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