your MB types and what you know about yourself and the people you work with.

Egg Drop Activity
Target: Learning how to build a community in the classroom by engaging in a common activity and working towards a common goal.
By the End of the Period: You will practice and learn how actively listen to come up with ideas.
Challenge: Create an egg protection unit that will let an egg survive a drop from 15 feet but can be opened within 10 seconds of impact.
Procedure: At your tables, given all the materials, distribute the materials around the room equally.  Once completed, you will be assigned to a random table and given 20 minutes to create your egg protection unit.
-Egg must have a name and a back story
Money is determined by the:
-quality of your story
-the appropriateness of your music selection
-how well you follow protocol
-the group doing the egg drop must approach the rail together appearing from out of view.
-one person will then present the story of the egg
-when story is complete another person will announce,"commence operation egg drop"
-another person must yell, "deploy recovery team"
-two people will then descend the stairs and declare,"recovery team in position"
-launch team will then respond,"launch team ready"
-recovery team will then count down from five, "54321 drop."
-upon impact timer will start for 10 seconds
-upon extraction the egg must be held aloft and announce,"operation successful"
-if broken you must declare,"Houston, we have a problem"

Debrief and Present
Explain how things worked with your group using MB.

Circle: What's your favorite food?

News Discussion:
1) Report at your table -- did you read the last two nights?
2) Share one thing you saw in the news
3) Decide most interesting/important
4) Cold call out; also report your number of readers.

Silent Reading (need stickies):
1) Get your own folder
2) Read & identify passages to support claims
3) Write

For the Future: 
Transcript Activity
Maslow Activity: Using your computer or mobile device you will be finding the following information:
1) What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
2) Who was Abraham Maslow?
3) Why was his idea of an Hierarchy of Needs such a revolutionary idea in Psychology?
4) How does Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs work?  i.e. How does one move up and down?
5) How does Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs apply to you?  i.e. What level are you currently in?
6) What in the world is Self-Actualization?????
7) Prepare a presentation.