Shepherd Middle School
Principal's Weekly Newsletter AUGUST 26-30, 2019
SHEPHERD MIDDLE SCHOOL
Shepherd, TX 7737936-628-3377 Fax #936-628-6749
Website: https://sms.shepherdisd.net/
Location: Shepherd Middle School, 1401 South Byrd Avenue, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Phone: 936-628-3377
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShepherdMiddleSchool/
Twitter: @pirateriffic
SHEPHERD MIDDLE SCHOOL QUOTE OF THE WEEK!
School-wide book study: The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon
The overall story of the energy bus is captured in the 10 rules for the ride of your life:
The Energy Bus for Schools Driver’s Manual.
Please join the Positive Passengers Only Bus in spreading all the pirateriffic things transpiring at Shepherd Middle School on the following social media platforms!
http://www.twitter.com/@pirateriffic
Who will be the first to use our social media platform for the 2019-2020 school year? Hence, our twitter hashtag represents Positive Passengers Only- hashtag- #ppo
Pirateriffic Teacher of the Week!
Pirateriffic Student of the Week!
Shepherd Middle School Weekly Visibility Walk: Our Focus area will be Planning Dimension 1.2: Data and Assessments- Formal and informal assessments to monitor progress
Shepherd Middle School Weekly Wave Walk: Our Focus Area Will be Champs!
Post-It. Please ensure you have your POST-IT posted. Also, please have the POST-IT completed to include warm-ups & closures. We will be observing your awesome lessons and closures!
Shepherd Middle School Parent Contact Log. Please ensure we conduct Positive phone calls and any other student concerns.
Building Strong Parent-Teacher Relationships (Our community goal#1). Positive phone calls home will be part of SMS school’s story. Please consider sharing via Twitter #GoodNewsCallOfTheDay as well as tag @PBISRewards in your Tweets. We will be great!
Balanced Literacy for middle school initiative; Independent Reading!
Kudos to each of you!! Our very first Balanced Literacy Initiative was a success!! Every week beginning August 23 , 2019, everyone in the building during ADA (3rd period) will silently read for 10 minutes. This is a campus initiative, so if yo do not have a classroom please bring your book and report to any classroom, and help promote literacy at Shepherd Middle School! "Balanced Literacy instruction is focused on shared reading (e.g., the teacher reads aloud to students and asks questions about the text), guided reading (e.g., students read texts at their current ability level and discuss them with the teacher in homogeneous groups), and independent reading (e.g., students self-select books to read on their own)."
Independent Reading
Balanced Literacy Description and Balanced Math Description
Balanced Literacy (I do, we do, and you do)
**** We do- Shared reading guided reading, shared writing, and guided writing
**** You do- Independent reading or independent writing
Exit tickets are popular method of closing a lesson.
Weekly Events for August 26-30, 2019
*** Lesson plans are due by 10:00 AM every Monday***
***Please do forget to attend your weekly PLCs and bring handy dandy notebook***
***Provine School Pictures will be September 5, 2019***
***Please be advised we will have a faculty meeting August 27, 2019***
AnneGallmeier8/26
Stacie King8/28
Piraterrific Students Birthday!!
BRYAN AGUILLON26-Aug
GUALBERTO FLORES 26-Aug