School Mascots
Educational Acronyms
Parts of a Circle
Restorative Practices
Riddles/Brain Teasers
100

What school has the Prospectors?

Piner

100

What does MTSS stand for?

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support

100

What are some things you can use as an opening to your circle?

Please list 2

Song, quiet or guided mindful moment, quote, poem, etc.

100

An imperative part of Restorative Practices is building... what?

Community and Connection (either answer is acceptable)

100

You’re escaping a maze, and there are three doors in front of you. The door on the left leads to a pit of lava. The door in the center leads to a room filled with deadly gas. The door on the right leads to a lion that hasn’t eaten in three months. Which door do you choose?

The door on the right. A lion that hasn’t eaten in three months would be dead.

200

What school has the Blue Jays?

Ridgway

200

What does IEP stand for?

Individualized Educational Program/Plan

200

What should always be the last round of a circle?

Double points if you can tell me why : )

Reflection round

200

A communication technique that expresses our feelings and needs in a way that the listener will feel less defensive

I statement

200

You are driving a bus. At the first stop, two women get on. The second stop, three men get on and one woman gets off. At the third stop, three kids and their mom get on, and a man gets off. The bus is grey, and it is raining outside. What color is the bus driver’s hair?

Remember, YOU are the bus driver!

So, whatever color hair you have : )

300

What school has the Dolphins?

Helen Lehman

300

What does SST stand for?

Student Study Team

300

Our RIS team tends to use a unity clap as this part of a circle...

Closing

300

-Relationship Building/Connection

-SEL basic skill building

-Clear, positive expectations for everyone

...these are not responsive, they are ... what?


Proactive

300

What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?

A map

400

What school has the Quetzales?


CCLA

400

What does BIP stand for?

Behavior Intervention Plan

400

Why do we always have a check in?

Connection before content!

(Other answers along these lines accepted)

400

When someone causes harm to others, we work to hold them _________. 

Accountable

400

Forrest left home running. He ran a ways and then turned left, ran the same distance and turned left again, ran the same distance and turned left again. When he got home, there were two masked men.  What is Forrest doing?

Playing baseball

500

What school has the Pumas?

Maria Carrillo

500

What does RSP stand for?

Resource Specialist Program

500

List all typical main parts of a circle

Double points if you can name them in order!

Intro/Purpose, Opening, Guidelines/Agreements, Check In/Connection Activity, Content/Discussion, Reflection, Closing

500

When someone causes harm, we support them to _________ their relationships.

Repair

500

A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.”

His son