for the future of every student
In the first days our goals are to get to know the grade 9 students, establish some expectations and share some resources for being successful in transitioning to Foothill!
Tuesday, August 30
SYNOPSIS
FIRE - No travel
Discuss and establish advisory expectations
DETAILS
- Sit together in FIRE zone
- Put phones away
- Take attendance
- Quick connection activity of choice (5-10 minutes) - some ideas below
- DIRECTIONS: Would You Rather - Print a list of would you rather questions. With each answer, have the group separate based on their answer. As the questions keep coming, participants will start to see similarities between members of the group. Questions for "Would You Rather?"
- DIRECTIONS: Snowball Fight - Have each member write their name and a few interesting facts about themselves on a piece of paper before balling it up like a snowball. Then, give them a couple of minutes to have an actual indoor snowball fight. Use a buzzer to have them stop and then grab the nearest paper and unroll it. Go around and let each person share the name and facts that are on their snowball.
- Teacher- and leader-led discussion of advisory room expectations
- Where should the group sit (together) within the room?
- What are the general goals for advisory time?
- What in-class activities are appropriate for advisory time?
- What materials should be taken out at the start of the advisory daily?
- How do we track travel Wednesday through Friday?
- Use FTHS agendas to begin planning how to spend the advisory this week
Wednesday, August 31
SYNOPSIS
FIRE - Travel Optional
Connect with one another, school work or travel as needed
DETAILS
- Sit together in FIRE zone
- Put phones away
- Take attendance
- Agendas out and ready to write/share plan for the week
- Set up for in-room work or sign out for appropriate travel
- Students should have a written goal for traveling
- This is a "why I need to travel" statement
- Leader(s) sit with students and connect/work alongside
- Once everyone is set, leader should check on travelers
Thursday, September 1
SYNOPSIS
FIRE - Travel Optional
Connect with one another, school work or travel as needed
DETAILS
- Sit together in FIRE zone
- Put phones away
- Take attendance
- Agendas out and ready to write/share plan for the week
- Set up for in-room work or sign out for appropriate travel
- Students should have a written goal for traveling
- This is a "why I need to travel" statement
- Leader(s) sit with students and connect/work alongside
- Once everyone is set, leader should check on travelers
Friday, September 2
SYNOPSIS
FIRE - Travel Optional
Connect with one another, school work or travel as needed
DETAILS
- Sit together in FIRE zone
- Put phones away
- Take attendance
- Agendas out and ready to write/share plan for the week
- Set up for in-room work or sign out for appropriate travel
- Students should have a written goal for traveling
- This is a "why I need to travel" statement
- Leader(s) sit with students and connect/work alongside
- Once everyone is set, leader should check on travelers
Resources
- 40 Questions List from Orientation Handbook
- Personal interviews - let the kids interview you or each other
- Two Truths and a Lie
- Heads Up/Hedbandz
- Pictionary (on the white board)
- Decorating desk tent cards (for names)
- Life information bingo cards
- Name of famous person on their back and trying to ask questions to figure it out
- Kahoot of your choice
- What Did You Do This Summer - pair and whole group sharing
- Q&A about first days of school
- Monster drawing (trifold, one person draws top, one middle, one bottom)
- Any card game you have available
- Any board game you have available
- Get out the Legos and let them build and chat
- Put "freshdragon" on white board and come up with words/character traits for each letter
- Something similar with student names
- Something similar with student names
- Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza
- If you have paper plates, you could do the drawing on the top of the head (similar to baby shower game)
- Find interests and histories in common
- https://www.sessionlab.com/blog/icebreaker-games/
- https://nuventuretravels.com/blog/10-fun-free-travel-games
Reminder
FIRE Crew leaders should reference Google Classroom and Canvas for materials, directions, activities, etc.
