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#GlobalMakerDay
CREATE LOCALLY...SHARE GLOBALLY
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Get ready for a day of CREATING. Watch the live stream, ask the presenters questions and MAKE all day.
Create what you wish existed!
Share what your students create using #GlobalMakerDay on Twitter.
Go to https://www.globalmakerday.com/ to register.
ALL registered will get a FREE digital copy of the upcoming #Maker book by @edu_match.
LEARN
Connect virtually and watch makers discuss live (YouTube Live) about different projects, learning spaces, creations, coding, 3D designs, art lessons, etc. There will be a session each half hour and they each will have a connected challenge. When you arrive to the landing page, you can view the schedule, challenges and watch the live presentations.
SHARE
We will spotlight those that have amazing things to share. Don't forget to post your pictures and videos of student creations using #GlobalMakerDay on Twitter during and after the event!
PLAY
One part of the event is participating in challenges with opportunity for your class to solve problems, be creative and PLAY. Challenges will be posted on the landing page and given in the sessions during the day of the event.
Reminders:
- Share your Learning Plans with Mrs. Metzger via a Learning Plans folder from google drive.
- Complete the Staff Information form here
- UPDATED: DSA should be given in grades 1-5 by 9/21
- UPDATED: Reading Inventory should be given by 10/12 (Grades 3-5)
- UPDATED: DRAs should be completed by 10/12 (Grades 1-5)
- UPDATED: Kg DRA completed by 10/19
- Education Foundation Grants due October 12th.
- Sick Leave Bank Open Enrollment ends October 15th.
Future Planning
- Oct. 5: Teacher Grades due for Progress Reports
- Oct. 8: Virtual Learning Day
- Oct. 12: Gr. 1-5 DRA/RI deadline
- Oct. 19: Kg DRA deadline
- Nov. 6: Virtual Learning Day
- Nov. 6: Teacher Grades due for Report Cards
Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2018
Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018
- Happy Birthday Senorita Dennis!
Monday Oct. 1
- LAM OTB
- Citizen of the Month, cafeteria, 2 pm
- Girls On The Run, 2:45 - 4:00 pm
Tuesday Oct. 2
- Happy Birthday Julie Ruszala!
- LAM OTB
- ILT Meeting, collab room, 3-4
- Sweet Frog Night!
- PTA Board Mtg, 6:30 pm
Wednesday Oct. 3
- Grade One Field Trip
- Grade 5 Recorder Club, 2:45 - 4:00
- GOTR, 2:45 - 4:00
Thursday Oct. 4
- Lewis, OTB, am
Friday Oct. 5
- Mr. Softee here during lunch!
Oct. 7 - 13, 2018
Monday, Oct. 8, Virtual Learning Day
- Staff Learning Day
- Coach Meeting, 8:15 am
- PBIS Meeting, collab room, 2 - 3 pm
Tuesday, Oct. 9
- LAM OTB
- IPT Test, gr. 4
- PAC, collab room, 3 - 4
Wednesday, Oct. 10
- Happy Birthday Eleanor Richards!
- LAM, OTB, pm
- GOTR, 2:45 - 4:00
- Gr. 5 Recorder Club, 2:45 - 4:00
Thursday, Oct. 11
- Lee OTB, pm
- "I Can" Statements due by 4 pm
Friday, Oct. 12
- Lewis, OTB, am
Saturday, Oct. 13
- PTA Dad's Breakfast, cafeteria, 8 -10:30 am
Progress Report Timeline Quarter # 1 per DOT
- 10/4 Specialists must lock down grades by 5pm (Please make sure to notify homeroom teachers of any student that is receiving a DP or N )
- 10/5 Homeroom Teacher's Must lock down grades by 5pm
- 10/9 Progress Reports are sent home via email by Carolyne
VIRGINIA BEACH READING COUNCIL 2018 FALL CONFERENCE
October 20, 2018 - 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM @ Salem High School
- 7:30 Registration, vendors, & breakfast
- 8:00 Welcome & featured speaker
- 8:30 Breakout sessions
- 9:30 Keynote speaker: Kelly Cartwright
- 11:45 Breakout sessions
Featuring Dr. Kelly Cartwright-Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, & Teacher Preparation at Christopher Newport University; Expert on reading comprehension, children’s thinking, and the development of literacy processes. Author of Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension: A Guide for Educators and Word Callers: Small Group and One-to-One Interventions for Children Who Read but Don’t Comprehend
Join the VBRC! Join online: www.VSRA.org/membership Click Become a Member. Click Renew or Join. Now Select type: professional, paraprofessional, or student. Fill out application. Select chapter: Virginia Beach.
Power Up Educators' Conference October 6, 2018, 8:00-3:00 $10/per person (Trantwood will pay-see LAM)
Technology Corner:
New this year!!! Each homeroom classroom has a laptop running the white board. This laptop should never be removed from the classroom or unhooked from the teacher plate, unless directed to do so by Technology. (It is considered part of your room inventory like your whiteboard & projector) .
Trantwood Yearbook Photos Wanted!
Photos can be loaded here.
At Trantwood, we...
LouAnne Metzger, Principal
Email: louanne.metzger@vbschools.com
Website: http://www.trantwoodes.vbschools.com/
Location: 2344 Inlynnview Road, Virginia Beach, VA, United States
Phone: 757-648-4000
Twitter: @LouAnneMetzger