Tuesday, November 1, 2022

October 31-November 4

 for the future of every student

In the second quarter, our goals are to continue bonding with the grade 9 students, establish some new goals for first semester success and encourage students to use all resources available for being successful at Foothill!






Tuesday, November 1
SYNOPSIS

FIRE - No travel

REVIEW: Calendar for NEXT week
  • Monday is a 2,4,F,6 day
  • WASC visitors on campus early next week - reviewing how our school functions
  • No school on Friday
DISCUSS: Successes and challenges from quarter 1

DETAILS
  • Sit together in FIRE zone
  • Put phones away
  • Take attendance
  • Teacher and FIRE Crew lead brainstorm looking back at quarter 1
    1. What does each student feel went well for them in quarter 1?
    2. What did each student like about their initial experience in high school?
    3. What were some challenges faced by each student?
    4. What strategies did they use to cope with these challenges?
    5. What resources did they find to get help?
    6. As we enter the second quarter, how can each student apply what they now know to make these next weeks better?
  • Use FTHS agendas to begin planning how to spend the advisory this week


Wednesday, November 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

Thursday, November 3
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, November 4
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
  • ​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.

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