personal shield
| AGES | 5-11 |
| FORMAT | Individual |
| MATERIALS NEEDED | For each student: A photocopy of a shield p. 65, scissors and colored pencils |
PREPARATION REQUIRED Make your own shield as an example
DESCRIPTION
1. Tell the students that everyone is going to do an activity to get
to know each other better.
2. Ask them to help you brainstorm what types of information they
might want to share:
a. Hobbies/sports they like
b. Family members
c. Favorite animal, book, subject etc.
d. Future job
3. Write the ideas on the board.
4. Pass out the shields and explain that they will write their name
in the center star.
5. In each of the other 3 sections they will make a drawing to
represent one of the ideas brainstormed on the board.
6. Show them your example.
7. Let them work.
8. During the course of the next couple of days, ask different
students to share their shield with the class.
9. Once the students are finished sharing, display them in your
classroom.
Class Time Capsule
| AGES | 6-13 |
| FORMAT EASIEST OPTION 1- | Individual |
reproducible sheet p. 66
DURATION 15-20 minutes
PREPARATION REQUIRED Photocopy the reproducible sheet
DESCRIPTION
1. Tell the students that this is a sheet seeking information about
them.
2. Explain that they should put their answers on the first line only
because they will write on the second line when they pull them
out at the end of the year. This way they can compare their
answers and see how they have changed.
3. Give students time to fill out the sheets.
4. Invite them to share some of the information with the class.
5. Collect all sheets and store them away in your closet/filing
cabinet until the end of the year.
6. Write Class Time Capsule in your lesson planner towards the end
of the year.
7. Pull out the papers at the end of the year and let the students see
how they have changed.
OPTION 2- More Student Involvement
MATERIALS NEEDED Depends on what the students decide
| DURATION | 15 minutes the first day 20-30 minutes the second day |
DESCRIPTION DAY 1
1. Explain that you would like to make a class time capsule with
them.
2. Brainstorm with the students what you might want to include.
Write all ideas on the board. Include any ideas that you have.
3. Decide as a class what will be included:
a. From each person: a drawing, a list of favorites, a string
showing all tall he/she is, a special picture…
b. A story/book the class wrote/compiled together, a class
picture, graphs about class likes and dislikes
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