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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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