Helen Edwards Friday Focus
Friday, December 4, 2105
Great Things are Happening!
Instructional & Office Aides: Ya'll have been doing a tremendous job on your time sheets!! Keep it up!! Just a reminder....they are due Friday before you leave, everyone must take a 30 minute lunch (not 29 min.), and all notes must be placed under the specific day for any adjustments to be made. Remember, a perfect time sheet for the six-weeks will earn you a free dress code pass!!!
Kindergarten Teachers: Janie was so impressed with all the creative and multi-sensory activities you shared with her. Just the short time that I was in your group, I could see the sharing of ideas and information across tables during the brainstorming time. Krystal and I will continue to visit your classrooms during your GR time so we can catch a whole lesson cycle and see some of these great activities in action.
Pre-K & Head Start Teachers: Ya'll are spot-on when it comes to focusing on letter-sound recognition, numbers, shapes, and colors with our students. These fundamental skills are the building blocks to early literacy and for a successful reader as they start to emerge into higher phonemic awareness skills. As our students continue to grow into pre-readers, we want to continue to expose them to sight words and simple word families. As requested, Krystal is working on setting up a schedule for our Pre-K and Head Start teachers to visit kindergarten classrooms during GR time after the holidays! Keep up the great work and keep Rock'in it in the classrooms!
STAT-CHAT Time: Please bring your Istation data (I know that most everyone has already pulled their December data) and your guided reading levels for your students.
December 7: Harris, Hayford, Hawkinds @ 3:15
December 9: Willis, Herrera, Holt, Jones @ 2:00
December 10: Trollinger, Whiteman, Burley @ 12:30
December 10: Redman, Dawson, McCaleb, Marcellus @ 1:15
December 16: All Pre-K and Head Start teachers during conference time
Pearson working her magic during Guidance Lessons!
All aboard the Reading Train!
One-on-one reading with expository text.
~Upcoming Events~
Mark Your Calendar!
December 4: Bilingual Make & Take
December 7: SST
December 8: SST, Head Start Field Trip to Yesterland
December 9: SST, Bowers will be out 1/2 a day; Going Away Gathering for ChristiReynolds @ 3:15
December 10: Staff party
December 11: Adopt-A-Kid
December 14: Pictures with Santa for Kinder
December 15: Bowers will be out, Pictures with Santa for Pre-K/HS & Christmas Performance @ 6:00 Jr. High (Trollinger & Willis' Pod)
December 17: Christmas Performance @ 6:00 Jr. High (Marcellus & Hawkins Pod)
December 18: Winter Parties
December Birthdays!
November 14: Kelley Jones
November 28: Misty Hoedebeck
December 2: Krystal Lamb
December 3: Brooke Hayford
December 4: Sherri Martin
December 5: Kristy Sisson
December 7: Michele Cook
December 10: Kristin Willis
December 13: Mary Torres
December 13: Lucy Hernandez
December 21: Melanie Bowers
December 21: Janie Hardie
December 23: Wendy Dawson
December 27: Sarah Blackmon