1. Common Start Day 4
Turn in your #hastag, slogan, or bumper sticker from yesterday ( if you have not already)
Take your seat
Take out your Hoover High Instructional Plan

2. Do Now
Answer the following questions in your notebook Which of the habits of mind for this course ( Growth Mindset, Perseverance, or Metacognition) will you be able to manage easily? Which habit do you think you will struggle with and need to improve on? (write at least 3 complete sentences for each question)

3. Desert Island Activity
You and a team of scientists have been stranded on an unknown island after a giant tsunami. You realize that your boat has a giant hole and cannot take you back home. As the boat begins to sink, your team only has time to grab 8 items, that you brought on board, before everything vanishes into the deep blue sea.

4. Your Items 9) A Knife 10) A First Aid Kit 11) 12 Bottles of Water
12) A Mirror
13) A Net
14) A Quilt
15) A Compass
16) A Metal Bucket
A Plastic Sheet
Matches
Oil
Toilet Paper
A Book
Rope
A Jacket
A Flashlight

5. Your Task
You will have 10 minutes ( by yourself) to choose the 8 items you would like to save.
As you choose the 8 items you want to save, you will rank them from most important to least important.
Next to your list you will also write why you decided to save that item. How will that item help you survive on an abandoned desert island?

6. Item’s Importance Items Reason for Saving
1 ( most important) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

7. Items some people saved
Items Everyone Saved
Items some people saved
Items Nobody Saved

8. Group’s Reason for Saving
Item Saved
Group’s Reason for Saving 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
As you and your team decide on the final 8 items you will save, think about these two questions. ( You will be answering them when you share your list with the class)
Which item was the easiest to for everyone to agree on?
2) Which item was the hardest for everyone to agree on?

9. Exit Slip
Use your instructional plan to help you answer the questions.
Make a list of the habits of mind and the college of readiness skills that you practiced/ reviewed this period.
Which one did you find the easiest to do? _______________________________
Which one did you struggle with the most? ________________________________
Make one mindset goal for yourself for this class:
I will ______________________________
Choose one skill you will focus on for this class:
For this class I will focus on _______________