Tuesday January 14th, 2020

We have grade level teaming for 1st-5th grade today.

Please help remind students and families about Breakfast with Books on Wednesday.



Thought for today:

Monday January 13th, 2020

Meetings/Reminders for the week:

   January 13th, 2020- Monday- eval team

   January 13th, 2020- Monday- Panda Express visit about Chinese new year- 9 am in gym

   January 13th, 2020- Monday- Kindergarten teaming

   January 14th, 2020- Tuesday- Intervention Meeting/MTSS

   January 14th, 2020- Tuesday- 1st-5th Grade teaming

   January 15th, 2020- Wednesday- Breakfast with books and readers of the month- 7:30 am

   January 15th, 2020- Wednesday- Staff meeting

   January 16th, 2020- Thursday- Literacy coach on site visit

   January 17th, 2020- Friday- Friday fun is dress up wearing clothing from favorite sports team

   January 17th, 2020- Friday- Student leaders selling glow in the dark bookmarks for .50 cents each

   January 17th, 2020- Friday- Dental services- room 17


Next week:

  January 24th- 4th grade hygiene presentation- 2 pm


Habit of the week/Classroom leading morning announcements:

   Johns- Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind

Next week: Suto- Habit 3: Put first things first


The staff meeting this week will have two speakers from our school district office. Everybody is invited, not just certified staff. One speaker will be Mr. Gemar. He will speak for a few minutes about what CBRS and BI services are, similarities and differences. Our school superintendent will speak for the majority of the meeting. He will be sharing and discussing the school district strategic plan. Just as our school Title 1 plan guides direction for our school, the district strategic plan guides our school district.

This is an interesting article. While it appears to be focused on the secondary level, it very much could be applied to the elementary level. STEM/STEAM is very much integrated daily at our school. Just as Math and Reading are essential for any future career that our students may have, so too are Science and Technology involved with almost every career. This article mentions statistics, civics, and looking for application in real situations where students can apply skills:

Connections

We have two pictures from this last week. One is second grade as they were learning about fire safety from the fire department. The second picture is an awesome out of the box idea. Mrs. Turpin arranged with Fawnbrook to use their club house one afternoon after school for students. She assisted students with practicing academic and language skills:

Pictures This Week



Thought for today:

Friday January 10th, 2020

We always start January with very few meetings. It takes a bit of an adjustment to start back after a holiday break. Next week is busy, so enjoy your weekend and take time for yourself.


Thought for today:

Thursday January 9th, 2019

Please help remind students and families about the dental cleaning opportunity that starts on Friday. We have this every Friday in January and it's really nice to have this wrap around service right at the school.


Thought for today:

Wednesday January 8th, 2020

I love the topic of inclusiveness and I love this video. When we hear the word 'disability'- do we think of negatives and challenges- or do we think of strengths? We are constantly striving to develop empathy and understanding with our kids. Often, they just haven't had experiences and opportunities to fully understand. That's where we come in- why you matter. We get to create change everyday with our students.

We need students to have experiences that allow them to develop deeper understanding of topics, to extend learning, and to have experiences that allow students to formulate opinions after learning from diverse perspectives. This video:

Inclusion Matters


One of the best parts of my day is observing kids who are being kind to others- when they don't know someone is watching. Thought for today:

Tuesday January 7th, 2020

We had a great day on Monday. Thank you for finding time to greet students, check in, morning meetings, and all the other positive proactive tools to assist students with starting back at school after a long break.

As we start the second semester of school, a great resource is our Instructional Coach. She is a resource for everybody, classified and certified. This is a quick read with great reminders of how our coach can assist you:

Instructional Coach


Thought for today:

Monday January 6th, 2020

Meetings/Reminders for the week:

   January 6th, 2019- Monday- eval team

   January 7th, 2019- Tuesday- Intervention Meeting/MTSS

   January 10th, 2019- Friday- Second grade fire dept visit- 2 pm


Next week:

  January 15th- Breakfast with books and readers of the month

  January 17th- Friday fun is to wear your favorite sports team items

  January 17th- Student leaders selling glow in the dark bookmarks for .50 cents each


Habit of the week/Classroom leading morning announcements:

   Lancaster- Habit 1: Be proactive

Next week: Johns- Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind


The pictures this week definitely include staff bingo pictures. That was such a fun activity. You were nervous to walk anywhere without your card, for fear of missing numbers. It was the Friday before the holiday break, but kids were often very quiet so they could help their teacher listen for the numbers. The tv by the office was a popular place so staff could see the numbers that had been called, just as much fun as watching the departure screen at the airport. Then there were staff members running and dancing down to the office when they had a bingo. Such a fun community building activity.

We also have pictures from classroom parties, leaders of the month, sharpen the paw, and a very generous donation of food items from Pillar Falls for our school pantry:

Pictures This Week



Thought for today: