Grant Gazette
December 2, 2016
DonorsChoose.org
Check it out this weekend, or ask Dani about it. I could not believe how fast her project went from "possible idea" to "now using in my classroom".
Tweet of the Week
Energy is contagious; either you affect people or you infect people!
APL Strategy of the Week--Bellringers
Bellringers have 3 essential criteria:
1. They occur at the beginning of the class.
2. They are based on previous learning.
3. They help check for understanding of previous learning.
As I was reviewing bellringers, I read about base groups (pages 69-70 of "Teaching: The Book"). Base groups are classroom groups of 2-3 members that meet every 5-10 days to reinforce previous concepts, clear up misunderstandings, and clarfiy classroom/student expectations.
Anybody use Base Groups? Or something similar? I'd love to hear about it!
Love to see our hallways
Breakout EDU
Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving
E-mail from NDE about our Distinguished School Application
I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday.
A press release will be going out early this week announcing that Washington Elementary has been chosen as a Title I Distinguished School.
NDE actually called to tell me that Grant's application was very good...actually they said it was "the best that they received, but nobody could beat Washington's scores". They are hoping that Grant will be eligible to apply again next year (and so am I).
I am sharing that information with you, because I want you (and your staff) to know that you should not be discouraged. You were very strong contenders, and have a good chance of winning next year, if you continue your current trend of rising scores.
Have a great week!
Your Partner in Learning,
JJT
Copy Update
That compares to November of 2015-2016 (34,656 copies or $366.76) and November of 2014-2015 (36,108 or $402.10).
Please monitor your copy/printing usage and limit printing when you can.
Great News!
We will order the books this week and should pick up the check sometime next week!
Video of the Week
Plus, it goes great with our December Random Acts of Kindness activities!
This is the picture that appeared in the Nov. 30 Norfolk Daily News!
Reminders
PTO meeting--6:30pm
Wednesday, Dec. 7 Grade Level PLC
Thursday, Dec. 8 Mickie Mueller will be here!
Wellness Committee--3:15pm
Family Fitness Night--6:30pm
Friday, Dec. 9 Secret Santa at Jill's House--5:30pm