Raising Student Aspirations
Raising Student Aspirations
Classroom Activities for Grades 9-12
High School
8.5x11
Pages:
120
ISBN:
978-0-87822-482-1
Item Number:
5199 | Price: | $29.99 |
Overview
Provides teachers with 72 classroom activities designed to empower and motivate their students' hopes and dreams. The activities include reading and writing, group discussions, games, stories, role plays, music, art, and more. The authors' creative and engaging approach is based on solid research and is shaped by eight interrelated conditions:
- Belonging
- Heroes
- Sense of Accomplishment
- Fun and Excitement
- Curiosity and Creativity
- Spirit of Adventure
- Leadership and Responsibility
- Confidence to Take Action
"What child wouldn't have fun helping make a class quilt, playing word games, learning how to juggle, decorating the classroom, or making a secret code? They [the activities] are all here, and each has a specific objective to Russ's mission to mold lifelong aspirations into the character of our students."
—from the Foreword by Vincent L. Ferrandino, Executive Director, National Association of Elementary School Principals
Book Review
"Raising Student Aspirations identifies eight conditions (including belonging, fun, and excitement) that need to be in place in order for students to flourish. The book suggests meaningful activities, interactions, discussions, and schoolwide initiatives to promote each condition."
—Youth Today, The Newspaper on Youth Work
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Belonging
- Activity 1: On the Outside
- Activity 2: Say It through a Song
- Activity 3: Stereotypes
- Activity 4: Course Input
- Activity 5: Student-Parent Conferences
- Activity 6: Mood Cards
- Activity 7: Physical and Mental Stretches
- Activity 8: Scenarios for Belonging
- Challenge Activities for Belonging
Chapter 2: Heroes
- Activity 1: Our Graduates
- Activity 2: Historical Heroes
- Activity 3: Family Heroes
- Activity 4: Person of the Year
- Activity 5: My Hero
- Activity 6: Stand and Deliver
- Activity 7: I Am a Hero
- Activity 8: Scenarios for Heroes
- Challenge Activities for Heroes
Chapter 3: Sense of Accomplishment
- Activity 1: Our Community
- Activity 2: Perseverance
- Activity 3: My Country
- Activity 4: My Achievements
- Activity 5: Try This!
- Activity 6: Retirement Award
- Activity 7: Good Citizenship through Writing
- Activity 8: Scenarios for Sense of Accomplishment
- Challenge Activities for Sense of Accomplishment
Chapter 4: Fun and Excitement
- Activity 1: Political Cartoons
- Activity 2: A Hat Full of Fun
- Activity 3: Rooting Out Boredom
- Activity 4: Sharing Assessment
- Activity 5: Learning Options
- Activity 6: Fun with Paint
- Activity 7: Go Outside
- Activity 8: Scenarios for Fun and Excitement
- Challenge Activities for Fun and Excitement
Chapter 5: Curiosity and Creativity
- Activity 1: Who Am I?
- Activity 2: Learning Styles
- Activity 3: Interpreting Art
- Activity 4: World Issues
- Activity 5: Extemporaneous Speeches
- Activity 6: How Does It Work?
- Activity 7: Standout College Essays
- Activity 8: Scenarios for Curiosity and Creativity
- Challenge Activities for Curiosity and Creativity
Chapter 6: Spirit of Adventure
- Activity 1: Looking Different
- Activity 2: My Zones
- Activity 3: Have You Ever?
- Activity 4: Animal Risk Takers
- Activity 5: Add Some Spice
- Activity 6: Heads Up!
- Activity 7: Choose Your Own Grade
- Activity 8: Scenarios for Spirit of Adventure
- Challenge Activities for Spirit of Adventure
Chapter 7: Leadership and Responsibility
- Activity 1: Success Together
- Activity 2: Decision Making
- Activity 3: Leadership Myths
- Activity 4: Teach the Class
- Activity 5: Debating
- Activity 6: Straw Houses
- Activity 7: Student Surveys
- Activity 8: Scenarios for Leadership and Responsibility
- Challenge Activities for Leadership and Responsibility
Chapter 8: Confidence to Take Action
- Activity 1: Survival Kit for New Students
- Activity 2: Act It Out
- Activity 3: Make a Change
- Activity 4: Market Yourself
- Activity 5: Clay Models
- Activity 6: Letter to the Editor
- Activity 7: Change the World
- Activity 8: Scenarios for Confidence to Take Action
- Challenge Activities for Confidence to Take Action
Sample Activities
Component/Ancillary Items:
Raising Student Aspirations
Classroom Activities for Grades K-5
Elementary
8.5x11
Pages:
122
Item Number:
5197 | Price: | $29.99 |
Raising Student Aspirations
Classroom Activities for Grades 6-8
Middle School
8.5x11
Pages:
122
Item Number:
5198 | Price: | $29.99 |
Raising Student Aspirations
Classroom Activities
Grades K-12
Set of Three Volumes
Elementary
Middle School
High School
8.5x11
Item Number:
5200 | Price: | $79.00 |
Student Aspirations
Eight Conditions That Make a Difference
Elementary
Middle School
High School
6x9
Pages:
112
Item Number:
5196 | Price: | $24.99 |
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