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
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
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