Monclova Primary
Weekly Bulletin
EVENTS FOR WEEK OF APRIL 10 - APRIL 16
Monday, April 10
Character Wheel - 9:00 am
Board Meeting - 6:00 pm
Tuesday, April 11
GLC - 7:45 am
Bookfair
MAPS Meeting - 7:00 pm
Wednesday, April 12
Bookfair
Muffins for Moms - 7:30 to 8:30 am
Thursday, April 13
Bookfair
Muffins for Moms - 7:30 to 8:30 am
Social Gathering - Shawn's - after school
Friday, April 14
GOOD FRIDAY - NO SCHOOL
Announcements
Thank you:
Thank you Social Committee for setting up the volunteer breakfast, it turned out so well!
Thank you Mrs. Martinez for providing the entertainment, our families LOVE to see the kids on stage performing.
Thank you staff for being there and supporting our volunteers. As you know, Monclova would not be the great place it is without our volunteers.
Reminders:
Spring benchmarking continues through Thursday, April 13. This will be the final score used in your SGM. Benchmarking is ONLY STAR and Writing. Final benchmarking for Dibels will be the week of May 15 done by the tutors.
Remember to check your RtI paperwork and keep the timelines updated. You should be getting near setting up the last cycle of interventions. Intervention with the tutors will be over May 12. The following week they will do the final Dibels benchmark.
Thursday, April 13 is the last day of our 6 week Mindfulness program. A survey will be sent out to check on needed changes to complete the next round. The key to Mindfulness success and its benefits is the fidelity of implementation! Teachers need to make sure the kids are focused when doing the activity, join in the activity, if possible, with the students. Get feedback from the students, "did they like it"; "was it hard"; "could you use it again later? How? When?" Even using the activity at various other times as a class reinforces how it may help and even focus your class, again.
Dates to Remember:
AIR Dates - April 18 - 21; April 25, 26
Tornado drill - April 17
Safety drill - April 24
Spirit Day - April 28
Field Day - May 1 (schedule will replicate Last Day Blast)
Words of Wisdom and Action..............................
This month's growth mindset characteristic is social intelligence. Below is an article talking about social intelligence, it is something that can be taught. Think about how you incorporate these skills in your classroom, grade appropriately.
Ronald E Riggio Ph.D.Cutting-Edge Leadership
What Is Social Intelligence? Why Does It Matter?
Social intelligence is the key to career and life success. Do you have it?
Posted Jul 01, 2014
Intelligence, or IQ, is largely what you are born with. Genetics play a large part. Social intelligence (SI), on the other hand, is mostly learned. SI develops from experience with people and learning from success and failures in social settings. It is more commonly referred to as “tact,” “common sense,” or “street smarts.”
What are the key elements of social intelligence?
1. Verbal Fluency and Conversational Skills. You can easily spot someone with lots of SI at a party or social gathering because he or she knows how to “work the room.” The highly socially intelligent person can carry on conversations with a wide variety of people, and is tactful and appropriate in what is said. Combined, these represent what are called “social expressiveness skills.”
2. Knowledge of Social Roles, Rules, and Scripts. Socially intelligent individuals learn how to play various social roles. They are also well versed in the informal rules, or “norms,” that govern social interaction. In other words, they “know how to play the game” of social interaction. As a result, they come off as socially sophisticated and wise.
3. Effective Listening Skills. Socially intelligent persons are great listeners. As a result, others come away from an interaction with an SI person feeling as if they had a good “connection” with him or her.
4. Understanding What Makes Other People Tick. Great people watchers, individuals high in social intelligence attune themselves to what others are saying, and how they are behaving, in order to try to “read” what the other person is thinking or feeling. Understanding emotions is part of Emotional Intelligence, and Social Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence are correlated – people who are especially skilled are high on both.
5. Role Playing and Social Self-Efficacy. The socially intelligent person knows how to play different social roles – allowing him or her to feel comfortable with all types of people. As a result, the SI individual feels socially self-confident and effective – what psychologists call “social self-efficacy.”
6. Impression Management Skills. Persons with SI are concerned with the impression they are making on others. They engage in what I call the “Dangerous Art of Impression Management,” which is a delicate balance between managing and controlling the image you portray to others and being reasonably “authentic” and letting others see the true self. This is perhaps the most complex element of social intelligence.
How can you develop social intelligence?
It takes effort and hard work. Begin by paying more attention to the social world around you. Work on becoming a better speaker or conversationalist. Networking organizations, or speaking groups, such as Toastmasters, are good at helping develop basic communication skills. Work on becoming a more effective listener, through what is called “active listening” where you reflect back what you believe the speaker said in order to ensure clear understanding. Most importantly, study social situations and your own behavior. Learn from your social successes and failures. I’ll give some more specific SI exercises in a future post.