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October 2011
Sample advisories from //The Advisory Book,// ©2008 Origins. Used with permission. Origins, Minneapolis MN.

October 6

 * **Greeting:** || **Language Greeting**

One at a time, students greet the person next to her in a language of her choice, and are greeted back in the same language, and the process is repeated around the circle. ||
 * **Sharing:** || **Whip Share:** **//One thing that went well for me the first week of school was...//**

Follow with a review from memory of what people shared: **//Who remembers something that went well for someone?//** ||
 * **Activity:** || **Fact or Fiction**


 * How To Play:** A student is chosen to tell three things about themselves: two are facts and one is fiction. The other players raise their hands and try to guess which one is fiction. The player who guesses is the next one to tell three things. After two wrong guesses it is obvious which one is fiction! ||
 * **Daily News:** || Ciao Students!

Today we'll __**evaluate**__ how things have gone so far. Write on the line with your number one thing that went well the first week of school.

Sincerely, Your Teachers ||
 * **A+** || Goals & Declarations
 * **A+** || Goals & Declarations

or

Games

or

Clock Partners Activity

or

your choice ||

October 13

 * **Greeting:** || **Name Card Greeting**

A stack of name cards for everyone in the class is in the middle of the circle. Students select a card at random and greet the person indicated on the card.

VARIATION: Place nametags in a pile in the middle. Each student chooses a nametag, greets that person, and switches seats with him or her. ||
 * **Sharing:** || **Whip Share**: **//One thing I like to do with my family is...//**

Follow with a review from memory of what people shared. //**Who remembers something someone shared that he or she likes to do with family?**// ||
 * **Activity:** || **Toss a Name Game**


 * How to Play:** Students form a circle and each student says his or her name. Next, the leader holds a ball and repeats his own name, I am Steve, then names a student and tosses the ball to her, and this is Kris. Kris catches the ball and says, This is Steve, I am Kris, and this is Amanda, and then tosses the ball to Amanda. After the first student, each will say two names besides her own. The game continues until all have been called. ||
 * **Daily News:** || Buenos Dias, Advisory!

Seating is something you have to __**calculate**__ today. Put a check box next to the number of siblings you have, then sit by someone with the same number of siblings.

Sincerely, Your Teachers ||
 * **A+:** || Gr. 8 - Brookline Community Foundation will be here at Runkle to talk to our Eighth Graders about the Youth Grantmaking Initiative
 * **A+:** || Gr. 8 - Brookline Community Foundation will be here at Runkle to talk to our Eighth Graders about the Youth Grantmaking Initiative

Gr.7 - Reflect on the 7th grade trip....what went well, what didn't, and what suggestions the students have. ||

October 20
The teacher should be the final sharer. After you share your experience, have students brainstorm and list questions they might ask to learn more. Students ask you questions chosen from the list. ||
 * **Greeting:** || **Language Greeting:** using a language spoken by a student in your group. ||
 * **Sharing:** || **Whip Share: A fun thing I did this past weekend was...**
 * **Activity:** || Me Too ||
 * **Daily News:** || Aloha, Friends!

Today we're going to greet each other in a language other than English. Write on your number line a way to say "hello" in another language. Let's see how many different greetings we can __**devise**__.

Sincerely, Your Teachers ||
 * **A+:** || **Creating Guidelines for Advisory**
 * **A+:** || **Creating Guidelines for Advisory**

(p.24 & 144 The Advisory Book) (p.67 Resource Book)


 * Write a separate message for this portion of the period:**

Today we'll create our own guidelines agreement. We will think together about the agreement we can make to ensure that our community is ap lace where everyone feels safe and cared about. In any group of people, there are moments when people get upset with each other. Successful communities set up guidelines that descirbe the way the community wants people to act so that everyone can have the good year they hope for and meet their goals. Those guidelines act as a safe "fence" around the group at difficult times. Be thinking about the agreements our group needs to make.


 * Activity:** Making Advisory Guidelines: Brainstorm riules with students and then combine and sort their ideas into a few broad rules that cover all situation and everyone agrees to by consensus. (p.24 The Advisory Book)


 * Reflection:** Whole group: student reads the final rules to the group and then volunteers try to name the rules without looking at them.


 * Note:** This process will probably take more than one advisory period. You can brainstorm and narrow down the rules in the first session, and in the second session, finalize them with a consensus decision, followed by a formal signing of the Advisory Guidelines. ||

October 27

 * **Greeting:** || **Handshake Greeting** ||
 * **Sharing:** || **Whip Share: My favorite thing to do outside of school is ...** ||
 * **Activity:** || **Fact or Fiction** (using cards from 10/6/11) ||
 * **Daily News:** || Howdy, Learners!

Write on your line below a question you would ask [fill in the name of a famous person] if he/she were here today. Try to make your question a **thoughtful** one.

Sincerely, Your Teachers ||
 * **A+:** || Creating Guidelines for Advisory continued... ||
 * **A+:** || Creating Guidelines for Advisory continued... ||