March 2nd, 2020 Pony News
Game On! Let's Create Champions!
LVES Campus Targeted Improvement Plan
Campus Leadership will create a focus approach to look for specific skills in lesson plans during observations.
Kagan Structures
3:1 Ratio of Interaction
Kagan Structures
Talking Chips: During a discussion, teammates place their chips in the center of the table each time they speak. Each student cannot talk again until all team members have placed their chips in the center of their table.
3:1 Ratio of Interaction
The single most important thing that a teacher can do to improve the overall behaviors of students in the classroom is...
Increase the number of POSITIVE interactions they have with each student.
Remember, the behavior you attend to the most will be the one that you will see more of in the future.
OPEN HOUSE
- Open House is Thursday, March 5th.
- 5:30 - 6:30 PM - K through 2nd Grades
- 6:30 - 7:30 PM - 3rd through 5th Grades
- Staff of all special programs (Counselors, Specials, Special Ed., Instructional Specialists, etc.): Please coordinate with your teams to have representatives during each block. Be available in the hallways and/or stop by your students' classrooms to meet and visit with parents.
- NO TUTORING (on Thursday, 3/5) SO YOU MAY FINISH PREPARING FOR OPEN HOUSE *** MAKE SURE YOU INFORM YOUR PARENTS. :-)
Retention meetings
Dress Code Each Week
- Remember that Monday is a college day. Please wear a NEU or college shirt. You may wear jeans only if you have the Triple Crown.
- Friday is Spirit Day. Wear your LVES school shirt.
- Throughout the rest of each week (unless you have a jeans pass), please wear professional clothing.
Thursday Folders
Our Pony Week!
Monday, March 2nd
- Optional Lunch with the Principal During Scheduled Lunch Times
- Cancelled - LA TEKS Study 3rd Grade
- 3rd and 4th grades Math STAAR Released Tests
Tuesday March 3rd
- K through 2nd grades Math Collaborative Planning Meetings during Specials & after school
- 3rd and 4th grades Reading STAAR Released Tests
- 3rd and 4th grades will begin analysis of their Math tests during after school planning
Wednesday March 4th
- Dress for Success
- LA TEKS Study 5th Grade
- Team Leader Meeting After School
- TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT: MFA 3-4:30 p.m.
Thursday March 5th
- LA TEKS Study 4th Grade
- TELPAS: 4th writing sample due - Social Studies & personal narrative
- Burleson & Lawson RTI
- Open House
Friday March 6th
- NEU Rallies
- Spirit Day
- Sports Bash (sports / teams)
- Planning for upcoming 9 Weeks: 1st Grade - AM and 4th Grade - PM
Upcoming Events
Monday, March 9th
- 5th grade Science STAAR Released Test
- WEATHER AND SAFETY DRILLS
- Office meetings 3:20 to 4:20
Tuesday March 10th
- Grade Level Team Meetings - After School
- Language Arts Planning for upcoming 9 Weeks K AM and 3rd PM
Wednesday March 11th
- LA TEKS Study 1st Grade
- 3rd grade goes to the symphony @10 a.m.
- Meet with Counselors 2:00 to 3:00
- Staff Learning - STAAR Training - SpEd Hosts
Thursday March 12th
- Language Arts Planning for upcoming 9 Weeks 2nd AM and 5th PM
- Burleson & Lawson 504
Friday March 13th
- Spirit Day
- New Student Orientation @ 7:45 a.m. in the library
- Early Release
- End of 1st 9 weeks
- 10 YEAR CELEBRATION 12:30 to 1:30 in Gym
Shout-Outs!
Mrs. Franco for always taking a moment to listen or answer my questions.
- Mrs. Burleson for her guidance & feedback to help me be a better teacher.
- Ms. Becker & Ms. Perryman for allowing me to observe their social skills lessons & share resources.
- Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Echevarria, and Ms. Green for the grins & giggles when I stop by their office to say hi.
- Ms. Oporto for supporting respectful behavior in the cafeteria while a speaker was on the microphone.
- Ms.Lawson for all her hard work with the Restorative Practices meeting on top of trying to get ready for benchmarks!
- Ms. Paris, My Free Flying Friend, for giving me lots of laughs during our RP meeting!
- Ms. Kilam and Ms.Rowland for loving their restorative friends even when they're different and use different fonts. :)
- Ms. Baker for enthusiastically helping with the Benchmark testing!
- The SPED team for keeping me on my toes...
- Mrs. Foster for assisting me in an emergency clean up.
- Izzy Bernal, Betty, Ms. Frederick, Ms. White, Ms. Heim, Ms. Dickinson, Ms. Vando and Ms. Williams (PTA), Coach Green, Ms. Kelly, Ms. Hayes, Ms. Burleson, and Ms. Lawson. Thank you all so much for coming on a Friday night to help make the family jump rope night a HUGE success! You are all appreciated!
- Mr. Thomas for an excellent Black History Month assembly!
- Ms. S. Jones and Ms. Blake for their awesome musical talents in the Black History assembly.
- Ms.Baker and Ms.Foster for always keeping their hallway decorations festive and up to date, while still showing off their students' work!
Thank you Ms. Perryman, Mrs. Arocha, and Mrs. Kilam for donating your hot glue sticks to the LVES DI Group!
- Ms.Capodice for embracing Second Step lessons and being ready to go for it right away!
Let's Create Champions
Happy February Birthdays!
Pamela Kelly - February 4th
- Eva Solis - February 8th
- Veronica Hernandez - February 11th
Monica Lombrano - February 15th
- Michael Colón- Valedón - February 18th
- Amanda Mudd - February 26th
- Leah Jackson - February 27th