#UnstoppableWS
One Book, One School Kickoff!
We are going to have a school assembly to kick it off on MONDAY at 2:00 in the cafeteria. Our book is The Lemonade War. Amanda has a tons of lesson plans and resources if you are interested. You can use as little and as much as you like.
We have some games for teachers to do. If you DO NOT want to play and be on stage shoot me an email. I won't pull everyone, but don't want to pull someone who doesn't enjoy the spotlight.
Amanda is going to go around and pass out books Monday morning. We ask that teachers hold them until after the assembly. We will get all of the details to you during the assembly.
**If it is your plan time, the activity teachers will bring your students so that you do not have to attend.
Baby Shower for Ciaccio on Tuesday
AMI Work take 4
We will copy work again on Monday. Get your work to us to copy if you haven't already.
Students have 5 school days to return the packets. That means we should have them returned on or by March 2nd. Teachers are responsible for grading and letting Candy know on the 2nd who didn't return their work. We will take them passed that date, but we will quit reminding them at that point.
ELO- Adventure Club
If you have someone in need in your room (who was not in ELO) and you would like to give them the opportunity to shop in the store next week let me know and I will bring some money to you. This would be a special case situation. Get with me and we will see what we can do.
Big round of applause to our teachers for ELO. BEST YEAR EVER!!! Kids loved it!
PLC's
Below is a video that I watched this week. I loved it. So many quotes I took from it. Which one is your favorite? You ARE making a difference!
Phonics First and SUBS
If you are sick, please enter it in as soon as you can. I know sometimes things happen last minute, but the possibility of getting a sub is slim. We have had many openings this past week. With everyone being sick and PD going on, everyone across the district have been short. So if you can help us with that we would appreciate it.
Cleaning desks
#ObserveMe Movement
*COPY OF ABOVE FORM IS IN THE LOUNGE
I have seen this on twitter several times and there are tons of images online about #Observeme.I know some of my best ideas I have flat stolen from someone else. I saw it in their school, I saw it online, etc..
You guys are all amazing teachers and I see things in your classrooms everyday that I would steal and some that I might tweak to fit me, but could totally rock in my own room.
If you are open to the idea of having someone come in you can ask them to look for specific things. This will provide you with some feedback that will help you grow as well.
You can leave forms out. You can leave sticky notes out, or you can just have them bring their own paper. Make it easy and make it you! I have copied the form above and have them available in the lounge for pickup if you are interested.
Do you have to go observe? NO
Do you have to let others observe you? NO
I visit schools all the time and I know we can learn just as much here as anywhere! You guys rock-- so share it!
EdReflect Homework
Looking over the TESS rubric of Domains 1 & 4 we need 4-5 artifacts that will cover those areas. I would do 2-3 artifacts for Domain 1 and 2-3 for Domain 4.
So what could we use for Domain 1: planning and preparation?
A good lesson plan, a common assessment that you created, instructional groups and good plan/ activity that you did with them. These are just examples.
So what could we use for Domain 4:Professional Responsibilities?
- Copy of a pd attendance sheet
- Notes from a PLC meeting/ team meeting
- Newsletter home
Again these are only suggestions.
So WHO needs to upload these on the additional artifact setting? EVERYONE that is a certified teacher.
If you upload to an observation- I CAN'T see them. They have to be on the ADDITIONAL ARTIFACT button. I don't want you to have to do it twice, so I am trying to save you the trouble.
This isn't due this month, but it seems to get busier as we go on, so I wanted to remind you now.
If you have any questions, please come see me.
Teacher Money
That means we really need to have all of the tickets and packing slips in house by February 23rd. That will give us time to get all paperwork done here and over to CAO on time.
If you have a question about your $$ see Sabine on Monday.