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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23*
- Monday: Journal (Tell me about your weekend in five sentences or more); Highs/Lows (each student has the opportunity to say something positive and something negative that they've experienced recently; Mission Statements; Discovering Differences Discussion
- Tuesday: OPEN NOTE/OPEN WORKSHEET TEST
- Wednesday: Thanksgiving Fun
- Thursday: NO SCHOOL - THANKSGIVING
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - THANKSGIVING
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16 *
- Monday: Journal (Tell me about your weekend in five sentences or more); Highs/Lows (each student has the opportunity to say something positive and something negative that they've experienced recently; continue Life Maps
- Tuesday: Journal (What are your dreams for the future?); Read from The Revealers; finish Life Maps;
- Wednesday: Journal (If you could change one personality trait, what would it be? Why?); Read from The Revealers; Share life maps; begin notes on Personal Mission Statements
- Thursday: Journal (Why is respect important?); Write a letter to Dr. Dale apologizing for behavior; read from The Revealers; finish Personal Mission Statement notes; Personal Mission Statement examples; Personal Mission Statement due on Monday.
- Friday: Journal (What did you learn in school this week?); Do 10 accomplishments sheet; Do goals notes
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9 *
- Monday: Journal (Tell me about your weekend in five sentences or more); Highs/Lows (each student has the opportunity to say something positive and something negative that they've experienced recently; writing a paragraph: Why did we do the puzzle activity that we did on Friday?; Great Discovery worksheet
- Tuesday: No journal today; Read from The Revealers; Computer lab - find 10 quotes that represent you
- Wednesday: Journal (Today is Veteran's Day. Do you know a veteran? Why should we be thankful for veterans?); Read from The Revealers; Discuss Great Discovery worksheet and quotes - lead into Habit 2
- Thursday: Journal (Using Tuesday's quotes, which is your favorite and why?); Read from The Revealers; Begin Great Discovery discussion
- Friday: Journal (Three choices - 1. Free Write, 2. What did you learn in school this week?, or 3. Who is your hero?); Finish Great Discovery discussion; begin Life Maps
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2 *
- Monday: NO SCHOOL - Teacher inservice
- Tuesday: Journal (Tell me about your weekend in five sentences or more); Highs/Lows (each student has the opportunity to say something positive and something negative that they've experienced recently; Read from The Revealers; Finish PBA notes focusing on honesty; let student work on SIP paper - due at end of hour
- Wednesday: Sub - Challenge Day; No journal today; Read from The Revealers; Finish Kindness letters
- Thursday: Journal (What are your talents? Tell me about them); Read from The Revealers; Habit One notes and assignment
- Friday: Journal (What did you learn in school this week? OR Tell me about a time when you were dishonest); Finish Habit 1 notes; Begin Habit 2 (puzzle activity)
WEEK OF OCTOBER 26 *
- Monday: Journal (Tell me about your weekend in five sentences or more); Highs/Lows (each student has the opportunity to say something positive and something negative that they've experienced recently; Go over SIP paper for Comet Character; read article together
- Tuesday: Listen to The Man in the Mirror; Journal (What do you think this song is saying?); Read from The Revealers; PBA notes;
- Wednesday: Journal (If you could be any person from history, who would you have wanted to be and why?); Read from The Revealers; Continue PBA Notes, focusing in on Promises Notes and activities; PBA balance sheet given for homework - Due November 6; Do Kindness notes and activities
- Thursday: NO Journal today; Read from The Revealers; Begin Kindness letters
- Friday: Journal (What is the best Halloween costume you've seen today? If money and talent were no object, what would you be for Halloween? What is the best Halloween treat?); Halloween activity
WEEK OF OCTOBER 19 *
- Monday: Journal (Tell me about your weekend in five sentences or more); Highs/Lows (each student has the opportunity to say something positive and something negative that they've experienced recently; Principles; Assignment: What three principles do you value the most and why? If not done finish for homework
- Tuesday: Journal (If you could physically transport yourself to any place in the world at this moment, where would you go and why?); Read from The Revealers; Tally and class discussion of our most important values; Assignment: What three principles do you think the world needs more of and why? If not done, finish for homework.
- Wednesday: Journal (If you had to lose one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?); Read from The Revealers; Tally and class discussion of the values we think the world needs more of; Graphing assignment
- Thursday: Journal (If you could make a gift of one thing to any single person alive today, who would it be, what would you give them, and how would you present it to them?); Read from The Revealers; finish the graphing assignment. If not done, finish for HOMEWORK. (We are graphing our tallies from our classmates' principles and the tallies of the principles we think the world needs more of
- Friday: Journal (What did you learn in school this week?); The Pretzel
WEEK OF OCTOBER 12 *
- Monday: Journal (Tell me about your weekend in five sentences or more); Highs/Lows (each student has the opportunity to say something positive and something negative that they've experienced recently; Paradigms of others I'm Thankful Sheet
- Tuesday: Journal (Free write); Read from The Revealers; finish Paradigms of Others sheet; pass out Gradesheet
- Wednesday: Journal (Why is it important to be nice to others?); Read from The Revealers: Notes on Paradigms of Life
- Thursday: No Class - 6th graders are going to see Pan.
- Friday: Journal (What did you learn in school this week?); Do life center notes
* WEEK OF OCTOBER 5 *
- Monday: Sub - Strep; Journal (Tell me about your weekend in five sentences or more); Highs/Lows (each student has the opportunity to say something positive and something negative that they've experienced recently; Finish Sticks and Stones Activity
- Tuesday: Discussion of last three days and debrief of Sticks and Stones; review of Paradigms; discussion of self-paradigms and self esteem; using Mirror Mirror sheet from last week, each student goes to the mirror and says one nice thing about themselves
- Wednesday: Journal (Do you have a good self paradigm or not? It's okay if you say no - I don't always have a good one either. Why do you feel this way?); Read from The Revealers; continue Mirror, Mirror activity; Discussion of self and others paradigms
- Thursday: Journal (Catalina told her story. In this journal, what story will you tell about yourself?); continue Mirror, Mirror activity; Discussion of self and others paradigms
- Friday: Journal (What did you learn in school this week?); Habit 7 Activity
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 28 *
- Monday: Journal (Tell me about your weekend in five sentences or more); Highs/Lows (each student has the opportunity to say something positive and something negative that they've experienced recently; Notes about benefits of positive habits; go over negative habits (defective habits); Assignment in class - 15 minutes to complete. If not done, do for homework Give two examples from your life of each of the seven habits of highly defective teens. Here's how I would set up my paper and here's an example from Miss Kuhrt
- Tuesday: Picture day; Journal (What would you consider your worst habits? Which ones would you like to change the most? How are you going to change?); Read from The Revealers; assignment - write 10 positive things about you on the Mirror, Mirror sheet. Here's Miss K's example from last year
- Wednesday: Journal (Do boys act differently than girls? Explain); Discuss journal; Read from The Revealers; Top 10 stupid quotes; Paradigm introduction
- Thursday: Sub - Strep Journal (Fall has definitely come! What do you enjoy about fall?); Read from The Revealers; Paradigm notes; Start Sticks and Stones activity
- Friday: Sub - Strep; Journal (What did you learn in school this week?); Habit 7 activity
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21 *
- Monday: Journal (Tell me about your weekend in five sentences or more); Highs/Lows (each student has the opportunity to say something positive and something negative that they've experienced recently; Continue partner interviews from Friday;
- Tuesday: Journal (What do you think of the Revealers so far?); Read from The Revealers; Finish partner interviews;
- Wednesday: Journal (Free write); Read from The Revealers; last speech; 1-54 activity
- Thursday: Journal (We are trying to stuff the bus this week. Why is that important? What can you do to help others who aren't as fortunate as you?); Read from The Revealers; Habit notes and in-class activities; Pass out habit "tree" chart; Homework: Give two examples from your life of each of the seven habits of highly effective teens. Here's how I would set up my paper and here's an example from Miss Kuhrt
- Friday: Journal (Tell me five things you learned in school this week - use complete sentences!);Go over homework - give extra credit to those who completely finished and 15 minutes work time for those who didn't; Do a habit 7 activity
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14 *
- Monday: Journal (Tell me about your weekend in five sentences or more); Highs/Lows (each student has the opportunity to say something positive and something negative that they've experienced recently; Discuss routines, assign jobs, and assign numbers; Student Search
- Tuesday: Journal (Free Write - still five sentences); Read from The Revealers and discuss; discuss yesterday's student search; Riddle; Parent Letter due tomorrow!
- Wednesday: Parent Letter due today; Journal (Ritchie is a bully! Have you ever been a bully? Why? What would you do to stop a bully? - five sentences); Read from The Revealers and discuss; student answers to the riddle and give answer; do you agree with answer? - one paragraph in class and turn in; Habit discussion and notes;
- Thursday: Journal (If you were principal for the day, what five things would you do/change?) and discuss; Read from The Revealers; Habit 1-54 activity;
- Friday: Continue Habit 1-54 activity; continue notes including chart;
* WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7 *
- Monday: NO SCHOOL - LABOR DAY
- Tuesday: First Day of School - Half Day. Welcome Back and General Discipline Form
- Wednesday: Seating chart activity; Opening Letter (found on class page) Opening Parent Letter due on September 16
- Thursday: Journal write (In two sentences, tell me what you think character means. In two sentences, tell me what you think Comet Character is all about. In one sentence, tell me one neat thing about you); Finish opening letter; class description, Kuhrt A-Z (all found on class page); Begin reading from The Revealers
- Friday: Met Alvin the Chipmunk; Journal: (What did you think of your first week of 6th grade? Tell me in five sentences); discuss journal; go over some basic routines;