Student Council Scavenger Hunt Tasks

At the beginning of the school year I set out Student Council membership papers on the counter in the office.

I announce it on my class instagram and the whiteboard on my classroom door.

Students have to complete a series of task within two weeks to join the club.

Here is the form: Task #1: To begin, send an e-mail with the subject line Task #1 and your shirt size as the main message to email address.

Task #2 Please follow @username on Instagram. DM me a fundraising idea (photo, video, message, link) that we could try this year.

Task #3 Please send the name and artist of a favorite song (clean version) to play at future events.

Task #4 Go to the bulletin board next to the library. Look for a white paper bag. Pull one name out of the bag. Please create a bitmoji character of this person and dm it to me on IG @username (I put the name of every teacher and admin in the high school on slips of paper in a bag to avoid repeats.)

Task #5 Go to the office. Look for a white paper bag on the counter. Pull one letter out of the bag. Use your body (other objects can be included) to create this letter (standing up or lying down). Send a picture of your letter to me on IG @username. (I used the letters in the name of our school and Student Council on separate strips of paper. I plan to put all the pictures together in a collage when it's over.)

Task #6 Turn your signed blue paper into the brown envelope hanging on the bulletin board next to my classroom door. Your next task is inside the envelope.

Task #7 Please decorate in red and blue and turn the paper in to me when you finish. (I printed out our school name and mascot in giant bubble letters with one letter per page)

Task #8 Go to the front desk. Introduce yourself to Mrs. LastNameHere and ask her for Task #8. (There was another bag with directions to Task #8 printed out.)

Task #8 Please send @username a DM explaining why Student Council needs you and what you will contribute to our club.

Congratulations you have completed your tasks! Welcome to Student Council.

I keep a google spreadsheet of the tasks and names and checkbox each task as the students complete them.

I change the tasks a little bit from year to year. I've had them decorate shirts, post on insta, make a tik tok, write a thank you card to a teacher, and so on.

The whole point of Student Council is to serve the student body and boost student morale. I need students who are willing to put in effort, can find new ideas, can contact me, can follow directions, and can follow through.

I don't charge dues and I don't require a high GPA. I'm trying to make it accessible to everyone but still narrow it down to students I can count on to do the work.

And most of the students seem to really enjoy it. Our first day of school was Friday and they were already asking me when the papers would be out.

Bell Ringer Update

 It's time for my annual bell ringer giant powerpoint update! {See the original, version 2, and version 3, version 4, version 5, version 6}

I also made the first slide link to every Monday slide so that you can jump ahead to the correct week of school if needed.

Newer versions since version 6:

20-21

21-22

23-24

24-25

Mental Math Monday: Mental math middle school level problems

Tough Guess Tuesday: pictures from estimation180.com to guess how many

Which One Wednesday: Four pictures where students decide which one does not belong

Think Squares Thursday: Simplifying square roots

Factoring Friday: two factoring problems that cycle through the types

• GCF 
• Four Term 
• Four Term with GCF 
• Trinomial a = 1 
• Trinomial a = 1 with GCF 
• Trinomial a > 1
• Trinomial a > 1 with GCF 
• Difference of Two Squares 
• Difference of Two Squares with GCF 
• Mixed (last 6 Friday slides)

Since 20-21, I pretty much do the same thing every year but change the pictures for Tuesday and Thursday. I have the same students 

First Days 2024-2025

 Year 16

Parts of a Circle Vocab Project

I wanted a hands on way for students to learn the parts of a circle. Since I have small class sizes, this was not a big expense to get the supples.

• paper plates
• pipe cleaners/chenille stems
• circle stickers
• straws
• rectangle stickers
• hot glue gun

Here are the directions:

Direct Link 

The back of the directions had a place for them to practice naming the parts of their circle as well.

My mistake was buying giant paper plates that the pipe cleaners weren't long enough for so just buy the basic cheap ones.

Christmas Classroom

 Really proud of my Christmas decor in my classroom this year.