Monday January 15th, 2018

Meetings/Reminders for the week:

   January 15th, 2018- Monday- Eval team

   January 16th, 2018- Tuesday- Intervention Meeting/MTSS

   January 16th, 2018- Tuesday- Grade level teaming- 1st-5th

   January 17th, 2018- Wednesday- Building leadership team/staff lighthouse- 3:10 pm, rm #10

   January 18th, 2018- Thursday- Student lighthouse team- 7:30 am, rm #16

   January 19th, 2018- Friday- Grade level teaming- Kindergarten


Next week: The Great Kindness Challenge


Habit of the week/Classroom leading morning announcements:

   Schroeder- Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind

next week: Wilkins- Habit 3: Put first things first



Digital literacy and media literacy are super important skills. Our students get to engage with devices everyday, all day long. Besides reading text, student need to evaluate and discuss the text. If you scroll down a little, this link has a great visual to assist with teaching and learning these skills:

Critical Reading Checklist


Active listening is always a great skill to learn more about, both for adults and our students. Listening is more than just hearing. Here are tips and items to think about:

7 Tips for Active Listening


A positive school culture is always something we are striving for. Everybody needs to feel safe and welcome. That includes students, staff, and and families. The benefits of a positive school culture include an increase in student achievement, resilience, and other important skills. This is especially important in high poverty schools and with at risk students.

This link has an overview:

Certain School Behaviors Tip Balance to More Positive School Culture

This link has a visual with the 20 most essential skills needed for a positive school culture, like leadership and kindness. There is a handout you can ask to be emailed to you if you are interested in more information:

Positive School Culture Inventory


Students love seeing their pictures on the big screen tv in the school lobby. When they see themselves, their faces are priceless. They think they are famous. As a result, they love having their picture taken, because they know it will be on the tv. The pictures from this last week include several pictures of new learning activities. You can click on the pictures to see them in a larger size, and these would be great to share with students. There are also several pictures from after school activities. Knitting, positive affirmations, one of our new teachers, video production, and more:

Pictures This Week


Remember to breathe and be present. Thought to start us off for the week: