The Thanksgiving season can be a great time to remind students about the creation of the early communities in our country, and to celebrate the communities that are created in our schools. It might be a terrific time of the year to engage your students in a cooperative activity like the one found in the link below, and to spend a few minutes processing the activity afterward. During your processing time, be sure to identify for students some of the wonderful elements of their class…roles that people willingly take in order to help the group, listening skills that allow many ideas to be heard, and enthusiastic or encouraging statements that support the object of the game. If those kinds of elements are missing from your activity, this is a great time to talk about how their presence might help to create success, or at the least, better feelings between class members. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Titanic Cooperative Game

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Cindy Kuhrasch
Interdisciplinary Section Editor

As the holidays approach we sometimes get so caught up in the rush that we forget to say "Thank You" to those that improve our lives. This is a great time to make and send a thank you note to someone special in your life. Have your kids and students make one too!

Here's a great link to get you started!

This Month, have your students check out the new site by the US Government entitled BAM! (Body and Mind).
This site offers everything from comic book creation to activity cards filled with pertinent information for every sort of activity you could imagine! Great for students and teachers!!

The web address is:

http://www.bam.gov/index.htm

Personal favorites are the "fit4life", and the "Head Strong" sections. Enjoy!