Ideas for August 2016:
Other Games & Activities
ironic adjective noun name (Chris, the hyperactive sloth)
whoosh-bang-pow
dial-up, dial down (statement increases in volume and intensity as it goes halfway around a circle, then decreases)
roll-response with the punch line to a joke that doesn't exist
Ideas for August 2014:
64 grid (3 teams of 9)
name tag magnet for drawer
subtle change
water relay (head-cup)
1 to 20
bean-bag toss circle
this is a ___, a what? a ____
Aspects of Us
slap happy
balloon stomp
team cup stacking (rubber bank & string)
switch-up
look down, look up, creeper
human bingo (with introductions)
what I wonder (create & add one)
Tagxedo
water balloon towel toss
your name essay
great year cuz (post-its)
Ideas for August 2013:
similarities & differences chart
name tag magnet for drawer
human bingo
what I wonder (create & add one)
Tagxedo
water balloon towel toss
name card
b-day line w/o numbers
marshmallow tower
set up ELA comp book (vocab & grammar)
Summer scrapbook
your name essay
great year cuz (post-its)
Schedule for Friday, August 27, 2010
8:20 Meeting: attendance, lunch, emails, bday list for office
8:40 Name tag for your drawer (block, bubble, graffiti, shadow, etc)
9:00 Your Comp Book: purpose, organization, TOC & sections
9:30 Write: Summer Surprise, First Few Days, Different Friends
10:15 Break
10:40 HeuKids to Math in room 22,
StuKids do Comp Books & start writing
(Summer Surprise, First Few Days, or Different Friends)
11:30 HeuKids with Mrs. Leftwich in room 22
12:30 Lunch
1:15 Secret Life at 118 Green Street
2:00 Capture the Flag w/ the StuCrew
3:00 CoolDown, CleanUp, and Closing
Schedule for Thursday, August 26, 2010
8:20 Class topics and procedures
9:00 Marshmallow Tower (intro video)
9:45 Grand Grammar Game
10:15 Break
10:40 Math assessment in room 22
Mrs. Stuart's ELA does Tagxedos in 25)
11:30 History with Mrs. Leftwich in room 22
12:30 Lunch
1:15 The Hunger Game (global trading simulation)
3:00 Clean up & closing
Schedule for Wednesday, August 25, 2010
8:20 - 8:40 Name card and question 1
8:40 - 9:00 Newsletter and pix
9:00 - 9:30 School-wide assembly
9:30 - 10:00 Similarities and differences sheet
10:00 - 10:15 Group challenge #1 (bday line)
10:15 - 10:35 Break
10:40 - 11:15 Balloon towel toss
11:00 - 12:00 Wordle or Tagxedo about you
12:00 - 12:30 start 20 Questions, Charlie style
12:30 - 1:10 Lunch
1:15 Release
Name Card:
Get a card and fold it "hot dog" style with the blank side out.
Put your name big, bold, and on both sides of outside.
Answer my question (in CS) on the inside.
Tagxedo
Get online and go to www.tagxedo.com and click on "create" (might need Silverlight)
Click "load".
Enter many (single) words that describe you. Frequency determines size. (so does :x)
Manipulate theme, font, orientation, layout, and shape.
Click "save" and click "500KP JPG"
Name it first_last.jpg and save to desktop
Go to www.dropitto.me/chrisheumann and enter pw "heumann"
Click "choose file", find yours, and upload it.
The goals of the opening day are...
-for me to get to know everyone's name
-for the students to let me know a bit about themselves
-for the kids to become productive quickly
-for the kids to get engaged and invested into some aspect of the classroom and community
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Introduction Activities
Human Bingo
Name Cards and Questions (daily)
Prezi, Wordle, or Tagzedo about you.
Comic Life poster (at KCI)
Team Building / Fun Stuff
Towel & water balloon toss
Scrambled eggs
Slap-ring (hands-knee circle w/ crossed hands
20 questions (Challenge Charlie style)
Setting Up The Room/Rules/Routines
Common expectations
What We Want (Venn)
Making the GoogleSite (at KCI in week 2)
Drawings for the curriculum timeline (science)
Sponge Activities/Quickies
mental TicTacToe
Ghost (adding letters to make words)
Compound word chains
A video about Design Challenges http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/tom_wujec_build_a_tower.html