March 2

Harbor TV

All advisory teachers will need to log-in to access the videos to show in advisory. You personally created an account earlier this semester. If you did not create an account, simply follow the directions below.
*Videos for Advisory lessons can only be accessed by logging in to this account using the code highlighted below.

  1. Upper right corner click “Learn More”
  2. Enter the following code for LHS: SMC828
  3. Enter your information to create your account...Once logged into the HarborTV account
  4. Go to “The Harbor” pull down menu at the top of the page
  5. Click “Latest Episodes” (Consider adding this to your favorites)
  6. Locate the designated “Season/Episode” video according to the advisory lesson (lesson plan details are below)

LESSON PLAN

Class Starter: Ask students…
  • What is a legacy?
  • How often do you feel you could have managed your time better?
  • What does time management have to do with creating a positive legacy?


Show: the following Episode titles (found in "The Harbor" pull down menu; "Latest Episodes)

  • Season 2 - Episode 1 “Leaving a Legacy” (4+ minutes)
  • Season 2 - Episode 4 “Time Management” (4+ minutes)


Post Viewing Questions: found in the following hyperlinks; use the "Class Discussion" ideas below



Class Discussion: use any format of your choice to discuss the “Post Viewing Questions”

  • whole group discussion
  • small group then share out

  • inner circle / outer circle

  • inner circle can have one set of questions to discuss while the outer circle remains quiet
  • outer circle can have a different set of questions to discuss while the inner circle remains quiet
  • any other idea you may have that gets the students processing today's lesson

February 24, 2016





Everyone codes! Teachers/classes can choose any age-appropriate coding website, APP, or unplugged activity.  Advisory students will be engaged in coding for all of advisory.

Teacher lesson plan CLICK HERE. A summary of coding options are listed below for students to access, learn about and/or participate in coding activities.

*If students do not want to code, one option could be to have them explore/ research why coding is important. The Computer Science for All initiative might be a great starting point for this.

Some options for coding activities are listed below:



Websites
APPS
Unplugged
Courses on studio.code.org


Learn to Code by Playing a Game:

Completing offline coding activity.


*Additional activities on LPS53 Hour 2 plan

February 17, 2016

Graduate For Más Challenge


Taco Bell Challenge: Make the Promise to graduate and use our games and tools to help you reach your graduation, college and career goals. We even have some great prizes - 

$500 for every school that gets 30% of new students to Make the Promise, 
$1,000 for the regional winners, and 
$10,000 and a celebration event with a celebrity for the national round #2 winning school! 

  1. Advisory students will follow this link, click on “Make the Promise” icon to fill out the promise to graduate. https://getschooled.com/graduate-for-mas
  2. Students that “Make the Promise” will automatically be enrolled in the program and receive access to a variety of content: College Knowledge, Future Focus, Life Skills, Make the Grade, Money Talks, and more.
  3. What’s next? Encourage the students to watch the videos, play the games, take the surveys, and attempt the challenges on their dashboard. There is no set number of activities they must complete, but the more they click on and complete, the higher we go on the leaderboards to possible win prizes and money.

February 10, 2016

1. Grade Checks!
2. Enjoy Valentine's Day with one or some of the classroom activities below, or create your own:



February 3, 2016

Hodgepodge of Activities

Digital Citizenship Make Up

Please reference the student list from your grade level leader. This list contains names of students that need to complete signing the Digital Citizenship agreements.  Share this link for students to complete this process:

Missouri Student Survey Make Up Day


Congrats! 1,250 out of 1,742 students completed the Missouri Student Survey on January 20th!  If your advisory still needs to complete the survey take time today to locate the directions from 1/20/2016

Leadership Class will ALSO stop by for a brief announcement