september

September 2014
Sample advisories from //The Advisory Book,// ©2008 Origins. Used with permission. Origins, Minneapolis MN.

High Five Greeting - in a giant circle
 * September 5**
 * **Greeting:** || 7th Grade - Whole Grade

8th Grade Ball Toss Greeting ||
 * **Sharing:** || Announcements from Dr. B ||
 * Activity: ||  ||
 * Daily News: ||  ||

September 10

 * **Greeting:** || All Group Greeting: A student greets everybody and they all greet him back, in unison. "Good morning, everyone. Good morning, Antoine."

or

Language Greeting ||
 * **Sharing:** || Whip Share: **What's one summer memory you want to share with the group?**

Introduce yourself and your "favorites". || Review: Good Morning, Students!
 * **Activity:** || 7th & 8th Grade
 * Common Area Expectations
 * Lunch & Recess Guidelines ||
 * **Daily News:** || 7th Grade

Welcome back! Please sit in the __**designated**__ seat with your name tag on it. Our goal for today is to meet and begin getting to know each other. Write your name and birthday below to check in.

Fall B-Days (Sept.-Nov.) Winter B-Days (Dec.-Feb.) Spring B-Days (Mar.-May) Summer B-Days (June-Aug.)

Sincerely, Your Teachers

8th Grade: Good Morning, Students!

Welcome back! Please sit in the __**designated**__ seat. Our goal for this morning is to meet and begin getting to know more about each other. Learning more about each other as individuals can help us to know how we can work well with one another as well. Be thinking about what you hope to gain from our time in Advisory this year.

Sincerely, Your Teachers ||
 * **Note:** || Keep track of student responses to the various getting-to-know-you questions you pose in these first weeks (today's were birthdays and favorite summer memories). Later, you can compile them into an Advisory Almanac, a who's who of the members of the advisory. ||

September 12

 * **Greeting:** || 7th Grade:

8th Grade: Handshake Greeting || Whip Share: **What's one summer memory you want to share with the group?**
 * **Sharing:** || 7th Grade:

8th Grade: Whip Share: **What's one summer memory you want to share with the group?** || Ask the students: **What do you think advisory is all about?**
 * **Activity:** || 7th Grade

8th Grade Ask the students: **What are our goals for Advisory for this year?** Hula Hoop - Team work...getting the hula hoop from one end of the "chain" to the other. (Blacktop) || Good Morning, Students!
 * or**
 * **Daily News:** || 7th Grade

Welcome back! Please sit in the __**designated**__ seat with your name tag on it. Our goal for today is to meet and begin getting to know each other. Write your name and birthday below to check in.

Fall B-Days (Sept.-Nov.) Winter B-Days (Dec.-Feb.) Spring B-Days (Mar.-May) Summer B-Days (June-Aug.)

Sincerely, Your Teachers

8th Grade: Good Morning, Students!

Welcome back! Please sit in the __**designated**__ seat. Our goal for this morning is to meet and begin getting to know more about each other. Learning more about each other as individuals can help us to know how we can work well with one another as well. Be thinking about what you hope to gain from our time in Advisory this year.

Sincerely, Your Teachers ||

September 17

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

Handshake Greeting ||
 * **Sharing:** || 7th Grade: Whip Share: Which of the following subjects do you enjoy most: math, language arts, science, or social studies? Tally the responses.

8th Grade: ||
 * **Activity:** || 7th Grade: Goals and Declarations

8th Grade: Getting to Know Each Other Activity || Salutations!
 * **Daily News:** || 7th

Please sit in the designated seat that has your nametag on it. Each day I'll mix up the seating so we can better __**integrate**__ and get to know each other. Sign your name on a line below to check in.

Sincerely, Your Teachers

8th Grade:

Greetings!

Last week, we worked together in two teams. It was impressive to see how quickly each team was able to work together. Today, after a brief whip share, we will try an activity that will require us all to work together as one **__cohesive__** group.

Sincerely,

Your Teachers ||

September 19
Whip Share: **Which of the following subjects do you enjoy most: math, language arts, science, or social studies?** Tally the responses.
 * **Greeting:** ||  ||
 * **Sharing:** || 7th Grade

8th Grade: ||
 * **Activity:** || 7th Grade: Goals and Declarations

8th Grade: Goals and Declarations || Salutations!
 * **Daily News:** || 7th

Please sit in the designated seat that has your nametag on it. Each day I'll mix up the seating so we can better __**integrate**__ and get to know each other. Sign your name on a line below to check in.

Sincerely, Your Teachers

8th Grade:

Greetings!

Sincerely, Your Teachers ||

September 24
Ball Toss Greeting p.215
 * **Greeting:** || 7th Grade

8th Grade Ball Toss Greeting || Whip Share: Think about a group that you have belonged to (sports, class, family, religious, drama, etc.). What aspects of the group made it successful?
 * **Sharing:** || 7th Grade

8th Grade Whip Share: One thing I am looking forward to as an eighth grader.... || Creating Guidelines for Advisory
 * **Activity:** || 7th Grade

p. 24 and p.144

Pass out sticky notes to students. Have them brainstorm rules that cover all situations in our group. Rules should be concise. Then combine and sort their ideas into a few broad rules and everyone agrees to by consensus. (p.24 The Advisory Book)


 * 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.

8th Grade What is one goal you have for yourself this year. One goal I have is......Some steps I think I might need to follow to reach my goal are. (Provisions: Folders, papers, pencils, and markers.) ||
 * **Daily News:** || 7th Grade

Dear Students,

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.

Sincerely, Your Teachers

8th Grade Introduce folders....(VCB to write message.) ||

September 26
A+ Ball Toss Greeting p.215
 * **Greeting:** || 7th Grade

8th Grade Ball Toss Greeting ||
 * **A+** || Creating Guidelines for Advisory continued...

finalize them with a consensus decision, followed by a formal signing of the Advisory Guidelines. ||
 * Reflection:**