Collaboration

Collaboration is:

Teamwork with shared responsibility
Sharing of ideas, information, and opinions
Formal and Informal discussion

Gratitude & Compassion

🦃 Who or what are you most grateful for? 👪🏽 💕 How can we turn that gratitude into acts of compassion for others? Consider using this lesson with your students as we celebrate our Thanksgiving Holiday this week. Challenge your students to complete two random acts of compassion between Thanksgiving and Christmas break. Let’s see how creative we can be with paying it forward & giving back.

GratitudeTurkey2023.pdf

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Collaborative Study Groups

The Collaborative Study Groups (CSGs) model supports students as they identify a Specific Question from a content area, collaborate to develop and deepen their understanding through Socratic inquiry, and apply their new learning to enhance classroom performance. In addition to the academic benefits, successful CSGs also serve as an independent demonstration of increasing mastery and application of skills built and reinforced through WICOR strategies. These skills include inquiry, note-taking, organization, collaboration, communication, and numerous other skills necessary for college readiness.

For more resources, please visit: Collaborative Study Groups & Core Strategies

On the Road with Steve Hartman Playlist (all)

Steve Hartman brings viewers moving stories from the unique people he encounters and the special places he visits as he travels around the country for his weekly feature "On the Road," which airs Fridays on the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell." "On the Road" is modeled after the long-running, legendary series of the same name which was originally reported by one of America's greatest TV storytellers, the late newsman Charles Kuralt.

Kindness 101 with Steve Hartman Playlist (all)

Steve Hartman offers online course for kids (of all ages). Steve teaches us all how to be better human beings, regardless of your age. Working from home, two of his children help with the production, and make it all worth watching. We guarantee you will be changed by watching this, or your money back.

Steve Hartman Videos

Essential Question: How can learning about the kindness of others help us build community?

Directions:

Select a video from one of the playlists.
Play the video. Watch with your students.
Have students share their responses to the following prompts:
- What did you notice?
- What did you like?
- What do you wonder?

Neighbor, My Neighbor. I like my Neighbor who...

Essential Question: How can playing a game help us build community?

How to play

Set up a circle of chairs with one fewer chair than participants.
Direct participants to sit on a chair. The remaining person stands in the middle of the circle.
Instruct participants that when they hear something that pertains to them, they are to stand up & find a new seat across the circle from where they were originally seated.
Remind students to play safely (no pushing, running, or fighting over seats).
The person in the center of the circle begins by saying, "Neighbor my neighbor, I like my neighbor who..."
- was born in Hawai`i
- has flown on an airplane
- is wearing a WMS uniform
- other...
The person who does not find a seat after round one is the next caller.

Debrief

Go around the circle & share responses to the prompts below:
- What did you like about this activity?
- What did you learn from this activity?
- What do you wonder?

Would you rather? 2022

Would You Rather?

A Game of Choices

Essential Question: How can playing a game help us build community?

How to play

Divide participants in two groups. Have the two groups stand in two lines facing each other.
Display the first choice slide.
Instruct participants to physically move to the side they choose.
Tell participants to turn & talk to their nearest neighbor, find out why their neighbor chose the side they selected.
Have volunteers share out their opinions to the whole group about why they made the choice they did.
Display the next slide. Repeat as above.
As an additional activity, ask participants to write their own "Would You Rather" and play again with the choices they come up with.

Reflection

Go around the circle & share responses to the prompts below:

What did you enjoy about this activity?
How would you change or improve this activity?
What do you wonder about your classmates?

4 Corners

Four Corners

Where do you stand?

Essential Question: How can playing a game help us build community?

How to play

Divide participants in two groups. Have the two groups stand in two lines facing each other.
Display the first choice slide.
Instruct participants to read the statement on the screen. Do you agree, strongly agree, disagree, strongly disagree with the statement?
Move to the corner that matches your opinion.
Turn & talk to others in your group. Share your opinion. Ask others for theirs.
Be respectful of your peers by listening as an ally & keeping the side talk to a minimum.
Your teacher will ask for volunteers to share their opinion with the large group. Please volunteer.
You may change corners at any point if you change your opinion. Be ready to share why you changed corners.
Display the next slide. Repeat as above.
As an additional activity, ask participants to write their own "Four Corners" statements and play again with the choices they come up with.