Week of : November 5 –
9, 2012
Theme: Choosing Happiness
– Play!
Date News Greeting Sharing Activity
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Mon
11/5
EF
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Good Morning!
It’s EF Monday.
Planners!
Academic Goal Review
Write in Planner: bring in
your fav board game Friday!
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One Minute Mingle Greeting
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Students plan out their
week & write in planner.
Review Goals. Advisors float and review.
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Tuesday
a.m.
11/6
Share
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Our theme for the week is
CHOOSING HAPPINESS.
Did you know it’s a
CHOICE??
Do you agree?
Study the handout while
role is taken…..
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Mimic Greeting
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Popcorn Share
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Tuesday
p.m.
11/6
Activity
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Of the 40% happiness that
you have direct control over, your actions play a key role. Happy
people play!
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High Five / Low Five
Greeting
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Let’s Play!!
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Wed
11/7
Activity
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One of the ways that
people play is by “hanging out.” Cultivating friendships increases happiness!
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Greet & Meet Greeting
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SQ
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Thursday
11/8
Journal
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Good Morning!
Check the box by how many
hours you think you play a week:
________ 0 hours
________
0-5 hours
________ more than 5 hours
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Greet Three Greeting
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Journal Topic:
Happiness and Play
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Friday
11/9
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More Play today!
Games build relationships
AND fun! What’s your favorite board
game?
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Inside Outside Greeting
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Board Games
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Instructions
Monday, November 5
1.) News (see Bulletin)
2.) One-Minute Mingle (p. 224) –
Each person greets as many students by name as
possible in one minute. Model how to
efficiently complete a greeting before
starting. Give examples of how to be
greeted and return a greeting, maintaining
eye contact, before moving on to the next person.
3.) Activity – Students look through the
week for each of their classes, writing down
in planner the dates of quizzes, assignments, tests, and smaller tasks for long-term projects. Also… students review the first week of their
2nd quarter
goals. Advisors float around and consult
individually with advisees.
1.) News
2.) Mimic Greeting – One at a time around
the circle, students greet their neighbors
in a manner of their choice, and neighbors mimic the greetings in return. Leaders can limit the words of the greeting
(e.g., “Good Morning, _________”),
or give students choice of both the words and the manner in which they greet.
3.) Popcorn Share – Brief discussion about the handout.
Possible
prompts for this topic:
Do
you agree that how happy you are can be determined by genetics? How do you feel about that?
Are
you about as happy as your parents? If
not, what could account for
the differences?
If
40% of your level of happiness is based on your own actions, what actions make you happy in your life right now? When and where are you your happiest?
Tuesday, November 6 –
Afternoon
1.) News
2.) High Five/Low Five Greeting – Moving in
sequence around the circle, students
greet the neighbor to their right with a high five. Neighbor greets them back with a low five.
3.) Activity – Sixth graders will increase
their happiness by playing outdoors, on
the elementary playground. Seventh
graders will go to the fields or play tips
and foursquare in the courtyard. Note
that at this age, it is possible that some
kids will just want to hang out with each other and socialize, which is another way adolescents play. IT’S ALL GOOD!
Wednesday, November 7
1.) News
2.) Greet & Meet Greeting – Students
stand, form groups of three, greet each other,
then talk about the topic: “What counts as play for me at this age.” To foster
inclusion, groups are encouraged t invite into their cluster those who are having difficulty finding a group of
three, even if it means creating a group
of four.
3.) Activity – SQ – unstructured social
time that includes the advisor -- a time to hang
out together to talk, laugh, relate and connect. Advisor participation keeps this safe.
“Hanging out” is one of the primary ways adolescents and adults have fun together. This represents a big developmental jump for adolescents and is sometimes
intimidating for those who are still developing the social skills of adolescence.
Thursday, November 8
1.) News
2.) Greet Three Greeting– Students make eye
contact from across the circle, move
and greet each other using a greeting of their choice, and repeat this process two more times. All students are greeting
simultaneously. Model and practice how to do this gracefully
(and WITH SELF-CONTROL) among several
students.
3.) Journal Time – Ask students to explore
in writing the idea of play in their lives. Do they agree that today’s kids are
over-scheduled? Do they have
unstructured
“play” time (a.k.a. – “hang” time)? When
they were little,
what was
their favorite thing to do for play? If
playing more could make them
happier, what would they like to do? Do their parents play? Is play acceptable
in their homes? [It might be helpful to
write these prompts on the
white
board.]
Friday, November 9
1.) News
2.) Inside Outside Greeting – Form a double
circle (one inside the other), and as
the inside circle rotates, members of the inside circle greet people in the outside circle with a handshake and “Good
Morning.” Many variations are possible,
like high fives, low fives, fist bumps, foreign language greetings.
3.) Activity – Board games are a great way
to develop skills that adolescents need
– frustration tolerance, impulse control, social intelligence, relationship skills.
Advisors play too! Great opportunity for fun and role modeling. Monitor
when students need to rotate.
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