Morning Meeting/Advisory Activity Ideas: Week of 9/20/21 DEIB/Current Events Ideas Week of 9/20/21 Activity: Community Agreements If you have not already [...]
September 20, 2021
Ideas for Morning Meeting/DEI: Week of 9/20/21
September DEI resources
Hi everyone, I hope you are having a great first week of school! The school year kicks off with so many great opportunities to grow in our abilities to [...]
September 16, 2021
Ideas for Morning Meeting: Week of 9/13/21
Activity Ideas — Week of 9/13/21 DEI/Current Events Ideas –Week of 9/13/21 Two Truths and a Dream Wish A variation of “Two Truths and a Lie” [...]
September 13, 2021
Weekly Ideas for HR/Advisory and DEI Connections 5/31/21
HR/Advisory Activities Week of 5/31/21 DEI/Current Events Connections Week of 5/31/21 Ending the Year with a Gratitude Activity Ideas from Greater Good
May 31, 2021
Weekly Ideas for Advisory/DEI Connections 5/24/21
HR/Advisory Activities Week of 5/24/21 DEI/Current Events Connections Week of 5/24/21 End-Of-Year Student Surveys We talked about surveys in the last [...]
May 24, 2021
Weekly Ideas for Advisory/DEI 5/17/21
HR/Advisory Activities Week of 5/17/21 DEI/Current Events Connections Week of 5/17/21 Easy and Fun Advisory Game! Video Quiz: Are You Smarter Than A Fifth [...]
May 17, 2021
Weekly Ideas for 2/1/21
HR/Advisory DEI/Current Connections Week of 2/1/21 February is Black History/Black Futures Month! Started by Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950), Black History [...]
February 1, 2021
HR/Advisory Activity Ideas Week of 12/14/20
HR/Advisory Activity Ideas Week of 12/14/20 Current Events / Diversity & Inclusion 12/14/20 Video Share: How is it made? Here are some fascinating “How [...]
December 14, 2020
Weekly Ideas for HR/Advisory: Week of 11/16/20
HR/Advisory Activity Ideas Week of 11/16/20 DEI / Current Events Connections 11/16/20 This week’s Affinity/Alliance Group Meetings Flocabulary Current [...]
November 16, 2020
Weekly Ideas: Week of 11/9/20
HR/Advisory Activity Ideas Week of 11/9/20 DEI / Current Events Connections 11/9/20 Wednesday 11/11: Affinity/Alliance Group Meetings HR Morning Energizer [...]
November 9, 2020
Weekly Ideas for HR/Advisory Week of 11/2/20
HR/Advisory Activity Ideas Week of 11/2/20 DEI Connections / Current Events 11/2/20 Announcements: Affinity/Alliance Group Meetings Wed 11/4 Activity: [...]
November 2, 2020
Weekly Ideas for HR/Advisory: 10/18/20
HR Activity Ideas Week of 10/19/20 DEI Connections / Current Happenings Homeroom Activity Ideas: Play “Two truths and a lie” Play a Halloween Kahoot [...]
October 18, 2020
Weekly HR Ideas: Week of 10/5/20
Week of 10/5/20: Ideas for HR DEI Related –“LREI: Who’s Who and Back to the Building” (slidedeck) Thank you Carrie for making and presenting this to [...]
October 5, 2020
5/26/20: Weekly MM and Advisory Ideas
REMOTE: MM/Advisory Ideas (5/25/20) Current Events/Happenings (5/25/20) End-of-the-Year Reflection Prompts: Game Ideas for the Final Weeks: 1. “Name that [...]
May 26, 2020
Weekly Morning Meeting/Advisory Ideas: Week of 5/18/20
REMOTE: MM/Advisory Ideas (5/18/20) Current Events/Happenings (5/18/20) New Yorker: Caption Contest! Conduct an advisory challenge, classwide contest [...]
May 18, 2020
Weekly Morning Meeting Ideas: 5/11/20
REMOTE: MM/Advisory Ideas (5/11/20) Current Events/Happenings (5/11/20) A “Sweet” MM game: Split into groups or have each student complete on their own [...]
May 11, 2020
Weekly MM Ideas 5/4/20
Visual Zoom Challenge: Try to make one of the “Zoom visuals” below. Best with smaller groups or in breakouts (9 screens) Designate a “director” who will [...]
May 4, 2020
Weekly MM Ideas: 4/27/20
REMOTE: MM/Advisory Ideas (4/27/20) Current Events/Happenings: 4/27/20 Indoor Scavenger Hunt: All players look for items typically found in homes and [...]
April 27, 2020
4/20/20 Weekly Ideas for MM and Advisory
REMOTE MM/Advisory Ideas (4/20/20) Current Events Connections (4/20/20) Sharing Prompts: What’s something new you’ve been learning about yourself and your [...]
April 20, 2020
Weekly MM Ideas (4/13/20)
REMOTE Morning Meeting Ideas Current Events Connections (4/13/20) 1. One-Word Writing Prompts by Fawn Nguyen (shared by Michelle B!): Think / write about [...]
April 13, 2020
Morning Meeting Prompts: 3/30/20 *Remote Learning Edition*
REMOTE LEARNING EDITION: Morning Meeting Share Ideas (3/31/20) Current Events Connections Prompt ideas for Morning Meeting: Students can pre-think of [...]
March 30, 2020
Weekly News
Weekly News Quiz for Students: Coronavirus, Afghanistan, New York State Ban Statistics in School Week (Census 2020) “This weeklong series of fun classroom [...]
March 9, 2020
Play a Song; Pass the Ball
Student share activity: Pass a soft ball, plush toy, beanbag, etc. Pick a song (something students would be familiar with) and play it as they pass it [...]
March 9, 2020
March is Women’s History Month
The theme for 2020 is “Valiant Women of the Vote.” Honor the women who fought to win the right to vote and for those who still fight to win the right for [...]
March 2, 2020
Get the Facts on Coronavirus
Video: Fight Germs; Wash Your Hands the Correct Way (Center for Disease Control) 3:00 min Video: Get the Facts on Coronavirus; Explained (CBC News): 5.09 min
March 2, 2020
Connections
News Literacy Project (The SIFT) “A national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan, independent programs that teaches students how to know what to [...]
February 24, 2020
Sports Gallery / Countdown / Compliment
Morning Meeting or Advisory Energizers! (from BookWidgets) “Sports gallery” is an intensive energizer. The teacher calls out different sports skills. The [...]
February 24, 2020
Black History Month/Super Bowl LIV/Elections
Black History Month Carter Godwin Wooden: “The History Behind Black History Month” (from TT) “In perhaps his most significant effort to improve the quality [...]
February 3, 2020
Sync Claps and Snowballs
Team Building and Coordination (“Sync Claps from SessionLab”) “Participants stand in a circle and send a clap around the circle. Each clap involves two [...]
February 3, 2020
“Week-In-Rap”
Flocabulary “Week-In-Rap” Weekly hip-hop videos about current events AND great videos about all subjects and topics! (subscription needed for some videos)
January 27, 2020
“Hum Dinger” & “Popularity Contest”
Activity: Group Brainstorm: “POPULARITY CONTEST” Directions: Gather students in teams Ask students to discuss the following and then make a list of [...]
January 27, 2020
Tech in 2020: Seeing a Positive Reflection of Yourself in Media
Tech in 2020: “Seeing a Positive Reflection of Yourself in Media” – from Anti-Defamation League View and Discuss: What emojis would reflect you, your [...]
January 13, 2020
Indoor Volleyball
Some Healthy Team Competition: “Indoor Volleyball” shared by Luis Materials: String Balloon ( in place of volleyball) Chairs Set up: For net, string is [...]
January 13, 2020
The 2020 Census Count Begins in March
Census Resources (Latin censor, from censere “to appraise, value, judge,”) Informational video“2020 Census: What is the Census?” (1.51 min) [...]
January 6, 2020
New Years Resolution: A Board Game
(From American English Teaching) “January first. The beginning of a new year. People have celebrated the start of a new year throughout history in many [...]
January 6, 2020
Person of the Year…
Time Magazine: Person of the Year… Read and discuss this recent award! (Will this have an impact?) -Short article: “The Power of Youth” Times for Kids [...]
December 16, 2019
Filling Buckets
Slideshow and Activity: Filling Buckets (From Greater Good Science Center UCB) Background: “The Theory of the Dipper and the Bucket. Each of us has an [...]
December 16, 2019
What’s going on with the picture & Climate Change Protest
From New York Times Learning Network: “What’s going on with the picture?” Image from: Dec. 2, 2019 From New York Times Learning Network: ‘Climate Change [...]
December 9, 2019
Spontaneous Clap & Responding to Differences
From 20 to 20 Face to Face Advisories: Perspective for a Diverse America Short Group Activity: “Spontaneous Clap” Longer Group Activity: “Responding to [...]
December 9, 2019
We Are Family
We Are Family: 50-Plus NYTimes Articles, Photos, Maps and More About Families of All Kinds “How does family shape who we are? Linked is a nonfiction [...]
December 2, 2019
Classroom Check In: Mood Meter
Quick Share: Get a sense of the room with a popcorn share. What word describes your current mood? Longer Share: Students select a word and tell more, “Why [...]
December 2, 2019
Thanksgiving Day Homeroom Activity
From Cult of Pedagogy: The Compliments Project: “This is an incredible activity where students take turns being in the ‘hot seat’ while their classmates [...]
November 25, 2019
Indigenous Perspectives on Thanksgiving
From Teaching Tolerance: “As Thanksgiving approaches, it’s important to remember that some Indigenous communities observe the holiday as a day of [...]
November 18, 2019
China Sets Rules for Young Gamers
Featured Article: “90 Minutes a Day, Until 10 P.M.: China Sets Rules for Young Gamers” No playing video games after 10 p.m. No more than 90 minutes of [...]
November 12, 2019
Categories Activity
Categories Activity (for some friendly class competition): Ask kids to get into groups (with those they rarely work with, or with advisories, tables, [...]
October 28, 2019
Current Events
Current Events Idea: Impeachment Infographic (attached) Students can read this over together, in groups, as a class. Define bribery, treason, discuss [...]
October 28, 2019
Venn Diagram Partner Share
Activity Idea: Venn Diagram Partner Share Using a Venn diagram, partners record ways they are different and similar, focusing their efforts on naming as [...]
October 7, 2019
Current Events Connection
This past Saturday, September 28, 2019 marked the first National TransVisibility March on Washington. Part of the March’s aim was to fight transphobia, [...]
October 1, 2019
D-Icebreakers
You need: printed D-Icebreaker Sheets Dice, one for each group (could be 2-5 people per group) Students take turns rolling and sharing!
October 1, 2019
Climate Strike Conversations
1) Video of Friday’s Climate Marches from around the world. (3.58 min – The New Yorker) 2) These handouts can be shaded in and then discussed as a [...]
September 22, 2019
Words and Stories
Students draw a web — their name in middle — one or two words that respond to the prompts below in each outside circle. When done, advisees [...]
September 15, 2019
Juliana v The U.S.
In 2015, 21 young Americans filed suit against the federal government. The plaintiffs, ages 11 to 22, demanded that the U.S. government take action to stop [...]
September 15, 2019