9TH GRADE ICEBREAKERS

Free Write Topic

Free Write

What characteristics of a Chief are indicated in the picture?

How are you going to live up to these characteristics?

What are you beginning to learn about the school? Explain.

What are you beginning to learn about your teachers? Explain.

Free Write

What has been the most difficult aspect of high school? Explain in 4+ sentences.

How do you plan to overcome this obstacle? Why do you know your strategy will work?

Introduction

Ms. Nichole Dino

• English I
• English I Honors
• English I Honors Gifted
• English iPrep
• Advanced Placement Literature and Composition

Classroom Rules

Be Responsible

Be a True Citizen

Be Cooperative

Be Fair

Be Kind

Be Honest

Pursue Excellence

Have Integrity

Materials

• 1 Duo tang folder to hold loose-leaf paper
• Loose leaf paper - no pages torn from spiral notebooks will be accepted
• Navy blue or black ink pens. NO WHITE-OUT. Pencils may only be used on formal tests.
• USB flash drive

***YOU WILL BE GETTING TABLETS

All students MUST have some computer access MOST WORK WILL BE ASSIGNED THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (Friend, School Library, Family Member)

CONTACT INFORMATION

Free Reduced Meal Application

• Need to fill out a new free or reduced lunch form for this school year
• Online: Look Under Parent Portal
• Continue until Monday, September 21st, 2015
• All forms must have:
• Period 1 Homeroom Teacher Name
• Room Number
• Student ID#
• Full Name ans School Name on line #4

E-mail: Miss_nichole_dino@yahoo.com

Information You Need to Know

Student Schedules

• Make sure ALL of your teachers initial your schedule

• Duplicate schedules will not be issued

• Index Card:
• Write your name & period
• Right hand side of the index card
• Write down your schedule
• Including Period/Subject/Teacher/Room #

• Student Schedule Changes

Emergency Contact Cards

Student Code of Conduct Parent Letter

• Need to be aware as to what the consequences/expectations are for the district

• Needs to have correct information because:

• You cannot sign yourself out even if you are 18 years of age
• Emergency purposes
• Leaving early from school

Welcome to Ms. Dino's 9th Grade English Class

Schedule Changes

• Students are to follow their schedule until the Student Services Department makes a schedule change

• Schedule Changes are to be made for the following reasons:
• Scheduled for a class you have already passed
• Inappropriately placed due to your academic or grade level
• Special Programs (i.e., gifted, SPED, Law Magnet, Dual Enrollment and AP)

Uniform Policy

Agenda

• Will include your ID
• Make sure you adhere to these rules

Student Bus Transportation Discrepancy Form

School Insurance Applications

• Students will not be able to ride the school bus without a postcard of bus pass

• If you have any concerns with transportation fill out the Bus Transportation Form

• If you are in need of the insurance, sign up.

• Expectations: Unity
• Free Write (15)
• Agenda (5)
• Introduction (5)
• Expectations: Getting to Know Your Classmates (20)
• Pinocchio
• Expectations: Problem Solving (20)
• Lego Challenge
• Expectations: Decision Making (20)
• Don’t Rock the Boat!
• Expectations: M-DCPS Values
• It's a Wrap
• Wrap Up/Home Learning (5)

Ice Breaker Reflection Paper

How To Head Your Paper/Your Document

• Take two sheets of paper and staple them together
• Head your paper correctly
• You will label the tops of the paper as follows:
• Pinocchio
• Lego Challenge
• Don’t Rock the Boat!
• You will be reflecting on each of these activities

Back of Paper/Last Page of Document

What is this unit all about?

Pinocchio!

Considering the activities, expectations and data, what is going to be your goal for this year to lead to success?

Teacher Web

Name

Date

Period

Assignment

Date

Period

Front of Paper

• Teacherweb.com
• Find Your Teacher
• Florida
• MiamiCarolCitySeniorHigh
• MissNicholeDino
• (Your Period) NewsFlash

My expectation with this exercise: I want you to get to know the people in your class.

Step 1

What will I be doing on the website?

• Looking at My Homework
• Downloading documents, prezis, PowerPoints, etc.
• Blogging/Communicating with Teacher and Peers
• Receiving NewsFlashes from Teacher
• E-mailing the Teacher

• Each student will receive a sheet of printing paper and write their name (first and last) on the back.

• Each student will divide that paper into four quadrants

• Each student will write three truths about themselves that people wouldn’t normally know about them (e.g. something they enjoy doing, visiting somewhere, talent, etc.) and also write one lie. It should be something that would be believable . They can be written in any order.

• Students will get into groups of 4

• Students will be told what they will be doing with the Legos

• Students will then decide what their strategy is for conquering the task and decide the order they will come put to the teacher

Step 1

Step 2

• Students will walk around the room with a loose leaf sheet of paper.

• As they are walking they are to flip the paper over and write the persons name and what they believe to be the lie for each classmate.

• As a class we will discuss what you thought was a lie and the classmate will reveal the real lie.

• Students will reflect on:

• Their experience with each other and themselves

• What they feel they received from the activity

• What this activity tells them about the class

Step 3

Lego Challenge

My expectation with this exercise: I want you to be able to problem solve.

• Each student will have 45 seconds to come up and look at the teacher's Lego formation

• Each student will then have 2 minutes to help his/her group put together the structure
• This will repeat for all four students

Step 2

Don't Rock the Boat!

My expectation for this exercise: I want you to be able to make decisions that are justified and rational.

Step 1

Step 3

• Students will get into a group of 8

• The groups will sit on the sheet that is already placed on the floor

• Groups will then pick up the labels that have titles on it

• The group members will have 4 minutes to decide which title they want and put it on

• Students will then walk around the room and see how close their peers got to the teacher's structure
• Students will reflect on:
• Their experience with each other and themselves
• What they feel they received from the activity
• What this activity tells them about the class.

Homework

Step 3

Step 2

• Music will be playing and and while the music is playing the group members will convince their group members they (their title) are important to stay on the boat

• When the music stops, the group must “throw someone overboard”

• Catch: Your group must write down a reason they decided to throw each person overboard

• Get your materials
• DUE: O (9/2) E (9/1)

• Subscribe to TeacherWebSite
• DUE: O (9/2) E (9/1)

Students will reflect on:

• Their experience with each other and themselves

• What they feel they received from the activity

• What this activity tells them about the class

It's a Wrap

Step 1

My expectation with this exercise: I want you to be able to know M-DCPS values.

• Students will get into groups of 3
• Students will then receive a Core Value from the instructor

Step 2

• Students will think of a wrap that is no longer than 45 seconds explaining their core value

Step 3

Students will then reflect on:

Their experience with each other and themselves

What they feel they received from the activity

What this activity tells them about the class

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

SEE YOU NEXT CLASS!