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Looking for a new activity for Advisory?? Check out Starling Collaborative's Communities of Care Games and Activities.
How can I mix up my group each day?
It should be the expectation in Advisory that we sit next to different people each day. If we allow our students to always sit with their immediate friends, we will not get to the feeling of safety and community we hope for in CPR. Here are a list of ways you can have students sit as they create your CPR circle:
How to sit in circle-
Sit in alphabetical order by your first name.
Sit in alphabetical order by your last name.
Sit in alphabetical order by your street name.
Sit in order by your house number in your address.
Sit in order by the number of pets you have.
Sit in order by the number of letters when you add your first and last name.
Sit in order by the number of letters in your first name multiplied by the number of letters in your birth month.
Sit in order by the number of your birthdate in your birthday.
Sit in order by the number of siblings you have.
Sit in order by shoe color.
Sit in order by the color of your shirt.
Sit in order by height.
Sit in order by age.
Sit in order by shoe size.
Sit in alphabetical order by the name of your favorite pet.
Sit alphabetically by the mascot of your favorite sports team.
Sit in order by the number of letters in your street name.
Sit alphabetically by your favorite ice cream flavor.
A Variety of Sharing- Be sure to use the loop when starting a new share routine! Explain the procedure, model it, practice, then reflect.
-Zip Share- Go around the circle. Each person shares.
-Partner Share/Small Group Share- share with a neighbor or a small group
-Interview Share- share out with your neighbor and then report out to the whole group.
-Snowball Share- Write a response on a piece of paper. Toss in the middle. Everyone grabs a piece of paper and reads it to the group aloud.
-Inside/Outside Circle- One circle is in the middle and faces the outside circle. Each person shares out with the person in front of them. Have one of the circles rotate.
-Table for ?- Call out "Table for two." Students will have to find another person with whom to share. Then call "Table for Four." Students will have to find a group of four, then share out. You can call out as many students as you would like to be in the group.
Student-Led Advisory-
Student-Led Advisory-
This is the goal! We want to move to responsible independence with our students, and a student-led Advisory is the ultimate showing of this skill!
Scaffold this process. Have students plan one part of your CPR (greeting, share, activity). Check out pages 46-47 in your DD1 Resource Book for ideas to help this process move smoothly.
Use an A+ Advisory model for planning! Start with a greeting. Put students in groups of 2-3 and have them work through the planning sheet together to plan their meeting. Collect them and offer feedback before assigning each group a day to run the Advisory.
Here is the Student CPR Plan Sheet.
Here is the link to the folder for our EMS staff to add tried and true activities! We started this work during inservice. Let's keep it going!
Some CPR Activities...
Categories- Choose a category (examples could be You Tube stars, kinds of candy, science terms, etc.). Students stand at their desks. Go around the room and each person names something within that category. If a student repeats or runs out of something to say at their turn, they sit. You continue the round until one person is standing.
Three Clues- One student is the guesser. Three students are the clue givers. Hold index cards up where the clue givers can see, but the guesser cannot. The clue givers can each say ONE word to help the guesser guess what is written on the card (one guess per card). See how many words the guesser can guess in one minute.
Pictionary- Divide the group into two teams. Students take turns drawing a given word (in one minute) and their team guesses. Each time the team guesses correctly, give the team a point.
Coseeki- One person will be the “detective” and will go out in the hall. Another person will be chosen to be the leader. The leader will lead the group in actions that are changed often. The detective will re-enter, stand in the middle, and get three (3) guesses, within 90 seconds to find the leader.
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7 Mindfulness Activities for Advisory
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Outdoor Socially Distanced Activities
Socially Distanced Activities
Silently line up in order of height or age; alphabetical order of surnames; the last digit of their phone number; whose home is furthest north
Use their bodies to spell out the letters of words you shout out
Musical statues – move around the space and stop when the music stops. Anyone seen still moving is eliminated until one person is left
Add blindfolds and physical obstacles (like chairs and tables) to make these more difficult
Pictionary! Split the group in two teams. One person at a time draws. Their team guesses!
WHY SHOULD WE GREET??
"In order for people to live in a community, they must create a sense of belonging by beginning with an acknowledgement of each other's presence." --DD Resource 1
to learn names
to practice courtesy
to welcome each other's presence
to ensure that every student is greeted everyday
Thinking about a fun culture activity for your classroom or Advisory? Check out this article. I love the idea of a class cookbook. Although the article focuses on holidays, this could be done anytime of the year when celebrating culture and diversity!
Thinking about a fun culture activity for your classroom or Advisory? Check out this article. I love the idea of a class cookbook. Although the article focuses on holidays, this could be done anytime of the year when celebrating culture and diversity!
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