Advising for Success

December 11, 2015

Today is Advising for Success.

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What do you need help with?

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MAKE SURE CELL PHONES ARE PUT AWAY!!!!

For the next two weeks we will be staying in our own advisories.

Study Tools

December 9, 2015

E.Q: Create a study tool to help prepare you for finals.

Obj: I can create tools that will help prepare myself for exams.

Activity:

1.  Study Tool Generator

Prioritize the classes you need to study for. 

Once you have your top priority, create a study tool for that class.

You may create flashcards, take notes, make a study cheat sheet.

You may use this over the next week to prep.

Study Tips

December 8, 2015

Finals Week is Less Than a Week Away!!!

Make study tips for your freshmen buddy.

Ideas:

advice + nice encouraging notes + tips + flash cards (and any other nice things you want to add!)

Advising for Success

December 3, 2015

Today is Advising for Success.

What do you need to work on?

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MAKE SURE CELL PHONES ARE PUT AWAY!!!!

For the next two weeks we will be staying in our own advisories.

Chart Reflection

December 2, 2015

 Reflection

Based on your chart, write a reflection for the last 3 weeks.

Consider what went well and what you would like to do different for next semester.

This should be a 1/2 page, double-spaced, 12 point font.

Charting Growth

December 1, 2015

Tracking Progress

Take out the following two charts:

College and Career Readiness

Progress Report Grades

You will be filling out theses charts based on your current grades.

Please log in to PowerSchool and check your gradebook.

Plot your grades on the progress report chart.

Use CCR rubric to determine plot points on college and career ready chart. 

2.  Reflection

Based on your chart, write a reflection for the last 3 weeks.

Consider what went well and what you would like to do different for next semester.

Gallery Walk

November 24, 2015

Objectives:  I CAN evaluate and critique the artifacts on career clusters. 
Gallery Walk

Make a copy and change the name to your name

Gallery Walk Form

Please add this document into your folder.

Go through and look at five career clusters you are interested in.

Fill in the document as you go.

Return to your first choice Career Cluster and place your name on that tree.

Career Clusters Continued

November 18, 2015

Objectives:  I CAN research career clusters.

Career Cluster Research Continued from Yesterday

Look at the specific career in your career cluster you choose last week

Find out what major you would need for that career

Find out three classes you would need for that major

Find two colleges that have the program you need

Find out how much schooling you would need to be successful in your career 

(undergrad, master's, doctorate, etc.)

You can use CFNC to research.

Think of a symbol of your cluster and put all of this on it to make a "leaf" (must be different than last time)

For example:  If our career cluster was education I could put all of this on cut-out of a ruler.

Due: Friday, November 20

Career Clusters and Colleges

November 17, 2015

Objectives:  I CAN research career clusters.

Career Cluster Research

Look at the specific career in your career cluster you choose last week

Find out what major you would need for that career

Find out three classes you would need for that major

Find two colleges that have the program you need

Find out how much schooling you would need to be successful in your career 

(undergrad, master's, doctorate, etc.)

You can use CFNC to research.

Think of a symbol of your cluster and put all of this on it to make a "leaf" (must be different than last time)

For example:  If our career cluster was education I could put all of this on cut-out of a ruler.

Due: Friday, November 20

Advising for Success

November 12, 2015

Today is Advising for Success.

 

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Career Cluster Jobs

Tuesday November 11th

Objectives:  I CAN research career clusters.

Career Cluster Research

1.  Pick a specific career in your career cluster (has to be different than other people)
2.  Job description
3.  Job responsibilities
4. Starting salary
5.  Average salary
6.  Think of a symbol of your cluster and put all of this on it to make a "leaf

For example:  If our career cluster was education I could put all of this on cut-out of a ruler.

Career Clusters

November 4, 2015

Obj: I can research career clusters.

Activity:

Decide which career cluster to focus on.

(Business Management or Health Services)

1.  Find a famous person in your career cluster (you can't do the same as anyone else)

2.  On a "leaf" include the following information: 

Name of Person

Dates of birth and death

Job description and responsibilities

Job Title

Choose two of the following to include:

Where they worked

Famous quote they said about career

Biggest achievement/ accomplishment

How they impacted cluster

Career Clusters

November 3, 2015

E.Q: Discover what career clusters are.

Obj: I can research career clusters.

Use the link below to take notes on career clusters.

Career Cluster Overview Presentation

For each:

Write the career cluster

Write 1 career

Write 1 interest

Write a star or "X" based on whether you would be interested in this cluster

Our two clusters are Business Management and Health Services.

On the bottom of the notes sheet write which cluster you would rather research

Career Cluster Kahoot

 

Charting Progress

October 27, 2015

Tracking Progress

Take out the following two charts:

College and Career Readiness

Progress Report Grades

You will be filling out theses charts based on your current grades.

Please log in to PowerSchool and check your gradebook.

Plot your grades on the progress report chart.

Use CCR rubric to determine plot points on college and career ready chart. 

2.  Reflection

Based on your chart, write a reflection for the last 3 weeks of quarter 1.

Consider what went well and what you would like to do different for quarter 2.

Marshmallow Challenge

October 22, 2015

Buddy Day Challenge

The task is simple: 

In eighteen minutes, teams must build the tallest free-standing structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, and one marshmallow. 

The marshmallow needs to be on top.

Please make sure that you go to the room you went to on the first buddy day.

Test Taking Tips

October 14, 2015

As one way to prep for the upcoming tests, please review the Test Taking Tips PowerPoint.

As you read, please take Cornell notes.

If you finish early, research some test taking tips that would benefit you personally, so you can avoid feeling like this...

Progress Report Progress

September 22, 2015

1.  Tracking Progress

Take out the following two charts:

College and Career Readiness

Progress Report Grades

You will be filling out theses charts based on your current grades.

Please log in to PowerSchool and check your gradebook.

Plot your grades on the progress report chart.

Use CCR rubric to determine plot points on college and career ready chart. 

2.  Reflection

Based on your chart, write a reflection for the second 3 weeks of school.

Consider what went well and what you would like to do different the next 3.

Buddy Day

September 16, 2015

With your buddy, respond to the questions below.

Keep track of your responses and explain why in a Google Doc.

Would You Rather?

1.       Would you rather live one life that lasts 1,000 years or live 10 lives that last 100 years each?

2.       Would you rather be without elbows or be without knees?

3.       Would you rather change the past or be able to see into the future?

4.       Would you rather never laugh again or never use your smart phone again?

5.       Would you rather be invisible or have the ability to fly?

6.       Would you rather go to the Superbowl or the World Cup Final?

7.       Would you rather write a book or paint a picture?

8.       Would you rather be thrown into a snake pit or into a spider pit?

9.       Would you rather sound like anyone you want or speak any language you want?

10.   Would you rather end world hunger or find a cure for cancer?

11.   Would you rather be a professional surfer or a professional snowboarder?

12.   Would you rather be able to breathe under water or be able to move things with your mind?

13.   Would you rather have it always be day or always be night?

14.   Would you rather live in an amusement park or live in a zoo?

15.   Would you rather sound like Kermit or sound like Miss Piggy?

16.   Would you rather have the first name of Refrigerator or Dishwasher?

3 week reflection

September 15, 2015

Progress Reflection

Take out the charts that we used 3 weeks ago to track your progress.

College and Career Readiness

Progress Report Grades

Reflect on the points of the graph.  

What are you proud of?

What are areas that need improvement?

Where do you predict you will be after today?

Write a 1/2 page reflection responding to these questions.

Advising for Success

September 10, 2015

Today is Advising for Success.

 

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Have You Ever?

September 9, 2015

Today, we will begin looking at plagiarism and academic integrity.

Complete the checklist for a brief pre-assessment.

Have You Ever?

Reflection:

Reflect on what you know about plagiarism and cheating.

Come up with three concerns you have when writing that we can address later this month!

Parent/Teacher Meeting Prep

September 8, 2015

Parent Meeting

Please fill out in the form in prep for parent/teacher meetings that start next week!

Library

September 2, 2015

Library Trip!!!

Charting Progress

September 1, 2015

1.  Tracking Progress

Today you will receive two charts:

College and Career Readiness

Progress Report Grades

You will be filling out theses charts based on your current grades.

Please log in to PowerSchool and check your gradebook.

Plot your grades on the progress report chart.

Use CCR rubric to determine plot points on college and career ready chart. 

2.  Reflection

Based on your chart, write a reflection for the first 3 weeks of school.

Consider what went well and what you would like to do different the next 3.

Advising for Success

August 27, 2015

Today is Advising for Success.

 

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Buddy Form

Buddy Form

E-mails!

August 26, 2015

Pick 2 of the emails and for each:

List everything that they did wrong (use the sheet from yesterday)

Rewrite the email in a professional manner

Email Etiquette

August 25, 2015

Email Etiquette PDF

• Read over the email etiquette and for the first page:
• Put checks next to things you do ALL the time when sending professional emails
• Put Xs next to things you NEVER do when sending professional emails
• Circle numbers of things you SOMETIMES do
  
  With a partner:
• Highlight the 4 tips you think are the most important
• Highlight the 3 reasons you think are most important
• Come up with one more tip not mentioned and one more reason not mentioned
• Write a fake email that you think uses all the tips and one of the reasons you highlighted

Advising for Success

August 20, 2015

Today is Advising for Success.

 

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Syllabus Scavenger Hunt

August 18, 2105

Make sure that you have all of your syllabi ready for the scavenger hunt.

You should have both high school and college class syllabi.

For each class, fill out the form.

Syllabus Scavenger Hunt

Choose 3 classes and study the syllabus. If you have college classes, start with those. If you do not have 3 college classes then fill out the chart for your college classes followed by high school classes of your choice.  It is your responsibility to fill out the chart completely so find the answers however you can.

	ACA:	Course 2:	Course 3:
Name of Course
Description of Course
Days/Times Course meets
Professor’s Name
Professor’s Email
Professor’s Office Location
Professor’s Office Hours
Late Policy
Absence Policy
How homework is submitted
One thing learned from the syllabus
A second thing learned from the syllabus
A third thing learned from the syllabus