Monday April 10th, 2017

Duties for the week: 
     
     AM Bus: Garcia
                 Lindquist
                 Music/STEM/PE
     PM Bus: Fullmer
                 Moore
                 Terrell
     Staff Room: 1st Grade
 
 
  Meetings/Reminders for the week:  

   April 10th, 2017- Monday- Eval Team
   
   April 10th, 2017- Monday- CSI STEM visiting 1st Grade and Pauley

   April 11th, 2017- Tuesday- Intervention Meeting

   April 12th, 2017- Wednesday- April Breakfast with Books in the lunchroom 
                                                               & student readers of the month

   April 12th, 2017- Wednesday- Staff Meeting

   April 13th and 14th, 2017- Thursday and Friday- Most Grades are Visiting CR for Synergy Show

   April 14th, 2017- Friday- Student Lighthouse Team before school


Habit of the week/Classroom leading morning announcements:
 
  Kelly- Habit 8: Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs


The staff meeting this week will be all about planning for next year. We will have a gallery walk about different topics, discuss feedback and ideas, and then plan next steps. Topics include the duty schedule, professional development, classroom buddies, school WIG's, morning announcements, and a few other items.

We want students to respond to difficult situations, not react. We want students to stop, pause, breathe, make a plan, and then make a healthy choice with their actions and emotions. Mindfulness is important for every student, and even adults. This can even transform a school:

Mindfulness


Learning is everywhere, and that includes more than desks. We want students to use locations that work best for their learning, to drive their own learning. We've been seeing great success this year as classrooms are integrating more of this practice:

Flexible Learning Spaces


Having emotions is ok. How those emotions are displayed and handled is the key. The grump meter is one resource. Students need to be able to identify their emotions:

Grump Meter
 

ASCD this month is all about honoring differences, which fits perfectly with our school. Our students and staff are so lucky to be surrounded by a diverse group of staff and students. Here is a great infographic about students with disabilities:

Honoring Differences


Writing is so important with STEM, and we have been striving to integrate across all content areas:

Writing and STEM


This is so true: