(Monday, October 5, 2015 (35 minutes)
Announcements/Attendance
Assembly on Moral Focus of the Month: Respect
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 (35 minutes)
Announcements, Attendance, Seating Chart (5 minutes)
Goal Setting Discussion and Reset (10 minutes)
Create "Advice" decor (10 minutes)
Distribute IDs and pictures, clean-up (5 minutes)
*Students must enter their emails into my group contact list today.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 (35 minutes)
Announcements, Attendance , Introduce "Respect" for October Moral focus (6 minutes)
Hook: "Respect" by Aretha Franklin (3 minutes)
Define "Respect" together. (dictionary)
In 3 groups, make lists of:
1. What people SAY to others that shows respect.
2. What people DO for other to show respect.
3. What people can do to show respect for the environment. (10 minutes)
Share out with the group and post on our bulletin board. (5 minutes)
Clean up. (2 minutes)
Thursday, October 8, 2015 (35 minutes)
Announcements, Attendance, Hook: How would the world be different if everyone showed more respect to each other? (5 minutes)Create skits showing disrespect and perform. Click here for skit ideas.
Basic theater considerations: make it interesting; don't block each other as you perform; project your voice; if you move your hands, keep them above waist level
Friday, October 9, 2015 (35 minutes)
Announcements (PSAT next Wednesday), Attendance (5 minutes)
Hook: What things did you notice around school yesterday that showed respect or disrespect?
Direct Instruction: PSAT Practice
Monday, October 12, 2015 (35 minutes)
Announcements/Attendance (5 minutes)
Hook: Are you ready for the PSAT?
Direct Instruction: PSAT Practice
Friday, October 16, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
_Kid President
Video
Goal Setting
Monday, October 19, 2015 (35 minutes)
Announcements/Attendance (5 minutes)
Bellwork (during announcements): Fill out monthly reflection form (wisdom)
Hook: What is Intelligence? What is knowledge? (list)
Direct Instruction (10 min + 5 min): Website from Khan Academy. Video on Mapping the Brain
Independent Practice (5 min + 10 min): Goal setting for the week; share out ("You Can Do It!")
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Monday, November 2, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (3 min)
Hook (2 min): What is gratitude? Definition
Direct Instruction (10 Min): Video on Gratitude
Practice (20 min): Pick 1 Gratitude Quote, copy it, write an explanation.
Friday, November 6, 2015
No School - Parent Teacher Conferences
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Monday, November 9, 2015
Announcements (goals)/Attendance (3 min)
Objective: SW think about and be able to explain "gratitude"
Hook (2 min): "Whip-Around" - I'm grateful for _____.
Direct Instruction (30 min): Assembly/Speaker for Character Trait of the Month.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (3 min)
Objective: SW plan courses for tenure of high school career.
Hook (2 min): What is you future educational plan for high school?
Direct Instruction: Review course requirements for Wellspring Prep High School
Guided/Independent Practice: SW select their courses online via Infinite Campus.
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Monday, November 16, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (3 min)
Objective: SW plan courses for tenure of high school career.
Hook (2 min): What is you future educational plan for high school?
Direct Instruction: Review course requirements for Wellspring Prep High School
Guided/Independent Practice: SW select their courses online via Infinite Campus.
Friday, November 20, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (3 min)
Objective: SW plan courses; SW give teacher feedback
Hook (2 min): Has everyone taken the student survey for each teacher? This is what we are working on today...
Direct Instruction: Display email attachment with directions for filling out the survey: HERE
Guided/Independent Practice: SW complete the survey and then work on EDP from Monday.
Upon completion: SW discuss/set goals for next week.
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Monday, November 23, 2015 - EDP
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - EDP
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Monday, November 30, 2015
Announcements/Attendance
Good News/Discussion
Friday, December 4, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Hook (3 min): Define "self-control" together and write on board.
Direct Instruction (7 min): YouTube Video - Self-Control
Guided Practice (10 min): Discuss video and whether our definition is accurate or not.
Independent Practice (10 min): Write 1 way "self-control" is evident in your personal or academic life.
Closure (5 min): Goal setting/Grade Checks (conversation)
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Monday, December 7, 2015 - possibly work on Friday's lesson plan due to teacher absence
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Learning Style Inventory (5-10 min)
Discuss and chart "Learning Styles" (5-10 min)
Review and discuss student goals and grades
Friday, December 11, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Holiday Cards
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Monday, December 14, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Learning Styles (15 min): explain, test, graph for class
Goals (10 min)
Grade checks (5 min)
Friday, December 18, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
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Monday, January 4, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Hook: Welcome Back & Good News (5-10 min)
Direct Instruction:
Review School Expectations (10-15 min) - Google Slideshow
Introduce new character trait of the month - Perseverance (5 min)
Definition: CLICK
Video Clip: Never Give Up
Reminders: No school on January 18th or 22nd (Monday and Friday of Exam Week)
Friday, January 8, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Hook: Perseverance VIDEO (2 min)
Direct Instruction: Access PSAT Scores online
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Monday, January 11, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Perseverance) Quote: “You know, most men would get discouraged by now. Fortunately for you, I am not most men!” - PePe Le Pew, The Stink of Love: Pepé Le Pew's Guide to L'Amour
Announcements/Attendance/Good News (5 min): All of our 9th grade students will participate in a vision screening on Wednesday from 8am-11:00am
Hook: Perseverance VIDEO (5 min)
Direct Instruction:
Online Choices VIDEO (5 min)
Access PSAT Scores online
VIDEO on understanding PSAT Scores (2 min)
LINK to scores (10 min)
CHECK YOUR GRADES
Friday, January 15, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Perseverance) Quote: “I may not be where I want to be, but if I stop now, I'll NEVER get where I'm going!”
― Laura Lynch, Mistakes Happen: An Historical Guide to Overcoming Adversity
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Locker Clean Out Day
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Monday, January 18, 2016 (35 min) NO SCHOOL
Character Trait of the Month (Perseverance) Quote: “To achieve what 1% of the worlds population has (Financial Freedom), you must be willing to do what only 1% dare to do..hard work and perseverance of highest order.” - Manoj Arora, From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom
1st Semester Final Exams Schedule:
Friday, January 22, 2016 (35 min) NO SCHOOL
Character Trait of the Month (Perseverance) Quote: “Let me tell you something. I'm from Chicago. I don't break.” - Barack Obama
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Monday, January 25, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Perseverance) Quote: “A true philosopher must never give up.” - Jostein Gaarder, Sophie's World
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Moral Focus Assembly - Perseverance 7:50-8:20am
Friday, January 29, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Perseverance) Quote: “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” - Margaret Thatcher Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Hook: Perseverance VIDEO (3 min)
Direct Instruction: Online Safety Activity & Safety Pledge
Independent Practice:
Complete Academic Goal-Setting Worksheet for 2nd Semester
Complete Character Development Self-Reflection
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Monday, February 1, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. - Nelson Mandela
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Direct Instruction (10 min) Introduce character trait of the month - Courage DEFINITION Pass out notecards. WATCH.
Independent Practice (5 min): Write for 2 minutes. What are my fears and what are my dreams? Don't write your name.
Reflection (5 min): Pass in. Line up in hallway. Teacher will shuffle and read. Same fear - walk to other side of hallway.
Friday, February 5, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. - Maya Angelou
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
VIDEO from Ms. K.
Spirit Week SLIDESHOW from Ms. K
Josten Assembly in gym
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Monday, February 8, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.- Booker T. Washington
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Review Spirit Week SLIDESHOW
Do Now: Turn in permission slip/lunch count
Direct Instruction (5 min): Courage VIDEO
Guided Practice (10 min): Pick a CLASS ACTIVITY to build courage.
Grade Check (5 min)
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Good News! (2 min)
Check participation for Spirit Week (3 min): Michigan Day
Courage (5 min): TED TALK
Grade Check FORM (5 min fill in grades from IC)
(15 min) www.bitstrips.com Create your avatar
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” ― Coco Chanel
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Good News! (2 min)
Check participation for Spirit Week: Start Wars Day
VIDEO: What did you find?
VIDEO: Star Wars is MOTIVATIONAL.
Courage (5 min): The Courageous Egg
Activity (25 min): Bookmarks
Thursday, February 11, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Good News! (2 min)
Check participation for Spirit Week: Wolf Wear Day
Courage WORKSHEET p.14
Friday, February 12, 2016 (35 min) - Day of Service
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.- Atticus Finch” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Good News! (2 min)
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Monday, February 15, 2016 - No School
Friday, February 19, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. ~Aesop
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Complete Subject and Careers Pamphlet
Grade Check
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Monday, February 22, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: A man of courage never wants weapons. ~Author Unknown
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Assembly on Courage
Friday, February 26, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. ~Ambrose Redmoon
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Review Career Pathways packet
Grade Check
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Monday, February 29, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: Courage can't see around corners, but goes around them anyway. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Announcements/Attendance/Good News (10 min)
Courage VIDEO (10 min)
Character Development Self-Reflection and Share (15 min)
Friday, March 4, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don’t just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won’t happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you’ll love it up here.” – Donald Trump
Announcements/Attendance/Good News (5 min): Only 11 have returned their commitment forms for this fall. (Distribute)
Introduce character trait of the month - Encouragement
DEFINITION
VIDEO (15 min)
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Monday, March 7, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote:
“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Return "Commitment" forms to Advisory teacher
Hook (5 min): What is stress? - Stress DEFINITION
Direct Instruction (10 min): "Dealing with Stress" SLIDESHOW
Individual Practice (10 min): Stress TEST
Friday, March 11, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “Instruction does much, but encouragement everything."
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Early and Miscellaneous Letters of J. W. Goethe: Including Letters to His Mother.
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Parent/Teacher Conference Worksheet
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Monday, March 14, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Good Poems for Hard Times
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Encouragement LESSON
Friday, March 18, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.”
― Stephanie Lahart, Overcoming Life's Obstacles: Enlighten-Encourage-Empower
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Grade check
Decorate bags for Kids Food Basket (Eggleston/NHS)
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Monday, March 21, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without someone buoying them up.” ― Elizabeth Wein, Rose Under Fire
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Assembly - Encouragement
Friday, March 25, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.”
― Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
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Monday, March 28, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
LISTEN and write Character Development Self-Reflection
Friday, April 1, 2016 - NO SCHOOL
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Monday, April 4, 2016 - NO SCHOOL & Friday, April 8, 2016 - NO SCHOOL
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Monday, April 11, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait (Compassion) Quote: Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Good News (3-5 min)
Hook: What is Compassion? Introduce character trait of the month - Compassion
Direct Instruction (15 min): Compassion - TED Talk
Guided Practice: Conversation about compassion
Announcements: Testing on Wednesday.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016: PSAT Testing
Date: 04/13/16
School: Wellspring Preparatory Academy
Address: 1031 Page Street NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505
School code: 232203
Friday, April 15, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Compassion) Quote: Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. Albert Einstein
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Research summer opportunities
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Monday, April 18, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Compassion) Quote: The greatness of a man is measured by the way he treats the little man. Compassion for the weak is a sign of greatness. Myles Munroe
Announcements/Attendance (5 min): ~Emergency Drills: We still have a few Emergency drills to complete before the year is over.
Due to the construction that is beginning this week, we need to alter our fire and weather emergency sites. For fire drills, please report to the front of the building as we will line up on Spring Ave. and Page St. For weather emergency, we will meet in the cafeteria, staff lounge, and the area outside the current art room. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Moral Focus Assembly
Friday, April 22, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Compassion) Quote: True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it. Daniel Goleman
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Grade Check
Complete Student Survey
Complete Summer Personal Plan
PDF Presentation HERE http://www.lwsd.org/school/lwhs/SiteCollectionDocuments/Career-Center/Summer-Plans.pdf
Take notes during presentation and write one or two paragraphs describing your general plan for the 10 weeks of summer. How can you
build your skills and resume during this time?
JUNE - 2 weeks
JULY - 4 weeks
AUGUST - 4 weeks
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Monday, April 25, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Compassion) Quote: Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Spotlight on Mother Theresa
Friday, April 29, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Compassion) Quote:Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. Confucius 10 Life Lessons from Confucius (10 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Character Development Self-Reflection (5 min)
Why College?
College is Power (10 min)
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Monday, May 2, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters”
― Albert Einstein
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Introduce new character trait of the month - Integrity
Definition
TED Talk (10 min)
What does integrity mean to you? How do you demonstrate integrity?
Friday, May 6, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Integrity Group work
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Monday, May 9, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Objective: SW analyze and evaluate a situation.
Hook: If you saw someone in trouble, would you help him/her? What if it was a person who was about to make a big mistake?
Direct Instruction (10 min): WWYD
Assignment (5 min): Quickly tell what you would do. What would you say in this situation? What would you do physically?
Guided Practice (10 min): Class discussion
Closure (5 min): STATISTICS
Friday, May 13, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”
― Frederick Douglass
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Objective: SW analyze and evaluate a situation.
Hook: If you saw bullying, what would you do? Would you try to make it stop?
Direct Instruction (10 min): WWYD
Assignment (5 min): Quickly tell what you would do. What would you say in this situation? What would you do physically?
Guided Practice (10 min): Class discussion
Closure (5 min): STATISTICS
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Monday, May 16, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”
― Abraham Lincoln
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Friday, May 20, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” ― Shannon L. Alder
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
LESSON
Grade Check
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Monday, May 23, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.”
― Marcus Aurelius
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Grade Level Experience for Digital Portfolio GUIDELINES
Friday, May 27, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Character Development Self-Reflection - Integrity
Continue working on digital portfolios (Google Sites)
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Monday, May 30, 2016 - NO SCHOOL
Friday, June 3, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Work on digital portfolios
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Monday, June 6, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
End of the Year Vocabulary Quiz
Friday, June 10, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
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Monday, June 13, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Locker Clean-out
Friday, June 17, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Announcements/Attendance
Assembly on Moral Focus of the Month: Respect
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 (35 minutes)
Announcements, Attendance, Seating Chart (5 minutes)
Goal Setting Discussion and Reset (10 minutes)
Create "Advice" decor (10 minutes)
Distribute IDs and pictures, clean-up (5 minutes)
*Students must enter their emails into my group contact list today.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 (35 minutes)
Announcements, Attendance , Introduce "Respect" for October Moral focus (6 minutes)
Hook: "Respect" by Aretha Franklin (3 minutes)
Define "Respect" together. (dictionary)
In 3 groups, make lists of:
1. What people SAY to others that shows respect.
2. What people DO for other to show respect.
3. What people can do to show respect for the environment. (10 minutes)
Share out with the group and post on our bulletin board. (5 minutes)
Clean up. (2 minutes)
Thursday, October 8, 2015 (35 minutes)
Announcements, Attendance, Hook: How would the world be different if everyone showed more respect to each other? (5 minutes)Create skits showing disrespect and perform. Click here for skit ideas.
Basic theater considerations: make it interesting; don't block each other as you perform; project your voice; if you move your hands, keep them above waist level
Friday, October 9, 2015 (35 minutes)
Announcements (PSAT next Wednesday), Attendance (5 minutes)
Hook: What things did you notice around school yesterday that showed respect or disrespect?
Direct Instruction: PSAT Practice
Monday, October 12, 2015 (35 minutes)
Announcements/Attendance (5 minutes)
Hook: Are you ready for the PSAT?
Direct Instruction: PSAT Practice
Friday, October 16, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
_Kid President
Video
Goal Setting
Monday, October 19, 2015 (35 minutes)
Announcements/Attendance (5 minutes)
Bellwork (during announcements): Fill out monthly reflection form (wisdom)
Hook: What is Intelligence? What is knowledge? (list)
Direct Instruction (10 min + 5 min): Website from Khan Academy. Video on Mapping the Brain
Independent Practice (5 min + 10 min): Goal setting for the week; share out ("You Can Do It!")
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Monday, November 2, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (3 min)
Hook (2 min): What is gratitude? Definition
Direct Instruction (10 Min): Video on Gratitude
Practice (20 min): Pick 1 Gratitude Quote, copy it, write an explanation.
Friday, November 6, 2015
No School - Parent Teacher Conferences
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Monday, November 9, 2015
Announcements (goals)/Attendance (3 min)
Objective: SW think about and be able to explain "gratitude"
Hook (2 min): "Whip-Around" - I'm grateful for _____.
Direct Instruction (30 min): Assembly/Speaker for Character Trait of the Month.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (3 min)
Objective: SW plan courses for tenure of high school career.
Hook (2 min): What is you future educational plan for high school?
Direct Instruction: Review course requirements for Wellspring Prep High School
Guided/Independent Practice: SW select their courses online via Infinite Campus.
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Monday, November 16, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (3 min)
Objective: SW plan courses for tenure of high school career.
Hook (2 min): What is you future educational plan for high school?
Direct Instruction: Review course requirements for Wellspring Prep High School
Guided/Independent Practice: SW select their courses online via Infinite Campus.
Friday, November 20, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (3 min)
Objective: SW plan courses; SW give teacher feedback
Hook (2 min): Has everyone taken the student survey for each teacher? This is what we are working on today...
Direct Instruction: Display email attachment with directions for filling out the survey: HERE
Guided/Independent Practice: SW complete the survey and then work on EDP from Monday.
Upon completion: SW discuss/set goals for next week.
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Monday, November 23, 2015 - EDP
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - EDP
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Monday, November 30, 2015
Announcements/Attendance
Good News/Discussion
Friday, December 4, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Hook (3 min): Define "self-control" together and write on board.
Direct Instruction (7 min): YouTube Video - Self-Control
Guided Practice (10 min): Discuss video and whether our definition is accurate or not.
Independent Practice (10 min): Write 1 way "self-control" is evident in your personal or academic life.
Closure (5 min): Goal setting/Grade Checks (conversation)
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Monday, December 7, 2015 - possibly work on Friday's lesson plan due to teacher absence
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Learning Style Inventory (5-10 min)
Discuss and chart "Learning Styles" (5-10 min)
Review and discuss student goals and grades
Friday, December 11, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Holiday Cards
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Monday, December 14, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Learning Styles (15 min): explain, test, graph for class
Goals (10 min)
Grade checks (5 min)
Friday, December 18, 2015
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
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Monday, January 4, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Hook: Welcome Back & Good News (5-10 min)
Direct Instruction:
Review School Expectations (10-15 min) - Google Slideshow
Introduce new character trait of the month - Perseverance (5 min)
Definition: CLICK
Video Clip: Never Give Up
Reminders: No school on January 18th or 22nd (Monday and Friday of Exam Week)
Friday, January 8, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Hook: Perseverance VIDEO (2 min)
Direct Instruction: Access PSAT Scores online
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Monday, January 11, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Perseverance) Quote: “You know, most men would get discouraged by now. Fortunately for you, I am not most men!” - PePe Le Pew, The Stink of Love: Pepé Le Pew's Guide to L'Amour
Announcements/Attendance/Good News (5 min): All of our 9th grade students will participate in a vision screening on Wednesday from 8am-11:00am
Hook: Perseverance VIDEO (5 min)
Direct Instruction:
Online Choices VIDEO (5 min)
Access PSAT Scores online
VIDEO on understanding PSAT Scores (2 min)
LINK to scores (10 min)
CHECK YOUR GRADES
Friday, January 15, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Perseverance) Quote: “I may not be where I want to be, but if I stop now, I'll NEVER get where I'm going!”
― Laura Lynch, Mistakes Happen: An Historical Guide to Overcoming Adversity
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Locker Clean Out Day
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Monday, January 18, 2016 (35 min) NO SCHOOL
Character Trait of the Month (Perseverance) Quote: “To achieve what 1% of the worlds population has (Financial Freedom), you must be willing to do what only 1% dare to do..hard work and perseverance of highest order.” - Manoj Arora, From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom
1st Semester Final Exams Schedule:
- Tuesday, 1/19 - Exam A 7:45-9:10 a.m. & Exam B 9:20-10:45 a.m.
- Wednesday, 1/20 - Exam C 7:45-9:10 a.m. & Exam D 9:20-10:45 a.m.
- Thursday, 1/21- Exam E 7:45-9:10 a.m. & Exam F 9:20-10:45 a.m.
Friday, January 22, 2016 (35 min) NO SCHOOL
Character Trait of the Month (Perseverance) Quote: “Let me tell you something. I'm from Chicago. I don't break.” - Barack Obama
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Monday, January 25, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Perseverance) Quote: “A true philosopher must never give up.” - Jostein Gaarder, Sophie's World
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Moral Focus Assembly - Perseverance 7:50-8:20am
Friday, January 29, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Perseverance) Quote: “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” - Margaret Thatcher Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Hook: Perseverance VIDEO (3 min)
Direct Instruction: Online Safety Activity & Safety Pledge
Independent Practice:
Complete Academic Goal-Setting Worksheet for 2nd Semester
Complete Character Development Self-Reflection
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Monday, February 1, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. - Nelson Mandela
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Direct Instruction (10 min) Introduce character trait of the month - Courage DEFINITION Pass out notecards. WATCH.
Independent Practice (5 min): Write for 2 minutes. What are my fears and what are my dreams? Don't write your name.
Reflection (5 min): Pass in. Line up in hallway. Teacher will shuffle and read. Same fear - walk to other side of hallway.
Friday, February 5, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. - Maya Angelou
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
VIDEO from Ms. K.
Spirit Week SLIDESHOW from Ms. K
Josten Assembly in gym
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Monday, February 8, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.- Booker T. Washington
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Review Spirit Week SLIDESHOW
Do Now: Turn in permission slip/lunch count
Direct Instruction (5 min): Courage VIDEO
Guided Practice (10 min): Pick a CLASS ACTIVITY to build courage.
Grade Check (5 min)
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Good News! (2 min)
Check participation for Spirit Week (3 min): Michigan Day
Courage (5 min): TED TALK
Grade Check FORM (5 min fill in grades from IC)
(15 min) www.bitstrips.com Create your avatar
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” ― Coco Chanel
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Good News! (2 min)
Check participation for Spirit Week: Start Wars Day
VIDEO: What did you find?
VIDEO: Star Wars is MOTIVATIONAL.
Courage (5 min): The Courageous Egg
Activity (25 min): Bookmarks
Thursday, February 11, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Good News! (2 min)
Check participation for Spirit Week: Wolf Wear Day
Courage WORKSHEET p.14
Friday, February 12, 2016 (35 min) - Day of Service
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.- Atticus Finch” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Good News! (2 min)
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Monday, February 15, 2016 - No School
Friday, February 19, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. ~Aesop
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Complete Subject and Careers Pamphlet
Grade Check
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Monday, February 22, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: A man of courage never wants weapons. ~Author Unknown
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Assembly on Courage
Friday, February 26, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. ~Ambrose Redmoon
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Review Career Pathways packet
Grade Check
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Monday, February 29, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Courage) Quote: Courage can't see around corners, but goes around them anyway. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Announcements/Attendance/Good News (10 min)
Courage VIDEO (10 min)
Character Development Self-Reflection and Share (15 min)
Friday, March 4, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don’t just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won’t happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you’ll love it up here.” – Donald Trump
Announcements/Attendance/Good News (5 min): Only 11 have returned their commitment forms for this fall. (Distribute)
Introduce character trait of the month - Encouragement
DEFINITION
VIDEO (15 min)
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Monday, March 7, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote:
“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Return "Commitment" forms to Advisory teacher
Hook (5 min): What is stress? - Stress DEFINITION
Direct Instruction (10 min): "Dealing with Stress" SLIDESHOW
Individual Practice (10 min): Stress TEST
Friday, March 11, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “Instruction does much, but encouragement everything."
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Early and Miscellaneous Letters of J. W. Goethe: Including Letters to His Mother.
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Parent/Teacher Conference Worksheet
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Monday, March 14, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Good Poems for Hard Times
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Encouragement LESSON
Friday, March 18, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.”
― Stephanie Lahart, Overcoming Life's Obstacles: Enlighten-Encourage-Empower
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Grade check
Decorate bags for Kids Food Basket (Eggleston/NHS)
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Monday, March 21, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without someone buoying them up.” ― Elizabeth Wein, Rose Under Fire
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Assembly - Encouragement
Friday, March 25, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.”
― Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
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Monday, March 28, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Encouragement) Quote: “Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
LISTEN and write Character Development Self-Reflection
Friday, April 1, 2016 - NO SCHOOL
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Monday, April 4, 2016 - NO SCHOOL & Friday, April 8, 2016 - NO SCHOOL
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Monday, April 11, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait (Compassion) Quote: Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Good News (3-5 min)
Hook: What is Compassion? Introduce character trait of the month - Compassion
Direct Instruction (15 min): Compassion - TED Talk
Guided Practice: Conversation about compassion
Announcements: Testing on Wednesday.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016: PSAT Testing
Date: 04/13/16
School: Wellspring Preparatory Academy
Address: 1031 Page Street NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505
School code: 232203
Friday, April 15, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Compassion) Quote: Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. Albert Einstein
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Research summer opportunities
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Monday, April 18, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Compassion) Quote: The greatness of a man is measured by the way he treats the little man. Compassion for the weak is a sign of greatness. Myles Munroe
Announcements/Attendance (5 min): ~Emergency Drills: We still have a few Emergency drills to complete before the year is over.
Due to the construction that is beginning this week, we need to alter our fire and weather emergency sites. For fire drills, please report to the front of the building as we will line up on Spring Ave. and Page St. For weather emergency, we will meet in the cafeteria, staff lounge, and the area outside the current art room. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Moral Focus Assembly
Friday, April 22, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Compassion) Quote: True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it. Daniel Goleman
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Grade Check
Complete Student Survey
Complete Summer Personal Plan
PDF Presentation HERE http://www.lwsd.org/school/lwhs/SiteCollectionDocuments/Career-Center/Summer-Plans.pdf
Take notes during presentation and write one or two paragraphs describing your general plan for the 10 weeks of summer. How can you
build your skills and resume during this time?
JUNE - 2 weeks
JULY - 4 weeks
AUGUST - 4 weeks
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Monday, April 25, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Compassion) Quote: Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Spotlight on Mother Theresa
Friday, April 29, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Compassion) Quote:Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. Confucius 10 Life Lessons from Confucius (10 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Character Development Self-Reflection (5 min)
Why College?
College is Power (10 min)
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Monday, May 2, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters”
― Albert Einstein
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Introduce new character trait of the month - Integrity
Definition
TED Talk (10 min)
What does integrity mean to you? How do you demonstrate integrity?
Friday, May 6, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Integrity Group work
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Monday, May 9, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Objective: SW analyze and evaluate a situation.
Hook: If you saw someone in trouble, would you help him/her? What if it was a person who was about to make a big mistake?
Direct Instruction (10 min): WWYD
Assignment (5 min): Quickly tell what you would do. What would you say in this situation? What would you do physically?
Guided Practice (10 min): Class discussion
Closure (5 min): STATISTICS
Friday, May 13, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”
― Frederick Douglass
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Objective: SW analyze and evaluate a situation.
Hook: If you saw bullying, what would you do? Would you try to make it stop?
Direct Instruction (10 min): WWYD
Assignment (5 min): Quickly tell what you would do. What would you say in this situation? What would you do physically?
Guided Practice (10 min): Class discussion
Closure (5 min): STATISTICS
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Monday, May 16, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”
― Abraham Lincoln
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Friday, May 20, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” ― Shannon L. Alder
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
LESSON
Grade Check
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Monday, May 23, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.”
― Marcus Aurelius
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Grade Level Experience for Digital Portfolio GUIDELINES
Friday, May 27, 2016 (35 min)
Character Trait of the Month (Integrity) Quote: “How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Character Development Self-Reflection - Integrity
Continue working on digital portfolios (Google Sites)
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Monday, May 30, 2016 - NO SCHOOL
Friday, June 3, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Work on digital portfolios
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Monday, June 6, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
End of the Year Vocabulary Quiz
Friday, June 10, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
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Monday, June 13, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)
Locker Clean-out
Friday, June 17, 2016 (35 min)
Announcements/Attendance (5 min)