Blytheville Elementary School
October 7 - 11
CHICKASAW P.R.I.D.E.
Chickasaw P.R.I.D.E.
Personal Responsibility, Respect, Integrity, Disciplined,
Engaged
VISION: Engage Everyone Everyday
MISSION: BES will educate the whole child through an engaging curriculum preparing them for the next level in their journey.
BES Faculty and Staff Handbook 2019-20
Website: https://www.blythevilleschools.com/o/bes
Location: 216 East Moultrie Drive, Blytheville, AR, United States
Phone: (870) 763 - 5924
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlythevilleElementary/
This Week:
Oct 7: Fall Break- No school, Homecoming Week, Fire Prevention Week
Oct 8: Yoga (only send one student during each recess)
Oct 9: STAR Testing, PBIS Store
Oct 10: STAR Testing, PBIS Store, Title 1 Meeting and PTO
Oct 11: First Quarter Ends, BHS Homecoming Game 6:30 PM
Upcoming Events:
Oct 14: Second Quarter Begins, 1st quarter grades due in TAC- 9:00 AM
Oct 15: Yoga (only send one student during each recess)
Oct 16: Boss' Day, Building Leadership Team Meeting-Cancelled
Oct 17: Ferndale- 5th Grade
Oct 18: Ferndale- 5th Grade, Wear it Pink Day for Breast Cancer Awareness
Staff Spotlight
Yoga Tuesdays
Restroom Monitors
Please be sure to have bathroom monitors in place when taking classes to the restroom. Also, do not send students to the restroom without supervision to avoid students soiling the seats, walls, or floor. Please address this with them, and check behind your class as they leave the restroom. Stress to students that this behavior is unacceptable and unsanitary. Our custodians should not have to deal with this type of behavior.
DISCIPLINE REFERRALS
Please remember that you CANNOT send a student to the referral office. It is a safety concern when students are sent to the referral room alone. You must turn in the behavior expectation log to Ms. Adelowo and put the referral in TAC. Someone will come get the student as soon as we are able. If it is an immediate concern, please call or text. If you are unable to reach someone in the referral room, please call the Main Office so an administrator can be notified.
Fire Prevention Week
This week is National Fire Prevention Week. Please take a few minutes to show this video to your students. In a fire, mere seconds can mean the difference between a safe escape and a tragedy. Fire safety education isn’t just for school children. Teenagers, adults, and the elderly are also at risk in fires, making it important for every member of the community to take some time every October during Fire Prevention Week to make sure they understand how to stay safe in case of a fire. Remind students of our fire drill protocols and the importance of their safety.
Donations needed for the Blytheville/Gosnell Area Food Pantry
Copies
Gang Related Activity
Duty Supervision and Transitions
Also, when you have morning duty, please meet cafeteria staff outside the cafeteria to receive students instead of waiting on students to be brought to you. It helps ease the burden of transitioning from the cafeteria when duty staff are ready and available as students are leaving the cafeteria.
PBIS
Guy-Andrews-Classroom
L.Williams- Restroom
Warren-Hallway
Robinson-Arrival/Dismissal
Woods-Cafeteria
D.A.B. Check In, Check Out
This week's goal is being responsible for your actions.
The following are "morning" conversation starters that mentors will have with their DAB student(s).
Tuesday: Together Tuesday – What is something that is easier to do together than alone? Why?
Wednesday: Wish Upon a Star Wednesday – If you could wish for anything in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD what would it be and why? Require student to think and be honest.
Thursday: Therapy Thursday – How do you decompress or deal with anger/frustration?
Friday: Future Friday – What do you want to be when you grow up?
Operations
Classroom Care: Please document classroom cleaning concerns in the book in the office. Have students clean around their area before dismissal.
Restrooms: Remind students of proper restroom care (flushing, no tissue on the floor, one paper towel, turning water off, and etc.). Do not let students go to the restroom alone. A bathroom monitor would be great for ensuring that the restrooms stay clean.
Substitute Folders
All teachers are expected to maintain a RED FOLDER on your desk throughout the year.This will be an emergency lesson plan folder that will be used in the event that you cannot get lesson plans here by 7:30. The RED FOLDERS should be used in emergencies only. Within this folder there should be a scripted lesson, which anyone could easily follow, for each subject you teach. Also, include the following:
class list
daily schedule including special class times and the time you and your partner teacher switch, as well as dismissal times
scheduled bathroom breaks
recess
lunch time
duty assignments (afternoon)
drill procedures
transportation list that shows how your students get home
list of students that check in with the nurse at designated times
times students are pulled from the regular classroom for interventions, special education services or speech
Substitute Folders will be checked by a member of the Core Team this week. Please make sure all components are included.
Anti-Bullying Act
IXL
1. Please ensure that students are using their IXL login every single time. IXL will allow you practice for so long within logging in; when students are not logged in, none of the work they are doing is being recorded.
2. Diagnostic/Practice - By this point, students should be actively practicing skills and should be beyond the diagnostic stage. You can find those skills by going to your subject area and grade level or have students practice the skills that are recommended on their diagnostic overview page or recommendations page (derived from their diagnostic). Please ensure that students are practicing skills appropriate for the class they are in...this means you must monitor students to make sure they are not working on math during reading intervention and visa versa. When done correctly, response to intervention has a 1.29 effect size
*An effect size larger than 0.4 is considered to have ‘greater than average influence’ on achievement*
3. Clear learning target/objective/skill: Students must understand the skill/objective before them. For example, let's not just tell 4th grade literacy students to practice A 1; provide them with a frame of reference: practice A1: use key details to determine the main idea. By providing students with a clear purpose (skill/learning target/objective), students know where and how to channel their learning efforts. Modeling for students how to identify the objective will help you in that area.
4. Please do not allow students to practice, practice, practice without you giving frequent feedback. According to John Hattie, feedback has an effect size of .70. By providing feedback, you help students improve their performance by addressing misunderstandings and reinforcing correct practice and techniques.
Nurse's Corner
If you have a student in your classroom that has turned 11 years old, they are required to receive additional vaccine(s) unless they are otherwise exempt. Please remind parents to check their mail and student backpacks for letters regarding immunizations. Parents will need to call and make an appointment with their doctor or the health department and let the school nurse know once the appointment has been made. This only applies to students turning eleven years old, or students who are missing vaccinations.
A note went home with students informing parents that the school nurse or faculty member may use topical ointments such as but not limited to triple antibiotic ointment, orajel, and lip balm. Please remind students that a parent signature is required for treatment to be provided.
Child Abuse and Maltreatment
Weather Forecast
Inside Recess- Go Noodle
Title 1 and PTO Meeting
BES Homecoming Week Dress Up Days
May 23, 2019 by Sasha Jones As more schools aim to address students’ social and emotional needs, some are using meditation, yoga, and other mindfulness practices to address misbehavior and stress. But the research on the effectiveness of such practices is mixed.