Perkins Beat
March 6-10, 2017
As a School District, we are committed embracing Community Circles as a way to expand relationships and strengthen classroom community.
Community Circles are a great way to deepen a sense of belonging in the classroom.
We can also use Circles to address issues that are happening in the classroom and repair relationship damage that has taken place.
There are two attached documents that will help to define the power of the circle and a video.
If you are interested in implementing community circles and would like additional support, please touch base with Greg.
Article .. Building Positive Relationships with Classroom Circles
Document ..Teaching Restorative Practices with Classroom Circles
Viceo .. Edutopia Building Community to Foster Academic Achievement
THINGS TO NOTE THIS WEEK
Announcers for March: Mrs. Arbogast's Class
3/5
- Kindergarten PLC 8:10
- Report Card Window Closes
3/6
- BLT 8:10
- Principal/Coaches 11:30
- 2nd Grade PLC 2:30
- BOE Meeting
3/7
- Safety Comm MTG 8:10
3/8
- Report Cards Go Home
- Tier 1 MTG 8:10
- District Tier 1 MTG 1:30
DUTIES
Walker Entrance
Stopfel
Back Bus Loop
Syron,
Foyer
Precourt
PM
Walker Dismissal
Herring, Puckett, Syron
Bus Duty
VanDemortel, Hennessey
Leader in Me Weekly
Classroom Connection
Supporting our Students to Fully Answer the Questions that We Ask:
We talk a lot about non-judgmental responses that promote multiple to be able to respond. It is also important that during discussions and tasks we are holding our students to right is right…holding out or providing feedback to get our students to “all the way right” answers. Bringing them to a point of knowing when or if they have answered the question that is asked.
Ways in which we can do this are:
If the response does not answer the question, we can acknowledge the response but provide feedback to students restating the question and offering a second opportunity to answer to the individual or the group. For example, “That is another way to solve this problem, and thank you for sharing. The question that we are answering is does anyone have a visual representation for this math equation?”
If a student has written a response that does not answer the question, we can also acknowledge their work but bring them back to the question and offer a second opportunity.
Using “tell me more” to encourage students to expand on a partial response or can anyone add on to that is a scaffold that might bring students to a more complete answer. Students may need more feedback such as, “That is telling me the character, can you add on to that by describing the character?”
Providing feedback in a respectful way will not only help in that moment but will also help students to recognize what fully correct responses look and sound like.
ABSENCE REMINDER
Perkins School
Email: susan.achille@newarkcsd.org
Website: newarkcsd.org
Location: 439 West Maple Avenue, Newark, NY, United States
Phone: 315-332-3315
Twitter: @Newark_PS