Today they took part in a group exercise where they have to create an island ("An Island of Your Very Own") and come to a consensus about how it should operate. Here is a photo of the instruction sheet:
A final list of class expectations was generated. I am going to review the proposed consequences, both good and bad, for the list we developed in class. I did not want too many items on the list, but we managed to include the multiple ideas from the members of the class who participated.
A final item that we worked on to further enhance a sense of trust and familiarity with one another was through playing the "Truth and Lies" game. Each member of the class had to come up with a list of 3 statements, 2 had to be lies and 1 had to be the truth. We then went around, in a Community Circle fashion to share our statements. I modelled it first with an example:
The Island activity occupied most of the day. The students did have Music class today. I am hoping to have a draft of a schedule to the students by next week. They will be able to post this on their desk, in their locker, and be able to bring one home. I also plan to have a copy of the class expectations to send home with each student.
Important dates: TTC Student Photo Day is on September 27 & Curriculum Night is on September 22 (more details to follow)
Homework: Complete T chart jot note brainstorm on Summer Fun and Hopes for the upcoming school year. This was to be done in the Language notebook.
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