Thursday, February 28, 2013

To This Day Project and Other Anti-Bullying Resources

I came across this article in the Huffington Post and wanted to share it. The video is truly moving.



I was inspired to look for more resources to share and here are a few of the sites I've found.
Bully Prevention Resources
bullying education.org
Bullying Fact Sheet

Friday, February 1, 2013

Thought Questions

Another great way to get your students thinking about the big picture and how they affect the lives of others is a site called thoughtquestion.com.
The site is designed to inspire self reflection and make you think.
Thanks to Mr. Lander for sharing this great site.

Games

A great way to get your advisory talking is to play games with them.
Here are a few suggestions:
Jenga
Headbandz ( Thanks Megan)
and another fun one is a Logo guessing game.
Here is an online logo guessing game- http://www.logoblog.org/famous-brands-logo-game/
Here is one courtesy of Paul Pelech

Modeling Habits of Mind

Here is a link to an ASCD resource - it has examples of how to model Habits of Mind.
http://inservice.ascd.org/books/bring-habits-of-mind-to-life-by-modeling-them-in-class-heres-how