4/30/14
Thursday May 1st, 2014
We have two student leaders in fifth grade who have been our tour guides for new families who want to visit the school. We also had them be tour guides on Wednesday for two of our school board members, Mrs. Barron and Mr. Jansen. They did such a great job!
4/29/14
Wednesday April 30th, 2014
You may be noticing PTA getting ready for next week, teacher appreciation week. We have such a great PTA. Please make sure that May 7th is on your calendar for a special lunch, from Cafe Rio.
This is a great video representing different cultures and global citizenship. This is a great video to share with students.
We are all Connected
This is a great video representing different cultures and global citizenship. This is a great video to share with students.
We are all Connected
4/28/14
Tuesday April 29th, 2014
Here is an awesome example of 21st Century learning in a kindergarten classroom. Just amazing to see the potential for students:
First Step with Skype and Technology
Second Step for Conclusion
The kick off for Fall Kindergarten Registration starts on Monday May 5th. Please help remind families, as well as your neighbors. All of the information can be found on our school website and school app. Thank you Lesa for a great welcome sign!
First Step with Skype and Technology
Second Step for Conclusion
The kick off for Fall Kindergarten Registration starts on Monday May 5th. Please help remind families, as well as your neighbors. All of the information can be found on our school website and school app. Thank you Lesa for a great welcome sign!
4/25/14
Monday April 28th, 2014
Duties for the week:
AM Bus: Simson
Hammond
Buschhorn
PM Bus: Lent
Sweet
Taylor
Lounge: Warner
Meetings/Reminders for the week:
April 28th, 2014-Monday- RTI
April 28th, 2014- Monday- 2nd Grade Fire Prevention
April 30th, 2014- Wednesday- Eval Team
May 2nd, 2014- Friday- AM K, 1st, 2nd, Triner, Osborn, & Taylor to TFHS for JIVE in morning
May 2nd, 2014- Friday- PM K and Standley to TFHS for JIVE in the afternoon
Here is a post about family night from the school website, and there is a video. There were several great pictures, but I couldn't add them all to the video. Additional pictures are on the home page of the school website in that slideshow on the left side. Please share the video with students. We have such great parent involvement. We also had several students attend with an older sibling or another special relative.
Title 1 Spring 2014 Family Night
AM Bus: Simson
Hammond
Buschhorn
PM Bus: Lent
Sweet
Taylor
Lounge: Warner
Meetings/Reminders for the week:
April 28th, 2014-Monday- RTI
April 28th, 2014- Monday- 2nd Grade Fire Prevention
April 30th, 2014- Wednesday- Eval Team
May 2nd, 2014- Friday- AM K, 1st, 2nd, Triner, Osborn, & Taylor to TFHS for JIVE in morning
May 2nd, 2014- Friday- PM K and Standley to TFHS for JIVE in the afternoon
Here is a post about family night from the school website, and there is a video. There were several great pictures, but I couldn't add them all to the video. Additional pictures are on the home page of the school website in that slideshow on the left side. Please share the video with students. We have such great parent involvement. We also had several students attend with an older sibling or another special relative.
Title 1 Spring 2014 Family Night
4/24/14
April 25th, 2014
We had a great family night! Thank you to everybody who helped. As I left the building I stopped by the bookmobile parked on the front lawn to thank them. The lady said it was one of their best events, usually packed throughout the evening and several new people signed up for library cards.
Here is the video from KMVT, from the activity yesterday:
Video
Have a great Friday!
Here is the video from KMVT, from the activity yesterday:
Video
Have a great Friday!
4/23/14
Thursday April 24th, 2014
The Title 1 Family Night event starts at 5:30. Please help remind students.
Today will be our last pick up of the Friday food bags for the school year. The last bag goes home usually around the end of May. We send home 30 bags every week. We have several students that rely on school for breakfast, lunch, and even the food bags. There will be the summer lunch program, but you might hear a parent ask if there are any other resources during the summer months. Here is a list of food pantries, meal sites, and other resources in our area. It is also on the school website under the parent tab, for community resources.
A big thank you to Kambra, Marla, and the rest of the kitchen staff for ensuring that all students are fed and matched up with resources!
List of Food Resources
Thank you for your flexibility with the BSU cheer leaders and Buster the mascot visiting. Please email any pictures you took so we can share on our school website. Here are just a few:
Today will be our last pick up of the Friday food bags for the school year. The last bag goes home usually around the end of May. We send home 30 bags every week. We have several students that rely on school for breakfast, lunch, and even the food bags. There will be the summer lunch program, but you might hear a parent ask if there are any other resources during the summer months. Here is a list of food pantries, meal sites, and other resources in our area. It is also on the school website under the parent tab, for community resources.
A big thank you to Kambra, Marla, and the rest of the kitchen staff for ensuring that all students are fed and matched up with resources!
List of Food Resources
Thank you for your flexibility with the BSU cheer leaders and Buster the mascot visiting. Please email any pictures you took so we can share on our school website. Here are just a few:
4/22/14
Wednesday April 23rd, 2014
Special visitors in front of the school at 9:30 am. Please have students outside by about 9:15. More information in your email.
We've talked this year about the new speaking and listening standards, particularly with collaborative conversations and discussions. Here are twelve questions, and maybe there is one that could be modeled and practiced with students in both the classroom and intervention groups. Sometimes a sentence starter, as a model, can be the catalyst to an engaging conversation and an opportunity to be engaged with deeper learning.
12 Questions
I was out on bus duty with Amy K. the other day, and I thought of this picture. As we were with students waiting for the bus outside, there was innovation and creativity everywhere on the playground. From using a backpack like one of those ball hop jump ropes, to who can get their backpack in the tree the highest, to pretending the gravel was money, to acting out book characters on the playground equipment. Here is your image for the day:
We've talked this year about the new speaking and listening standards, particularly with collaborative conversations and discussions. Here are twelve questions, and maybe there is one that could be modeled and practiced with students in both the classroom and intervention groups. Sometimes a sentence starter, as a model, can be the catalyst to an engaging conversation and an opportunity to be engaged with deeper learning.
12 Questions
I was out on bus duty with Amy K. the other day, and I thought of this picture. As we were with students waiting for the bus outside, there was innovation and creativity everywhere on the playground. From using a backpack like one of those ball hop jump ropes, to who can get their backpack in the tree the highest, to pretending the gravel was money, to acting out book characters on the playground equipment. Here is your image for the day:
4/21/14
Tuesday April 22nd, 2014
Thank you for your diligence with conferences! Almost every classroom had every student attend with a parent or guardian. With waiting for interpreters, re-scheduling, accommodations, and persistence- conferences are in reality often a 3 week period. Our final number was about 98% for parent involvement! Fantastic!
Linda will be gone Tuesday, so we will have Julie in the office. I will be in Hailey for Project Leadership most of the day. Patience with the office is appreciated.
The Title 1 Spring Family Night is Thursday. The line up of activities looks fantastic! Please help remind students and families about the activity. Here is a post from the school website. Feel free to email the post to families if you have a distribution list, post on your classroom blogs, or share with your newsletters and notes home.
Title 1 Family Night Post
Here are a few pictures of student leaders:
Student Leaders
Today is Earth Day. If you are not aware of Kid World Citizen, this is a great resource for global education. You can follow with Facebook, Twitter, and other tools. As we look at global literacy, we are all connected. We don't know the jobs that will be available for students in twenty years, but we do know that we need them to be globally literate. There are several resources that could be used in the classroom, such as non-fiction and informational text, and resources that represent the diversity at our school:
Kid World Citizen
Linda will be gone Tuesday, so we will have Julie in the office. I will be in Hailey for Project Leadership most of the day. Patience with the office is appreciated.
The Title 1 Spring Family Night is Thursday. The line up of activities looks fantastic! Please help remind students and families about the activity. Here is a post from the school website. Feel free to email the post to families if you have a distribution list, post on your classroom blogs, or share with your newsletters and notes home.
Title 1 Family Night Post
Here are a few pictures of student leaders:
Student Leaders
Today is Earth Day. If you are not aware of Kid World Citizen, this is a great resource for global education. You can follow with Facebook, Twitter, and other tools. As we look at global literacy, we are all connected. We don't know the jobs that will be available for students in twenty years, but we do know that we need them to be globally literate. There are several resources that could be used in the classroom, such as non-fiction and informational text, and resources that represent the diversity at our school:
Kid World Citizen
4/18/14
Monday April 21st, 2014
Duties for the week:
AM Bus: Moore
Anderson
Standley
PM Bus: Davis
Webb
Enders
Lounge: Hammond
Meetings/Reminders for the week:
April 21st, 2014- Monday- RTI
April 22nd, 2014- Tuesday- Earth Day
April 23rd, 2014- Wednesday- Eval Team
April 23rd, 2014- Wednesday- Potential Visitor for Students an the AM, more details to come
April 24th, 2014- Thursday- Title 1 Family Night 5:30-7pm, with Book Fair
April 25th, 2014- Friday- Book Fair 8:15-8:45 am and 3:30-4:00 pm.
You know the end of the school year is getting close when we are on the last page of the duty schedule.
If you weren't at the staff meeting, Marsha received a grant from the Twin Falls Education Foundation for instruments.
Post
The Pre/K standards have recently been updated. Thank you to Lindsay for sharing the link. If you've never visited our preschool classrooms, I encourage you to visit them. It really is impressive what the students are learning. They are learning early numeracy and math skills that are preparing them for the common core kindergarten standards, as well as other skills such as social emotional development. Here is a comment from the state department that explains the update:
The State Department of Education and Head Start Collaborative Office have just completed the revisions to the Idaho Early Learning eGuidelines that are Idaho's State Standards for Early Childhood Special Education programs.
Pre/K Standards
Moorseville North Carolina has often been recognized in the last couple years for their academic achievement and technology integration. They even have wi-fi on some school buses, which park around neighborhoods, so students can access the internet at home. Here is a recent video about their changes and successes.
Video
AM Bus: Moore
Anderson
Standley
PM Bus: Davis
Webb
Enders
Lounge: Hammond
Meetings/Reminders for the week:
April 21st, 2014- Monday- RTI
April 22nd, 2014- Tuesday- Earth Day
April 23rd, 2014- Wednesday- Eval Team
April 23rd, 2014- Wednesday- Potential Visitor for Students an the AM, more details to come
April 24th, 2014- Thursday- Title 1 Family Night 5:30-7pm, with Book Fair
April 25th, 2014- Friday- Book Fair 8:15-8:45 am and 3:30-4:00 pm.
You know the end of the school year is getting close when we are on the last page of the duty schedule.
If you weren't at the staff meeting, Marsha received a grant from the Twin Falls Education Foundation for instruments.
Post
The Pre/K standards have recently been updated. Thank you to Lindsay for sharing the link. If you've never visited our preschool classrooms, I encourage you to visit them. It really is impressive what the students are learning. They are learning early numeracy and math skills that are preparing them for the common core kindergarten standards, as well as other skills such as social emotional development. Here is a comment from the state department that explains the update:
The State Department of Education and Head Start Collaborative Office have just completed the revisions to the Idaho Early Learning eGuidelines that are Idaho's State Standards for Early Childhood Special Education programs.
Pre/K Standards
Moorseville North Carolina has often been recognized in the last couple years for their academic achievement and technology integration. They even have wi-fi on some school buses, which park around neighborhoods, so students can access the internet at home. Here is a recent video about their changes and successes.
Video
4/17/14
Friday April 18th, 2014
Popcorn sale, PTA meeting at lunch, it's Friday, and Easter is almost here! Have a great Easter weekend with your friends and family!
4/16/14
Thursday April 17th, 2014
We switched staff meeting days, so there is no staff meeting next week. Out next staff meeting will be May 14th.
Here is a STEM video from Google. What an awesome place to work! Innovation and no fear of failure.
Google
Here is a STEM video from Google. What an awesome place to work! Innovation and no fear of failure.
4/15/14
Wednesday April 16th, 2014
Please remember that there is a staff meeting after school.
For the common core writing standards, the first anchor standard is about argument writing. This is a big shift, as students need to be providing written evidence to support their claims. This is a real life skill that is really important in future careers. This is a short article geared towards middle school, but it shows what your students are working towards. In grades k-5, students are writing opinion pieces, narratives, and informative/explanatory texts. Those skills are leading them towards argument writing when they get to middle school.
4 Reasons for Argument Writing
I am so excited that we received the 21st Century Grant for Harrison! Here is more information from the state department website.
21st Century Community Learning Centers
We have been knee deep in assessments, from the IELA to IRI to ISAT Science to the SBAC. Thank you to Ana, MaryAnn, and Lesa for leading those assessments. The SBAC has been going well. I am a scribe for a third grade student who has difficulty typing. As we completed the first questions on Tuesday, he said several times how he knew what to do because Mrs. Long had showed him. Thank you ladies for the great work!
For the common core writing standards, the first anchor standard is about argument writing. This is a big shift, as students need to be providing written evidence to support their claims. This is a real life skill that is really important in future careers. This is a short article geared towards middle school, but it shows what your students are working towards. In grades k-5, students are writing opinion pieces, narratives, and informative/explanatory texts. Those skills are leading them towards argument writing when they get to middle school.
4 Reasons for Argument Writing
I am so excited that we received the 21st Century Grant for Harrison! Here is more information from the state department website.
21st Century Community Learning Centers
We have been knee deep in assessments, from the IELA to IRI to ISAT Science to the SBAC. Thank you to Ana, MaryAnn, and Lesa for leading those assessments. The SBAC has been going well. I am a scribe for a third grade student who has difficulty typing. As we completed the first questions on Tuesday, he said several times how he knew what to do because Mrs. Long had showed him. Thank you ladies for the great work!
4/14/14
Tuesday April 15th, 2014
Our school website usually has about 600 visits a day on average. April 10th was our highest ever, at 1123 visits! It is a really important communication tool. If you have something you would like posted let me know.
We have two young ladies in fifth grade who love to draw, and they spent their weekend making 7 Habits posters for the second grade hallway. Here are their drawings from a post on the school website.
7 Habits Posters
The Math-a-Thon assembly has been scheduled for May 8th. I'm not in a rush to kiss a pig, but others might want to put the date on their calendar.
Positiveness and laughter are essential pieces to getting through the hard times in life. We need our students to know that too. Here are two articles with tips for how to include more laughter and positiveness in our lives.
9 Ways to Stay Positive
18 Ways for Laughter
Here is your image for the day:
We have two young ladies in fifth grade who love to draw, and they spent their weekend making 7 Habits posters for the second grade hallway. Here are their drawings from a post on the school website.
7 Habits Posters
The Math-a-Thon assembly has been scheduled for May 8th. I'm not in a rush to kiss a pig, but others might want to put the date on their calendar.
9am- AM K, 1st, 2nd, & 5th Grades
1pm- PM K, 3rd, & 4th Grades
The school supply lists for Fall 2014 are posted on the school website if parents ask, under the school information tab.
Positiveness and laughter are essential pieces to getting through the hard times in life. We need our students to know that too. Here are two articles with tips for how to include more laughter and positiveness in our lives.
9 Ways to Stay Positive
18 Ways for Laughter
Here is your image for the day:
4/11/14
Monday April 14th, 2014
Duties for the week:
AM Bus: Moulson
Miller
Triner
PM Bus: Nail
Warmer
Pauley
Lounge: Standley
Meetings/Reminders for the week:
April 14th, 2014- Monday- RTI
April 16th, 2014- Wednesday- Eval Team
April 16th, 2014- Wednesday- 2nd Grade to Movies 9-11
April 16th, 2014- Wednesday- Staff Meeting
April 18th, 2014- Friday- PTA Meeting
April 18th, 2014- Friday- PTA popcorn
We have students who have come from other countries and experienced similar situations that are mentioned in this article. This is a nice article to help us better understand our students and their backgrounds.
Refugee Women
Here is a short video with STEM and iPads. We have an iPad in every classroom. This video might give you ideas. We have a school coach and a technology coach who would both love to assist with the iPads, as you integrate with common core standards and instruction in your classroom.
STEM Video
AM Bus: Moulson
Miller
Triner
PM Bus: Nail
Warmer
Pauley
Lounge: Standley
Meetings/Reminders for the week:
April 14th, 2014- Monday- RTI
April 16th, 2014- Wednesday- Eval Team
April 16th, 2014- Wednesday- 2nd Grade to Movies 9-11
April 16th, 2014- Wednesday- Staff Meeting
April 18th, 2014- Friday- PTA Meeting
April 18th, 2014- Friday- PTA popcorn
We have students who have come from other countries and experienced similar situations that are mentioned in this article. This is a nice article to help us better understand our students and their backgrounds.
Refugee Women
Here is a short video with STEM and iPads. We have an iPad in every classroom. This video might give you ideas. We have a school coach and a technology coach who would both love to assist with the iPads, as you integrate with common core standards and instruction in your classroom.
STEM Video
4/10/14
Friday April 11th, 2014
Thank you to 1st, 2nd, and 4th grade for being first with their grade level teaming notes! Those have been posted under documents.
Here is your thought for the day: Too busy?
Here is your thought for the day: Too busy?
4/9/14
Thursday April 10th, 2014
Please remind students about the bookmobile being in front of the school. It is by the church every Thursday after school. That's a great opportunity, as not every school has that.
Please continue to email your conference attendance numbers as you finish, for our parent involvement piece. Several have emailed that they are trying to reschedule with families that missed, which is great. Thank you for being persistent, and accommodating, to ensure every parent/guardian has an opportunity to attend their child's conference.
As we are now in the fourth quarter, I will be at Harrison in the afternoons.
4/8/14
Wednesday April 9th, 2014
One topic during the migrant conference was closing the digital divide. This was a website given with 5 tools to use in the classroom, and the orange tabs at the top give info on how to use them. Closing the digital divide is important for all of our students.
4/4/14
Tuesday April 8th, 2014
Please remember that today is the one big teaming day for the month. Each grade level will be meeting with resource, Title 1, and ESL teachers. Patience with intervention groups is appreciated.
We have several field trips on Friday. Please check the calendar. If you are involved with items such as specials and interventions, students might be gone for field trips.
Here is your image for the day.
We have several field trips on Friday. Please check the calendar. If you are involved with items such as specials and interventions, students might be gone for field trips.
Here is your image for the day.
4/3/14
Monday April 7th, 2014
Duties for the week:
AM Bus: Coleman
Garcia
Taylor
PM Bus: Goodwin
Hammond
Osborn
Lounge: Buschhorn
Meetings/Reminders for the week:
April 7th, 2014-Monday- WISE team AM
April 8th, 2014- Tuesday- Lighthouse Team
April 8th, 2014- Tuesday- Grade level teaming meetings with special ed, Title 1, and ESL
April 9th, 2014- Wednesday- Eval Team
April 10th, 2014- Thursday- Rocket Math Award Assembly 2:50 pm.
April 11th, 2014- Friday- PTA Meeting 11:45 am
* Melissa will be gone Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for a migrant conference. Link
* Chris will be gone on Wednesday to Idaho Leads. Link
* Amy K is your go to person on Wednesday if you need anything, but feel free to email or text Chris and Melissa if you need anything.
Please welcome Chrystine as she starts teaching in first grade. Thank you to Julie O. for being her mentor this year as she completed her student teaching.
Please remember to avoid the area around the computer lab due to testing. Alternative paths for lining up students outside after recesses, and before and after specials, is greatly appreciated.
Everybody gets the same amount of time in a day. We all have 24 hours in a day. How we use that time is up to each of us. Here is an article about investing in those items that we value and consider most important.
Invest in What Matters
We have a few teachers with classroom blogs. They are posted on the left side of the school website. Some of you have expressed wanting to set one up for your classroom over the summer. Here is an article on some benefits of blogging. Communicating with families by involving them in the educational learning of their child is very powerful.
Blogging
Encouraging students to solve their own problems is important. Here is an article that discusses this topic. Do our students see difficult tasks as an obstacle, or as an opportunity? Do they know that where they are at now does not determine their future? We have students with heart breaking situations at home after they leave us, but their future is bright and full of opportunity. How about us as a staff? How do we look at challenges?
Creativity with Students
Critical thinking is a really important component of 21st century skills, as well common core standards. Here is an article that describes the important parts of critical thinking.
8 Elements of Critical Thinking in a Visual
8 Elements of Critical Thinking Post
AM Bus: Coleman
Garcia
Taylor
PM Bus: Goodwin
Hammond
Osborn
Lounge: Buschhorn
Meetings/Reminders for the week:
April 7th, 2014-Monday- WISE team AM
April 8th, 2014- Tuesday- Lighthouse Team
April 8th, 2014- Tuesday- Grade level teaming meetings with special ed, Title 1, and ESL
April 9th, 2014- Wednesday- Eval Team
April 10th, 2014- Thursday- Rocket Math Award Assembly 2:50 pm.
April 11th, 2014- Friday- PTA Meeting 11:45 am
* Melissa will be gone Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for a migrant conference. Link
* Chris will be gone on Wednesday to Idaho Leads. Link
* Amy K is your go to person on Wednesday if you need anything, but feel free to email or text Chris and Melissa if you need anything.
Please welcome Chrystine as she starts teaching in first grade. Thank you to Julie O. for being her mentor this year as she completed her student teaching.
Please remember to avoid the area around the computer lab due to testing. Alternative paths for lining up students outside after recesses, and before and after specials, is greatly appreciated.
Everybody gets the same amount of time in a day. We all have 24 hours in a day. How we use that time is up to each of us. Here is an article about investing in those items that we value and consider most important.
Invest in What Matters
We have a few teachers with classroom blogs. They are posted on the left side of the school website. Some of you have expressed wanting to set one up for your classroom over the summer. Here is an article on some benefits of blogging. Communicating with families by involving them in the educational learning of their child is very powerful.
Blogging
Encouraging students to solve their own problems is important. Here is an article that discusses this topic. Do our students see difficult tasks as an obstacle, or as an opportunity? Do they know that where they are at now does not determine their future? We have students with heart breaking situations at home after they leave us, but their future is bright and full of opportunity. How about us as a staff? How do we look at challenges?
Creativity with Students
Critical thinking is a really important component of 21st century skills, as well common core standards. Here is an article that describes the important parts of critical thinking.
8 Elements of Critical Thinking in a Visual
8 Elements of Critical Thinking Post
4/2/14
Thursday April 3rd, 2014
And conferences continue! As you finish, please let me know how many parents/guardians attended for our parent involvement piece.
As you are planning end of the year field trips and special activities, please remember to have volunteers complete the background/volunteer form. We have copies in the office we can send home with their child, but we also need a photocopy of their license.
Here is a great article about leadership. Five minutes can be really important.
Portrait of a Leader
As you are planning end of the year field trips and special activities, please remember to have volunteers complete the background/volunteer form. We have copies in the office we can send home with their child, but we also need a photocopy of their license.
Here is a great article about leadership. Five minutes can be really important.
Portrait of a Leader
4/1/14
Wednesday April 2nd, 2014
Here is your image for the day. Nice reflection for thinking about what is our passion.
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