Hello and welcome back!
Last week we decided, wrote about and chose our mentor or mentee for the year!
On Wednesday and Thursday we worked on a Google slide presentation introducing our mentor/mentee.
They included each other's favorite things (music, sports, class, activities, etc), their future career and college goals, and 10 random fun facts.
It was a great time for mentors and mentees to ask each other a bunch of questions and get to know each other even better. We did presentations on Friday which we will finish up on Tuesday.
Have a great week!
Monday, September 17, 2018
Monday, September 10, 2018
The Weekly Ranum: Edition #4
Hi all!
This was a shorter week with the Labor Day holiday on Monday but we still accomplished a lot.
We had our first tutoring Tuesday and I saw many students taking advantage and catching up on work or completing homework early.
On Wednesday and Thursday we created our time capsules. Inside are different artifacts like their heights, hand size, list of favorite things in their lives and a letter to their future self. We'll open these up in May!
Friday we did speed matching, a play on speed dating but this was a great way for mentees and mentors to get to know each other a little better and help decide who they want to be paired with for the rest of the year.
Have a great week!
This was a shorter week with the Labor Day holiday on Monday but we still accomplished a lot.
We had our first tutoring Tuesday and I saw many students taking advantage and catching up on work or completing homework early.
On Wednesday and Thursday we created our time capsules. Inside are different artifacts like their heights, hand size, list of favorite things in their lives and a letter to their future self. We'll open these up in May!
Friday we did speed matching, a play on speed dating but this was a great way for mentees and mentors to get to know each other a little better and help decide who they want to be paired with for the rest of the year.
Have a great week!
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
The Weekly Ranum: Edition #3
Hello!
Last week was jam packed with a bunch of different activities.
On Monday we talked about Creating Community. There were 5 posters around the room that asked questions ranging from why we need community, what does community look like, what are some communities we are already a part of and what are some of the challenges involved with community. Students had to walk around to each poster and add their answers.
On Tuesday and Wednesday we created personal shields that were meant for students to identify their strengths/weaknesses, future career goals and the material/non-material things in their lives that they cherish most.
On Thursday we worked on our communication skills, specifically our listening/following directions skills. We did a paper tear activity with our eyes closed and students would fold and tear their paper based on my directions. They were not allowed to ask questions so everyone's paper was very different by the end. We also did back to back drawing where one student is giving verbal directions to their partner about what they need to draw on their piece of paper. Being specific was the key to the game because most of the time their pictures had everything in the correct spot, but they were not drawn to scale.
For No Fun Friday we played taboo and charades. This got the students out of their comfort zones and was a fun team challenge that forced students to listen to their classmates and work together to guess the word.
Overall, another great week here at Ranum!
Last week was jam packed with a bunch of different activities.
On Monday we talked about Creating Community. There were 5 posters around the room that asked questions ranging from why we need community, what does community look like, what are some communities we are already a part of and what are some of the challenges involved with community. Students had to walk around to each poster and add their answers.
On Tuesday and Wednesday we created personal shields that were meant for students to identify their strengths/weaknesses, future career goals and the material/non-material things in their lives that they cherish most.
On Thursday we worked on our communication skills, specifically our listening/following directions skills. We did a paper tear activity with our eyes closed and students would fold and tear their paper based on my directions. They were not allowed to ask questions so everyone's paper was very different by the end. We also did back to back drawing where one student is giving verbal directions to their partner about what they need to draw on their piece of paper. Being specific was the key to the game because most of the time their pictures had everything in the correct spot, but they were not drawn to scale.
For No Fun Friday we played taboo and charades. This got the students out of their comfort zones and was a fun team challenge that forced students to listen to their classmates and work together to guess the word.
Overall, another great week here at Ranum!
Monday, August 27, 2018
The Weekly Ranum: Edition #2
Hello all!
The first full week of school is in the books. We continued to get to know one another through team builders, learned more about YESS, and played introduction bingo.
This week we will continue to get to know each other and start identifying potential mentor/mentee pairs for the year.
Hope everyone has a great week!
The first full week of school is in the books. We continued to get to know one another through team builders, learned more about YESS, and played introduction bingo.
This week we will continue to get to know each other and start identifying potential mentor/mentee pairs for the year.
Hope everyone has a great week!
Monday, August 20, 2018
The Weekly Ranum: Edition #1
Hello and welcome back to another year at Ranum Middle School!
The school year got off to a great start with a lot of familiar faces and many of my former students siblings.
We stuck to a basic introduction of YESS, some classroom policies and mostly team building exercises for the first 3 days of school. Students are still shaking off that summer rust but overall they were excited and more than willing to jump in, be themselves and participate.
Have a great week!
The school year got off to a great start with a lot of familiar faces and many of my former students siblings.
We stuck to a basic introduction of YESS, some classroom policies and mostly team building exercises for the first 3 days of school. Students are still shaking off that summer rust but overall they were excited and more than willing to jump in, be themselves and participate.
Have a great week!
Monday, May 21, 2018
The Weekly Ranum: Edition #31
Hello and welcome to the second to last edition of the Weekly Ranum.
This past week was a blur with all of the events going on. We had band/theater performances, field trips, make up testing and all of the end of year catch up you could cram into a week.
We finished College and Career projects, started to clean up the classroom and passed back projects. It was fun reminiscing about the past year and all the fun activities.
Students are pretty checked out at this point so we'll see how these last 3 days go!
Thanks for reading.
This past week was a blur with all of the events going on. We had band/theater performances, field trips, make up testing and all of the end of year catch up you could cram into a week.
We finished College and Career projects, started to clean up the classroom and passed back projects. It was fun reminiscing about the past year and all the fun activities.
Students are pretty checked out at this point so we'll see how these last 3 days go!
Thanks for reading.
Monday, May 14, 2018
The Weekly Ranum: Edition #30
Hello and welcome back to the Weekly Ranum!
This past week there was no Mentoring Monday but we did have the YESS Middle School year end event here at Ranum. Everything came together. There was food, fun and some amazing speeches by some incredible students. Huge shout out to Shaw Heights and Scott Carpenter for coming over, being super responsible and respectful and representing their schools!
The rest of the week we focused on College and Career. Students worked individually and chose any college that interested them. They first focused on some classes/majors they liked and then would look for schools that had great program for those specific majors.
After they chose their college, they would then research a career that interested them. How can you move up in this career, how much money can you earn, where in the country are the most openings and what are the different skills/certifications needed are just a few of the questions they had to look up.
Most students will finish those up this week and then we'll continue to wrap up the school year next week!
8 days left!
This past week there was no Mentoring Monday but we did have the YESS Middle School year end event here at Ranum. Everything came together. There was food, fun and some amazing speeches by some incredible students. Huge shout out to Shaw Heights and Scott Carpenter for coming over, being super responsible and respectful and representing their schools!
The rest of the week we focused on College and Career. Students worked individually and chose any college that interested them. They first focused on some classes/majors they liked and then would look for schools that had great program for those specific majors.
After they chose their college, they would then research a career that interested them. How can you move up in this career, how much money can you earn, where in the country are the most openings and what are the different skills/certifications needed are just a few of the questions they had to look up.
Most students will finish those up this week and then we'll continue to wrap up the school year next week!
8 days left!
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