Black Bob Staff Memo
Week of Dec. 7-11. 2015
Upcoming Events
Monday Dec. 7 E Day
Trisha and Shelley walk thru 12:30-1:30
1:30 5th Grade PLC
Pennies for Shoes continues this week
Tuesday Dec. 8 A Day
9:00-12;00 Trisha at Elementary Principals
4:00-4:30 Appy Hour: Educreations and Dropbox (setting up a place to share content with your students and for them to share content with you)
Wednesday Dec. 9 B Day
Collaborative Team Meeting Day (SIT)
10:30 3rd Grade PLC
12:30 2nd Grade PLC
2:30 1st Grade PLC
4:00 BLT meeting (cancelled)
Chipotle Night for Black Bob (119th/ 4:00-8:00)
Thursday Dec. 10 C Day
Trisha at CPI training 8-4
2:30 Kindergarten PLC
Friday Dec. 11 D Day
9:30 4th Grade PLC
2:00 School Spelling Bee
Next week:
Monday Dec. 14 E Day
Tuesday Dec. 15 A Day
Happy Birthday Kathy M.
BLT out of the building all day
Wednesday Dec. 16 B Day
Collaboration Team Meetings (SIT)
3:30 Student Council
Thursday Dec. 17 C Day
Holiday Luncheon
Holiday Assembly 2:15
Class Parties 3:00
Friday Dec. 18 D Day
Last day of 2rd Quarter
What to do If your Students "Don't"...
If a student is not following a ruleā¦ What not to do:
Warn the student to follow the rule after he or she has already broken it.
Allow your anger or frustration level to determine the consequence
Make up the rules as you go
What to do:
Announce to the student that because he/she chose to break the rule, a consequence will be given
Be consistent with your rules and consequences
Ensure that the rules are posted, and that the rules and consequences were discussed before any student had a chance to break the rules.
If a student is not following a procedureā¦ What not to do:
Beg or plead
Resort to empty threats
Punish the student for not following a procedure
Ignore the fact that the student is not following a procedure
Be inconsistent with procedures
What to do:
Remind the student or have the student remind you of the procedure
Practice the procedure with the student
Hold private practice sessions if necessary
Make the procedure a rule for that student if the problem is chronic
From Seven Simple Secrets: What the Best Teachers Know and Do by Annette Breaux and Todd Whitaker
Google Maps feature
First go to the app.
Type in a city such as Boston, New York City, or San Francisco.
Once you click on the city you have different options. Click on "fly over tour" and it begins all on its own.
Think how great of a "hook" this would be for students as they read about land forms, cities, or places in literature.
Keep focused on our Standards
Visa Purchases
All purchasing needs to be done by Thursday, December 10.
This will ensure all transactions will be posted by the Visa cut off the following Tuesday, December 15. This will give you a full day to have completed your expense re-port and get it, along with your receipts, submitted to Terry no later than Thursday Dec. 17. This timeline will be important due to the fact that the school report must be completed by Friday, December 18.
Thank you for your help on this.
Remember, your cards should all be turned in to Terry when you are not using them.