Couch Comet Dust
October 7 2018
3 Behavior Standards from Be GLAD
Have you been using the 3 behavior standards from Be Glad? These standards are quick and helpful because they keep all students on the same page about your classroom expectations. Also, attaching the ASL along with your standard rather than just saying them or writing them on a chart helps students remember your standards better. We have been hearing and seeing some kids show the standard of showing respect on campus and explaining it to a few adults! If you need a refresher on the behavior standards check out this quick video:
UIL
Couch is participating in UIL again this year!!! Ms. Parris and I will be working together to make it a success. I would love as many volunteers as possible, as the events we have coaches for are what we can offer to students.
Listed below are the events and the grades available, as well as a website you can look at for more info on what they entail. If you are interested in coaching an event, please let me know which one! By mid-November I have to have coaches, then over the next weeks we recruit students. By December you start coaching, and the main event is February. If you want more details let me know! http://www.uiltexas.org/aplus/events
Creative Writing- 2nd grade
Chess Puzzle- 2nd-5th grade
Number Sense- 4th and 5th
Maps, Graphs, and Charts- 5th grade
Art- 4th and 5th
5th grade spelling
3rd and 4th grade spelling
Dictionary Skills- 5th
Music Memory- 2nd-5th grade
Storytelling- 2nd and 3rd
Social Studies- 5th
Reading Writing- 3rd-5th
Oral Reading- 4th and 5th
Amy and Erin
This Weeks PLC
Substitutes
In addition, we would like for you to TRY to secure one of our PREFERRED subs rather than rolling the dice and just entering it in the system. We do have a list of those that have subbed here before, have relationships with our kids and understand what is expected of them. This just helps us during the day when you are out to ensure your students are getting what they need and YOU when you return.
Some Preferred Subs:
Lorethia Pecina: 972-771-6722
Kiri Richardson 214-780-6230
Malcolm Milam 214-517-6810
This is not an inclusive list but these are where we would like you to start. If you have others, let me know!
Recycle!
Discipline Data
~Lauren
First, You Gotta Do the Truffle Shuffle
Fall Conference Window October 8 - November 2
Columbus Day October 8
PLC R&I 5th October 8
PLC CBA 1st October 9
Data Conversations October 9
Fall Pictures October 9
International Walk to School Day October 10
PLC CBA 2nd October 10
Data Conversations October 10
T-TESS No Formal Observations October 11
Staff Development 10/12 and Fair Day 10/15
Birthday: Alexia Pegues October 11
PLC CBA 3rd October 11
MAP Growth closes October 11
Staff Development/Student Holiday District PD October 12
Choir practice at the Flying Saucer 4:00 October 12
Birthday: Emily Holt October 14
National School Lunch Week October 15-19
Fair Day Student/Staff Holiday October 15
National Bosses Day October 16
PLC CBA 4th October 16
Faculty Meeting Targeted Reading October 16
PTA Board Meeting 4:30 - 6:00 October 16
PTA Meeting - Title I Meeting/Hispanic Heritage 6:00 - 7:30 October 16
GISD HS Mariachi performance as well as K/1, 2/3 and 4/5
PLC CBA 5th October 17
Lucy Calkins training K - 2nd October 17
Birthday: Lisa Miller October 18
PLC Plan K October 18
PM: Guided Reading October 18
Lockdown Drill October 18
PLC Plan 1st October 19
National School Bus Safety Week October 22-26
PLC Plan 2nd October 22
PM: New Teacher Meeting October 22
Red Ribbon Week: “Life is your journey. Travel drug free” October 23-31
PLC Plan 3rd October 23
Faculty Meeting Targeted Math October 23
Field Trip - 4th to Symphony October 24
PLC Plan 4th October 24
PLC Plan 5th October 25
PM: Stemscopes and Word Work October 25
Shelter Drill October 25
Book Fair October 26 - November 2
PLC Data 1st October 26
Deadline: Pop & Post: Vocab Inst October 26
PTA Fall Festival 5:00 - 8:00 October 26
PLC Data 2nd October 29
CogAT Testing K, 1st and 5th October 29 - November 15
GLAD Demo Days K-2nd at Bullock October 30-November 2
Couch Hearing and Vision Screenings October 30
PreK, K, 1st and 3rd
PLC Data 3rd October 30
Faculty Meeting: Behavior: Lost at School October 30
Birthday: Morgan Carney and Patricia Mulholland October 31
PLC Data 4th October 31
Dress Like Character Day October 31