The Sailor Compass
January 22, 2018
GOLDEN TICKET EXCITEMENT
Kindergartners were super excited this week to earn a GOLDEN TICKET two days in a row! They worked hard to do things THE SAILOR WAY and were recognized by our Substitute Teachers for their positive behaviors & choices. (They may be asking Mrs. Hawks to be gone more often!)
Weekly Staff Meeting
- Bring your DIBELS Reports from Winter Benchmark
- MTSS Intensification Session 2 -Reading Quadrant Activity
- Accuracy Ad-ins (Slop Stop, Goodbye List, Phrase Drill) - Packet of strategies will be provided for you!
- School Board Appreciation Week - Make a class card to have students sign (maybe a class photo...We appreciate all you do for our school, etc.) We have 6 Board Members!
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 24th @ 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 24th - Workout Wednesday & I LOVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DAY! Wear your "I Love Public Schools" shirt & workout pants!
- January 25th - 100th Day of School
- January 25th - Early Out @ 1:00 (Follow Schedule #2)
- January 25th & 26th - P/T Conferences (Progress Reports for 3rd Quarter will be given to parents at conferences)
- January 26th - Preschool Advisory Committee Meeting @ 7:30 a.m.
- January 26th - PBIS Leadership Team Meeting @ 8:15 a.m.
- January 31st - 3rd-6th HAL Day (10:00-3:00) @ ESU #16 in North Platte
- February 1st - Lynette will be here (morning)
- February 2nd - Math PLN Day w/ Alison Smith & Tyler Cronin
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!