BES Staff Newsletter
November 6 -10
Chickasaw P.R.I.D.E.
Personal Responsibility, Respect, Integrity, Disciplined,
Engaged
Website: https://www.blythevilleschools.com/o/bes
Phone: (870) 763 - 5924
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlythevilleElementary/
Mission
BES will educate the whole child through an engaging curriculum preparing them for the next level in their journey.
Vision
Engage Everyone Everyday
Monday, November 6, 2017
- Adelowo out for training
- Due date for grades in TAC
- Book Fair
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
- Mid-Term Student Led Parent/Teacher Conferences (3:30-6:30)
- Book Fair
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
- RTI
- Leadership Meeting
- Book Fair
Thursday, November 9, 2017
- Mid-Term Student Led Parent/Teacher Conferences (3:30-6:30)
- Book Fair
Friday, November 10, 2017
- RTI
- Happy Friday
- Book Fair
GRADES
Lesson Plans
Objectives
Don't Forget.... Keep your Grades Updated. HAC does not work if we do not keep current grades in the system.
Literacy Tip: Questioning the Author
The Questioning the Author procedure involves discussion, strategy instruction, and self-explanation. It encourages students to reflect on what the author of a selection is trying to say so as to build a mental representation from that information. Teacher and students work collaboratively, reading to resolve confusion and to understand the meaning of the text.
Focusing on a segment of text, the students respond to teacher questions such as the following:
- What is the author trying to say?
- What does the author mean by this?
- o Why is the author saying this?
- What is the author getting at?
Through modeling, the teacher helps students to understand that some parts of a text can cause confusion and hinder comprehension. The teacher then discusses with students what they can do when comprehension problems occur. Students learn to "grapple" with text by emulating the teacher's questioning techniques.
Math Tip: Effective Multiplication Strategies
Click on this link to explore some familiar and not so familiar strategies for teaching your students how to multiply. We’ll be exploring some of these within collaboration and PLCs.
http://shelleygrayteaching.com/effective-strategies-teach-multi-digit-multiplication/
Discipline
October Leadership Update
- Transforming teaching and learning by ensuring all learners are engaged in rigorous, relevant, and student-centered learning experiences. 4.3
Building and sustaining collaborative relationships and structures for learning and work. 2.3
Our Leadership Team Analyzed and reported data from the BES 45 Day Quarter 1 Progress Report to ADE focusing on:
- Student Enrollment/Discipline Data
- Teacher/Student Attendance Data
- Math and Literacy Data (% of students with Ds and Fs during first quarter was compared to % of Ds and Fs on unit assessments)
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." ~Henry Adams
The Positive Teacher Pledge
I pledge to be a positive teacher and positive influence on my fellow
educators, students and school.
I promise to be positively contagious and share more smiles, laughter,
encouragement and joy with those around me.
I vow to stay positive in the face of negativity.
When I am surrounded by pessimism I will choose optimism.
When I feel fear I will choose faith.
When I want to hate I will choose love.
When I want to be bitter I will choose to get better.
When I experience a challenge I will look for opportunity to learn and
grow and help others grow.
When faced with adversity I will find strength.
When I experience a set-back I will be resilient.
When I meet failure I will fail forward and create a future success.
With vision, hope, and faith, I will never give up and will always find
ways to make a difference.
I believe my best days are ahead of me, not behind me.
I believe I’m here for a reason and my purpose is greater than my
challenges.
I believe that being positive not only makes me better, it makes my
students better.
So today and every day I will be positive and strive to make a positive
impact on my students, school and the world!
THE POSITIVE TEACHER PLEDGE
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