Common Ground
SEL Domain(s): Relationship Building
Grades: 6-8
*Lesson may need to be modified to meet the specific needs of students
Description:
Students play Common Ground — moving around the room to group themselves by shared preferences (favorite season, music taste, cat vs. dog person) and briefly connecting with classmates who made the same choice — then play Moment of Memory, listening to six words read aloud and racing to write down as many as they can remember across multiple rounds.
Materials
List of words (Wellness Specialist will give hand them out)
Paper
Pens or Pencil