Building A Strong Foundation

Suggested Activities:
Stand at the door and greet by name your students everyday.
Start with get to know you activities for example name games.
Make each class safe. The first couple of days students are getting to know each
other, but these are the building blocks of the rest of the semester.
Validate what students have to share with the class.
Resources: Tom Jackson http://www.activelearning.org/books.html
Activities That Teach $15.95 ISBN# 0-9664633-1-5 (234 pages)
More Activities That Teach $18.95 ISBN# 0-9664633-3-1 (341 pages)
Still More ActivitiesThat Teach $15.95 ISBN# 0-966433-5-8 (257 pages)
Activities That Teach Family Values $14.95 ISBN# 0-9664633-0-7 (221 pages)
Anger
Blow Hard ~ Still More Activities that Teach pg. 52
Blow Up ~ More Activities that Teach pg. 115
1-2-3-4-5 ... 10 ~ More Activities that Teach pg. 228
Communication/Working Together
Bull’s-Eye ~ Still More Activities that Teach pg. 64
Fore ~ Still More Activities that Teach pg. 100
My Turn ~ Still More Activities that Teach pg. 169
Pass Right - Pass Left ~ Activities that Teach pg. 170
Sounds Like ~ More Activities that Teach pg. 269
Telegraph ~ Activities that Teach pg. 207
Decision Making
Crystal Ball ~ More Activities that Teach pg. 145
Pick Up Sticks ~ More Activities that Teach pg. 241
What’s Inside ~ More Activities that Teach pg. 329
Personal Responsibility
Quick Tie ~ More Activities that Teach pg. 315
Refusal Skills
Right Choice ~ More Activities that Teach pg. 247
Road Blocks
First Time ~ Still More Activities that Teach pg. 96
Role Models
Heros ~ More Activities that Teach pg. 186
Self Esteem
Bounce Back ~ More Activities that Teach pg. 120
Fingerprints ~ More Activities that Teach pg. 168 (Diversity)
Group Treasure Hunt ~ Activities that Teach pg. 135