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April 2015
Sample advisories from // The Advisory Book, // ©2008 Origins. Used with permission. Origins, Minneapolis MN.

April 1
Share with your partner, and put your post-it on the chart or board. Read all the cultures of the advisory, including your own. || America is sometimes called a "melting pot," a "gorgeous **tapestry**," or a "tossed salad." Today we'll get some insight into why. Which phrase do you think better represents the mixture of cultures in the United States? Write your name under your answer. MELTING POT GORGEOUS TAPESTRY TOSSED SALAD ||
 * MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING -- Cut from Common Cloth (both 7th and 8th grade) **
 * **Greeting:** || Sawa Bona Greeting (p. 224) ||
 * **Sharing:** || Think, Ink, Pair, Share: //Write on a post-it as many cultures or countries as you know from which you are descended.//
 * **Activity:** || Where Are You From? (p. 261) ||
 * **Daily News:** || Jambo, Advisory Students!
 * **A+:** || Pov Pob Game (p. 244; tossable objects needed) ||
 * **A+:** || Pov Pob Game (p. 244; tossable objects needed) ||

April 3

 * MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING -- The Cost of Us Vs. Them **
 * **Greeting:** || Huddle-Up Greeting (p. 219), with categories of differences between people, for example: Gender; Age; Family Size; Birth Order; etc. ||
 * **Sharing:** || Partner Share: What sort of person do you like to spend time with? ||
 * **Activity:** || Me Too OR When the Cold Wind Blows ||
 * **Daily News:** || Good morning, Group! How much do we have in common as a group? Before CPR begins, find someone with whom you share some **characteristic**, and sit by that person. ||
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April 29
Our advisory, of course, is a group that has members. Think about other groups you spend time with, in or out of school. To how many different groups (formal or informal) do you belong? Write on your number line.* (*When processing the news, ask for a show of hands on the question: //Are your groups mostly homogeneous, heterogeneous, or some of each?// (Make sure students understand the definitions of those words!) || Reflection: Whole Group: //Name some qualities that can distinguish ourselves as different from others// (brainstorm a list). ||
 * MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING -- The Cost of Us Vs. Them **
 * **Greeting:** || Name Card Greeting (p. 221) ||
 * **Sharing:** || Whip Share: //Are you a stay-at-home or an explorer? In other words, are you a person who prefers to hang out with kids who are very similar to you in looks and lifestyle, or are you an explorer, who likes to mingle with a variety of folks, many of whom seem to be different from you?// ||
 * **Activity:** || Affinity Process (p. 233) ||
 * **Daily News:** || Hello to All!
 * **A+:** || //The Star-Bellied Sneetches// (Dr. Seuss) -- Round Robin Read-Aloud (copy of book needed!)
 * **A+:** || //The Star-Bellied Sneetches// (Dr. Seuss) -- Round Robin Read-Aloud (copy of book needed!)