Monday November 1st, 2021

 

Meetings/Reminders for the week:

   November 1st, 2021- Monday- Eval team- video

   November 1st, 2021- Monday- District collaboration for grade levels/content areas

   November 2nd, 2021- Tuesday- RTI/MTSS- video

   November 2nd, 2021- Tuesday- Cinnamon rolls from Brady in the morning

          - please let people know who aren't on district email

   November 2nd, 2021- Tuesday- 3rd-5th Dental cleaning starts, all week- room 8, optional

   November 2nd, 2021- Tuesday- 3rd and 4th grade level teaming with resource, ESL, and Title 1

   November 3rd, 2021- Wednesday- Kinder, 1st-2nd, and 5th grade level teaming 

        - with resource, ESL, and Title 1

   November 3rd, 2021- Wednesday- Flu mist and regular flu vaccine for staff and students, 

        - optional- 1:00 pm

   November 5th, 2021- Friday- Friday fun- dress as your future career

   November 5th, 2021- Friday- Student leaders selling sports ball erasers for .50 cents each

   November 5th, 2021- Friday- Leader in Me training with coach- video

        - we have a plan to cover without needing subs

Next week:

   November 10th, 2021- Readers of the month and Breakfast with books

   November 10th, 2021- Wear college shirts and sweatshirts

   November 10th, 2021- Staff meeting

   November 12th, 2021- New certified staff check in- 7:30 am- room #14

Habit of the week/Classroom leading morning announcements- video:

   Pauley- Habit 3- Put first things first

            Next week: Rodriguez- Habit 4- Think win win

It's always hard the day after Halloween. We usually have sleepy kids, sick kids from eating too much candy, and rough with staying focused on learning. Stay strong. Thought for the day:

Friday October 29th, 2021

 

Halloween parties will start after the afternoon recess. 

Thought for today:

Thursday October 28th, 2021

We start American Fidelity appointments today. Please let the office know if you need the contact information to set up your appointment. 

We have a yummy potluck during lunch to celebrate October staff birthdays. This will be outside room 5. 

Soft skills develop in elementary school. Thought for today:

Wednesday October 27th, 2021

 

We start the day with our monthly leadership assembly, via video. 

We end the day with a staff meeting. We most likely will start at 3:30 due to the bus driver shortage. This is via video. This is a great staff meeting with a variety of important topics. Thank you for being patient with the time situation, as we really need to cover all of the items on the agenda. 

Thought for today:

Tuesday October 26th, 2021

 

We have picture retakes today. It's important that new students and those who were absent get their picture taken. 

Thought for today:

Monday October 25th, 2021

Meetings/Reminders for the week:

   October 25th, 2021- Monday- Eval team- video

   October 25th, 2021- Monday-Friday- Red ribbon week- drug free looks like me theme

   October 26th, 2021- Tuesday- RTI/MTSS- video

   October 26th, 2021- Tuesday- Picture retakes/new students

   October 27th, 2021- Wednesday- October leadership assembly- video

   October 27th, 2021- Wednesday- Staff meeting- video

      - American Fidelity, school nurse, alleged abuse/mandatory reporter, and suicide awareness

   October 28th, 2021- Thursday- Staff potluck for lunch- October birthdays

   October 29th, 2021- Friday- Halloween parties- after the afternoon recess

Next week:

   November 1st, 2021- District collaboration Monday for certified staff

   November 2nd, 2021- Dental cleaning for 3rd-5th starts/optional- will continue for a few days

   November 3rd, 2021- Flu mist for preschool-5th grade students and staff/optional/with nurse

   November 3rd, 2021- Grade level teaming- video

   November 5th, 2021- Friday fun- Dress as your future career

   November 5th, 2021- Student leaders selling sports ball erasers for .50 cents each

Habit of the week/Classroom leading morning announcements- video:

   Thomason- Habit 2- Begin with the end in mind

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

First grade students and fifth grade students met to practice leadership skills together. Pictures illustrate a fun October activity that included developing collaborative skills with diverse partners, finding their voice, and having an opportunity for our older students to experience being positive role models:

Pictures This Week

Here are a few posts that are great resources. There should be an area of interest for everybody.

Classroom management idea- ask 3 before me- with a short video that you could share with students. 

Executive functioning skills- This is a great eye opener. We can all relate. Several students are struggling with how to function in a classroom. Simple tasks that we assume students should be able to accomplish, like perseverance and attending to a task for a certain amount of time, is actually quite challenging. As students are now back in the classroom with a larger group of peers, we are needing to teach these essential skills. While the article focuses on technology to assist, the list of essential skills is a great reminder of key items to assist students with developing. 

Strategies for second language students- the strategies would also be great for students with limited language and those with language services on IEP's.

Stress calming strategies- great ideas for staff

Thought for today:

Tuesday October 19th, 2021

 

We continue SICA testing today. 

We start interviews today for students that applied for the student lighthouse team. 

Today is the last day of school this week for kindergarten students. 

We continue conferences after school. It's been nice checking in with families. 

Thought for today: