Ways to Amaze & Engage Middle School Students
Ways to Amaze & Engage Middle School Students
Middle School
8.5x11
Pages:
176
ISBN:
978-1-57543-173-4
Additional Media Included:
Data CD
Item Number:
8444 Price: | $33.99 |

Overview
Grades 6-9. Easy-to-present, fun classroom activities, small-group activities, games, teacher/counselor ideas, and forms to enhance any middle school program. Students will enjoy learning about each other when they play Cross The Line, enhance their self-esteem with the Self-Esteem Wrinkle Activity, experience cooperation with Line Drill, and be motivated by the many other learning experiences found in this book. Presented in lesson form, these activities cover a variety of topics including:
- Bullying/Safety
- Getting to Know Each Other
- Character
- Conflict Resolution
- Drug-Abuse Prevention
- Loss
- Dreams and Goals
- Group Cooperation
- Identifying Feelings
- Relational Aggression
- Self-Esteem
- Communication
- Understanding Self and Others
Includes ASCA Standards to justify accountability for each presentation and an accompanying CD that provides level 1 Whiteboard compatible PDFs of the reproducible pages in either black and white or in color.
Contents
Introduction
Instructions for Using the CD
Small-Group Activities
- Best/Worst
- Cube
- Family Picture
- Grief Letter/Journal
- Jellyroll Hug
- Memory Box
- Playdough® Stress Ball
- Puzzles
Classroom Activities
- Ball Toss
- Beach Ball
- Brag Bag
- Brag Ball
- Bubbles
- All About Catcher
- Ways to Say "No" Catcher
- Stress Catcher
- Circle Within A Circle
- Class Quilt
- Complaint Ball
- Concept/Vocabulary (Review Game)
- Cross The Line
- Deep Breathing
- Dream Board
- Everybody Has A Story
- "Go-To" Person
- Identifying Character Traits
- Imagery
- Koosh® Ball Name Game
- Letter to Self
- Line Drill
- Map of the School
- Match Puzzle Piece (Review Game)
- Name Acrostic
- Open-Ended Statements
- Paper Chain
- Paper Plate Saucers
- People Search
- Person of the Year
- Positive Bouncing Ball
- Positive-Messages
- Power Beads
- Right Brain/Left Brain
- S+R=O
- Self-Esteem Wrinkle
- Simple Decision-Making Energizer
- Simple Story Energizer
- Stick It To Me Name Game
- Story A-Z
- Ways to Amaze Calendar
Classroom Games
- Pair, Share, and Care Card Game
- Fishing For Feelings Card Game
- Fly Swatter I
- Fly Swatter II
- Drug And Alcohol Information Jeopardy
- The Strongest Link
Counselor/Teacher Ideas
- Bingo Boards
- Conflict-Resolution Plan
- 100 Grand Payday
- Positive Attitude Week
- Sticky Notes
- Quiet Class
- Staff Member Brag Bag
- Test-Survival Kit
- Ways To Put Students Into Groups
Forms
- Classroom-Guidance Evaluation
- Documentation
- Small-Group Evaluation
- Mediation Contract
- Small-Group Sessions Survey
Topical Index
About the Author
Related Items:
Connecting with Others
Lessons for Teaching Social and Emotional Competence
Grades 6-8
Evidence Based

Middle School
8.5x11
Pages:
408
Item Number:
4919 List price: | $42.99 |
Price: | $32.24 |
You save: | $10.75 (25%) |
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