Lovett Notes
A Newsletter for Lovett Staff
Coming up this week!
Monday May 13
3rd & 4th Grade STAAR Math Test
5th Grade STAAR Math Retest
Tuesday May 14
3rd & 4th Grade STAAR Reading Test
5th Grade STAAR Reading Retest
Wednesday May 15
5th Grade STAAR Science Test
Thursday May 16
7:45 PTO Meeting; Cafeteria
9:00 am Magnet Tour
3:15 SDMC Meeting; Data Room
Friday May 17
7:45 am VIPS Breakfast
1:00 pm Variety Show
Questioning-Creating a Culture
The link below has some great ideas on creating a positive culture of student questioning. While you might see that it is focused on ELL learners, we obviously know that questioning is a strategy that is good for all learners.
Finish Strong!
May is just around the corner and this means this school year is quickly coming to an end. The end of the school year can be stressful, joyful, and we all know a bit crazy. Below is a link to a blog sharing somethings to consider as we get close tot he end of the year. While the blog shares some great tips, I wanted to share a few additional things:
- Make sure you remain structured! Continue your daily classroom management routines. Kids are tired too and they are looking to you for the structure.
- Ramp up on your patience!!! At the end of the year you can get easily frustrated with behaviors that you may have seen over and over. This is not the time to loose your patience. Make sure you are remaining in contact with parents and you are following systems to address any concerning behaviors from students.
- Monitor, monitor and monitor more particularly at recess. This is the time of the year when kids can get frustrated with each other easily. Recess is a largely unstructured time and it requires you to be fully engaged with your students as you are monitoring. This mean...not on your phones and reporting to your assigned recess zones.
- Reassess where students play at recess. Students should not be playing in an area that is unmonitored. The rule of thumb is, if your students can play there, you should have someone assigned close enough to that area to monitor.
- We do not stop teaching objective driven lessons!
- Lastly, have some fun. You've built great relationships with your students and parents. Take advantage of these last days to enjoy the young people that you have helped shaped.
“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela