October


 * **Themes/Activities** || **Resources** ||
 * **Who can help you in the building?**


 * Doing your best/trying your best**


 * Understanding your Progress Report/Comments**


 * Healthy Relationships**
 * Friendships, classmates, dating relationships


 * Individual Learning Plan**
 * Introduction of ILP
 * Introduction of Goal Setting
 * Set Personal/Social Goal || **Who can help you in the building?**
 * Introduce guidance staff, other team teachers and support staff in the building. Explain who does what in your school.
 * [|Make a Big Welcome Book] - an activity where the advisory can make a book to show new students about who works in the school and what goes on. Lesson may need to be adapted to make sense for a middle school.


 * Doing your best/trying your best**
 * [|Organize, Focus, Get It Done] - a student friendly article that helps students to think about keeping themselves on track. Focuses on breaking down activities into these three different steps.
 * [|My Personsal Best] - a physical activity that asks student to examine why it is important to do their best.


 * Understanding your Progress Report/Comments**
 * Community Resource Flyers
 * Progress Report Quarter 2
 * [|Time Management Survey] - A quiz that students can take to figure out their time management style.


 * Healthy Relationships**
 * [|I Was Just Kidding] A multi-day activity that has students examine the difference between teasing and bullying.
 * [|Your Photo Fate] - A short video on what could happen if a "hot" pic was taken and sent to a friend. Teacher should view first before showing to make sure content in appropriate for the students in their advisory
 * [|Top Ten List] - An activity that has students create a Dave Letterman style top ten list of "How not to be a friend"
 * [|The Friendship Race] - A cooperative game where students race to fill in information about qualities and attitudes that contribute to good friendships.

[|See the Fall Foliage] - A few activities to help explore why the leaves change colors. Kid friendly explanations and even some maps that show students how elevation impacts timing for fall foliage.
 * Individual Learning Plan**
 * upload ILP forms and info ||
 * Time of Year Activities -**

[|"Make Friends - How to Help your Child Make Friends and Keep Them] - An article about the importance of friendships to middle schoolers. [|Raising Girls, PBS Parents] - A series of articles about the difficulties of raising middle school girls.
 * Home School Connections**-