The Sailor Compass
January 29, 2018
HAPPY 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL!
Weekly Staff Meeting
- ESU #16 PLC - Excited for new opportunities in 2018-2019!
- Summer Workshops & Training Schedule - Bring your calendars please!
- #WorldReadAloudDay - February 1, 2018 (What will you be reading to your class?) - http://www.litworld.org/wrad
THANK YOU TEACHER & PARENT VOLUNTEERS
Anchor Club volunteered to run the concession stand during the girls and boys youth basketball tournaments in January. This was done as a fundraiser to provide great things for our students, classrooms, school & community. A big THANK YOU to the individuals who volunteered to help!
TO DO LIST & REMINDERS
- Principal Monthly Read Aloud for January - Schedule a time for me to read to your class! I have really enjoyed finding books to read to your students during the 1st semester! Hoping to continue this opportunity to connect with students each month.
- Read pages 1-12 from "Principles to Action Ensuring Mathematical Success For All".
- Lesson Plans - Make sure you share your google doc each week. When you share the document, it sends an e-mail to me.
Data Team Meeting
- Data Team for 5th & 6th (Wednesday, January 31st @ 3:45 in the Board Room)
MISSION MONDAY:
- KINDNESS REVOLUTION - CHOOSE TO BE KIND! Focus on doing something kind for someone else. Be on the watch for something you could do. This can be something small that will make a difference for someone else. Make a list of the things you can to do be KIND!
- Let's get this started.....If an adult observes someone doing something kind, you can give the student a new KINDNESS REVOLUTION bracelet. When the child with the bracelet observes something kind, they give the bracelet to that student and describe the "kind" behavior that they observed. Keep the bracelets moving because there are plenty of bracelets to go around. CHOOSE KINDNESS at home, school and in your community!
PBIS focus: LUNCHROOM EXPECTATIONS
- Review the matrix for LUNCHROOM EXPECTATIONS with your students
- Review Video - https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxYg2VLgwRrMTGNncTY5djA5SGM
- Discuss WHY following the expectations are important.
- How does it help them? their classmates? staff members?
- Talk through some situations they might encounter in the lunchroom
EDI FOCUS:
White Boards for Student Engagement
- Generate a question
- Allow time for students to process & answer question
- Cover & Hover
- Chin It
- Scan student responses to check if all students are correct or if more teaching is necessary
Boys Town Skill of the Week: (Reinforce w/ Sailor PRIDE coins)
Following Instructions:
Look at the person
Say "Okay"
Do what you have been asked right away
Check back
Formal Line:
Face forward
Keep hands at your side
Remain quiet & still
Maintain appropriate space
Getting the Teacher’s Attention
Look at the teacher
Raise your hand and stay calm
Wait until the teacher says your name
Ask your question
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- January 31st - 3rd-6th HAL Day (10:00-3:00) @ ESU #16 in North Platte
- February 1st - Lynette will be here (morning only)
- February 1st - World Read Aloud Day
- February 2nd - No School for Elementary Students
- February 2nd - Math PLN Day w/ Alison Smith & Tyler Cronin
- February 5th - Anchor Club Meeting @ 6:00
- February 7th - Early Out (Follow Schedule #1)
- February 7th - ESU #16 Principal's Meeting (I will be gone in the morning)
- February 8th - PBIS Regional Meeting in North Platte (Mr. Mitchell, Mrs. Staggs and I will be gone)
- February 9th - Lincoln County Spelling Bee in North Platte (Mrs. Marquardt is taking our students)
- February 9th - NAESP Board Meeting in North Platte (11:30-4:00)
TECH BYTES:
Flipgrid.com - I will share some ideas as to how you can use in your classroom!
Wheeldecide.com Randomizer link has been added to our Google Community page
If you post something from your classroom on TWITTER, use the hashtag #SailorPride17.
SAFETY UPDATES:
WIPE DOWN WEDNESDAY....Make sure to have your students help wipe down desks/chairs/etc. on Wednesdays! Let's see if we can keep the germs down!
Who wants to be a winner?
NAME IT, CLAIM IT, EXPLAIN IT.....Continue to Brag It Up and share the great things that are going on in your classroom. Take a photo of something you are very proud of in your classroom. This could be an instructional strategy that is effective with your students, classroom management strategy/tool, something new you are trying this year, etc. Post the photo along with a brief description on our Google Community page. At a staff meeting, I will share the photo and as the teacher, you will need to NAME IT, CLAIM IT & EXPLAIN IT!