SearchGetting Back Into the Groove of Things
Thank you Melanie Steenbergen, Franklin Middle School, Plano ISD, Plano Texas – for this excellent TLE for staff and their students! CONTENT/THEME: Getting Back Into the Groove of Things Audience: special education department teachers at start of school year *The group will be sitting with desks in a circle facing each other. *Name plates will […]
Weekly Tribes 2015: Privilege and Responsibility
This comes from Sandy, a Tribes trainer. You may have seen it beforde, but it considerable. Could this be a useful activity when discussing diversity? It sure is good for illustrating privilege and responsibility…even some discussion for younger students about the playground and what happens there…? https://www.facebook.com/Upworthy/posts/976679155706276
Weekly Tribes 2014 – a positive staff room
This simple and highly effective and affective strategy was shared at the CUE (Computer-Using Educators) Rock Star Teacher Camp last month in Napa, California. Put up a large sheet of butcher paper in the staff room with the heading, What do you love about your students? Or, choose another positive, productive opportunity statement. Place some […]
Weekly Tribes – Dalton Sherman video
If you haven’t seen this, you will be inspired and pumped up for starting the school year. If you have seen it, I believe you will be happy to see it again! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAMLOnSNwzA
Weekly Tribes – Venn diagram
This idea is brought to you by Simon, a recent student in the new online Tribes TLC course. Because I teach Math, one activity I always use in my classes are Venn Diagrams. Students, in groups of 3, draw Venn Diagram and then talk about their likes/dislikes, hobbies, family. Anything that they all have in […]
Weekly Tribes 2013 – A Bowl Full of Goodies
My friend’s daughters did this for her for Mother’s Day; it is a great way to show appreciation and might also be a nice way to end the school year! You will need a large bowl. Cut different colored strips of paper. Invite students to write about memorable moments in an appreciative way. This is […]
Weekly Tribes – Thumb Calisthenics
Thumb calisthenics! This is another ‘you tube’ discovery…sounds so simple, yet not! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzWKBiPCiC0 This engages those hemispheres and takes less than 60 seconds. It can be great ‘break’ in testing! Use your imagination – or better yet, use your students, to come with other combinations – like a ‘peace sign’ with one hand, and an […]
Creative Community Circles
Is your community circle purposeful, versatile, effective? Here are some suggestions for changing it up, making it more efficient, or just giving it a new twist. 1 – Use it as a goal setting discussion for the day. (Maybe for those testing days coming up?) 2 – Set a behavior standard – like a random […]
Weekly Tribes – Plus/Minus/Interesting
Influence and Decision Making Here is a very influential strategy – can be used with your curriculum content, a social-emotional issue in the classroom, or just about any topic that is of interest and has both sides of an argument. The strategy is Plus/Minus/Interesting (PMI) and here is one of many links to explain it, […]
Weekly Tribes – “Possible Sentences”
Possible Sentences Here is a link Use ANY topic…here are just a few suggestions playground/recess expectations holiday / sharing content review any part of K-W-L summarizing Reflect! Next time you use it, have the students come up with the words. Design a tournament/game!
