The Jet Wash
October 2- 6
Choose to be the Happy Teacher
This is a post from Teresa Quant. It spoke to me and I felt I should share. Have a terrific week!
How can you choose to be a happy teacher?
#1 Remember the reasons why you love teaching. Some days you may forget why you like it, but those days will pass and a lovely moment will remind you why you were born to teach.
#2 Focus on the good. Hold tight to any positive moment you come across each day. Even if it is as simple as all your students sitting in their chairs at the same time. Sometimes that is all we get!
#3 Throw positive reinforcement around like confetti. People like to hear good things about themselves. Our students aren't any different.
#4 Leave school at school. This is a hard one. Sometimes, school shouldn't come home, and you should relax instead.
#5 Remind yourself that you are important, your students need you (whether they admit it or not), and you get at least 180 days a year to make a difference.
So you may have that "Hard class," this year, or interesting coworker, or unbearable committee assignment. Just remember, you can choose to be the happy teacher, no matter what!
You've got this teachers. #choosetobethehappyteacher
Get your account for Flocabulary Now!!!!
We want to thank Amber for presenting on Flocabulary last Friday. If you missed the meeting, please go to the following link to join Flocabulary. We purchased this with our School Improvement money. Flocabulary helps students mast academic content while building core literacy skills through engagement, mastery and student creativity.
Engage
Educational hip-hop videos teach standards-based skills and content
Master
Activities, assessments, and analytics develop skills and provide valuable learning insights for teachers
Create
Interactive tools get creative juices flowing as students write and perform their own educational raps.
You now have unlimited access to Flocabulary's library of educational hip-hop songs, videos and lessons. If you haven't registered your account yet, you can do so by clicking this link:
http://flocabulary.com/signup/join/school/western-heights-ms-3
To see who has signed up and invite more teachers, visit the My School page, select your school and follow the instructions there.
Please let Billy and I know when you will be using it so we can come in and watch!
Contracts due back TODAY! :)
It's time to support the band
Friday we will be walking over to the High School Football Field to watch the High School Band perform for us. They will have all of their props. This is a great opportunity to support the arts in our school. We will start walking over around 7:40. The show starts at 8:00 am. Please sit with your students and walk with your students. Coach Christensen will lead us over. We should be back for 2nd hour. Go Jets!!!!
Pride Note
Birthday Lunch Monday
July 7 - Jeremy Moxley
July 20 - Juan Gonzalez
July 21 - Sara Clayton
August 3 - Laresa Martin
August 30 - Patty Stanley
September 3 - Tori Kempen
September 11 - Phillip Craig
September 20 - Pam Kozak
PLC Meeting
First Quarter Benchmark Tests October 12th
Important Dates for Benchmark Testing:
Directions for printing benchmark answer sheets. Please follow closely to make your time efficient. Here are the directions for any new staff on setting Adobe Reader as the default program on your Teacher PC.
- All paper benchmarks are to be scanned into Achievement Series by Wednesday, October 25th .
- Grade books will need to up to date to send out progress reports on Thursday, October 26th.
Benchmark Test Creation:
IF you do not administer a district test, you will need to create your class benchmark test.
Here is a link to MS and HS codes for benchmark test names. Please let us know if you have any questions regarding the naming process. This is to help you organize and make test results easily accessible.
Achievement Series Tutorial
Video Tutorials:
Creating and Item Bank Video Tutorial
Creating a Test Video Tutorial
Insert Item from Bank Video Tutorial
Classroom Management Tips of the Week!
Do not begin until eveyrone is paying attention.