Expressing Gratitude

• Halloween is tomorrow. Take a few minutes to share some favorite Halloween memories.

• Please share this video about the SBHS library with your group.

• Download the SBHS app. Have students go to the app store and search for "South Burlington Schools." That's our school app! Download it to know the latest on lunch menus, events, and other great information!

• Remember the eJournal students created last month (Google doc in their advisory folder)? Have them take 10 minutes to write in their eJournal today. The topic: Write about someone who makes your life better.  A family member? A teacher? A coach? A friend? Take some time to express what that person does to make your life better. 

• If time allows: Try the 3-second music clip challenge on Sporcle or other quizzes on the Sporcle website

Continuing from Monday

• Monday's activity was all about writing ABOUT someone who makes your life better. This week is about writing a note of gratitude TO that someone. Please give your group the time to write a note to that person. Encourage them to include some/all of what they wrote last week in their note. Consider playing some music for the group while they take the time to write.

• The student should mail/deliver their note as soon as possible. You can provide them with envelopes which can be found in the Main Office. If their person is local, please encourage them to hand-deliver their note.

• If time allows, play Pictionary using this online word generator.

Building Fun Traditions

It's almost time for our first break - time to cut loose and have fun with your group! Here are a few options:

• Build a Kahoot! with your group. This is something I have used in the past. Students contribute as many questions as they like to a Kahoot! to be played on Wednesday. I have created a simple form that you can find in the template gallery called Kahoot! questions. Have students submit their questions via this form. All you have to do is copy from the resopnses sheet into a Kahoot! (make sure to jumble the answers) and have a blast on Wednesday. Advisors should submit their own questions as well.

• Play Connections with your group.

• From last week: play Pictionary using this online word generator.

• Also from last week: Try the 3-second music clip challenge on Sporcle or other quizzes on the Sporcle website.

Play the Kahoot! With Your Group!

• Time to unleash the fun with your group-built Kathoot! Who will take home the top spot on the podium? Consider three small prizes for the top three finishers of your Kahoot!

Having Fun Together

• Play Connections with your group.

• Build your own Connections game and challenge another advisory. (Thanks, Mr. Craig, for sharing this site!)

• Try playing a card game with your group. Hearts and spades are two of my favorites.

• Try playing spoons with your group - it's also a card game, but falls into its own category.

Easing Back into the Routine

• Does your group need some motivation? Call (707) 873-7862. It's a school project where kindergarteners give you a pep talk. 

• Sharing stories: Have students get in groups of 2 or 3 and have them share a story from last week. This isn't simply a "What did you do over the vacation?" prompt. Have students share about an experience they had that was memorable, or funny, or unique. It doesn't have to be a long story. It doesn't have to be life changing - just an experience that each person would like to share with someone else in your group.

• Consider sharing these ideas/graphs with your group. Considering the fact that many of your advisees won't be living at home at this time next year, there are some very relevant thoughts included here. Consider a discussion with your group that could include the following questions:

  • What, if anything, surprised you about any one of these graphs?

  • Which graph had the biggest impact on your thinking? Why?

  • What is some new thinking that was generated by reviewing these graphs?