Beginning+the+Year+plan+(Month+1)

To Include:

 * how to respectfully disagree

Week 1:
(Sept. 8-10, three days only)


 * entry routine
 * bathroom orientation
 * begin Morning Circle routines (singing, recitation, what else?)
 * assign partners to care for: by time
 * power chair orientation / Think Space
 * Bad Case of the Stripes?
 * bus dramatic play / discussion
 * practice lunch room routine!!
 * bathrooms to wash hands first (where? how?)
 * stay in your seat until you get called to throw things away - go to the trash one time
 * When I clean up, I can... (class makes them up)
 * During meeting, I can...
 * go over fire drills

Week 2:
(Sept. 14)
 * homework orientation
 * power chair orientation
 * clean up / caddies orientation
 * jobs orientation
 * name tags project (work on every day)
 * line drawing / feedback / create criteria for excellence together
 * mini lessons on borders, calligraphy, color
 * practice feedback: 1 +, 1 ∆
 * Notes from Steven
 * Introduce reflection journal
 * Chez Vous for roller skating / trust / take care of your partner / team building
 * out of comfort zone
 * feeling of accomplishment
 * create a culture of care
 * whole class has to make it across the rink, holding hands?
 * individual goals
 * use the experience to create the promises: debrief (make promises into a poem)
 * No DJ at first
 * reflection sheet: a time when I helped somebody else; when somebody helped me; a time when it was really hard but I got through it; a challenge for next time; how our class worked together to reach a goal
 * Learning targets: (put on chart paper at Chez Vous)
 * We can take care of each other so everyone tries something new and feels proud of themselves.
 * I can stop to help other people before I go do the things I want to do.
 * I can persevere and keep trying even when I am nervous or scared.
 * I can be aware of my body and people around me so everyone is safe.
 * be transparent about how everybody is good at some things and other things are hard
 * Whole-group Activities: (should be things everyone can accomplish)
 * lining up activity:
 * make a continuum of where you are on the line at different activities: making friends, playing four square, math, etc: then roller skating is last
 * so does it make sense for all of us to always be doing the same thing? differentiation
 * fold the line in half to make partners for the first activity
 * get skates on
 * stand up on rug
 * stand all together in a straight line on rug
 * stand up on rink
 * make a straight line on rink
 * make a circle together on rink
 * find your (blank) partner and share (blank)
 * Then have 4 scaffolded groups (beginners, in the middle, a little more experienced, experts)
 * in those groups do more learning how to skate, practicing for 15-20 minutes
 * Last, give experts a chance to go out and everyone gets to watch
 * if you feel like an expert
 * DJ for ending free time (15 minutes)
 * Lunch together (25 minutes)
 * Reflection back at school
 * Create different partners (4?) based on locations in Boston
 * movement activity throughout the week to find your partner so they learn them
 * Give students maps of the building to follow to get places
 * Class promises
 * Use Chez Vous trip to think about how we want to be as a community
 * Work on during reflection time, come up with one or two per day, turn it into a poem / chant
 * Say, "yesterday at Chez Vous I saw ___." Do dramatic play of it, then turn it into a promise about the whole year. Then do dramatic play of the promise and how it looks in different scenarios.
 * Promises:
 * encouraging each other
 * working hard (perseverance) so we get better
 * use your words
 * being safe
 * Habits of Mind (Annie has an idea)
 * connect to read-alouds
 * Mr. Falker
 * A Fine, Fine School
 * Jamaica and the Substitute
 * Name Jar
 * Officer Buckle and Gloria
 * Bad Case of the Stripes
 * history of YA?
 * solving conflicts mini lessons
 * have custodians talk to kids about the bathroom / other work

Week 3:
(Sept. 21)
 * My Weird School series (introduce chapter books)

Week 4:
(Sept. 28)