Falcon Focus
October 26, 2015
PBIS Update
I found the above quote on a PBIS site! I have always loved this quote and thought of it as a great guide for living. Parts or all of it would be good for a Morning Meeting, possibly.
Homework: As we continue our journey through the positive discipline book, please have Chapter 4 read by November 3rd. Thanks so much!!!
7 Habits of Highly Affective Teachers (Emotional Health and Self-Renewal in Classrooms)
"Students are by turns “anxious, overconfident, curious, indifferent, angry, amused, lonely, hopeful, embarrassed, empowered, afraid, excited, diminished,” says Wormeli. Their emotions are often out of synch with the teacher’s and with the school’s expectation of conformity and compliance. Wormeli believes that when teachers ignore these emotional disconnects, they’re jeopardizing teaching and learning – and their own mental health.
Wormeli suggests seven habits that teachers can use to foster a healthy emotional climate in their classrooms – and maintain their own sanity and humanity:"
Click below if you are interested in more.
7 Habits of Highly Affective Teachers by Rick Wormeli
Thank you!!!
Calendar of Events
Everything is posted on the Collaboration Site, please check it weekly.
Open Enrollment
Character Quality
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."
Walt Disney
RTI
- First Progress Monitoring Week is Oct. 26th - 30th
- Intervention Sheets: click here for a copy of the intervention sheet. Keep in mind to record the interventions that students are receiving daily and how often you are seeing students in small math or reading groups. Most importantly to this documentation are skills you are working on in with the students in small groups and/or tutoring. Blank copies are also in the mailbox area. These intervention sheets should be stored in your data notebook along with your 504 and IEP documentation sheets. (Kinder will begin documentation next week)
Professional Development and Learning - Faculty Meetings, PLC's, and Kelly Leach Visits
- October 27th: PLC Meetings in Think Tank - we will analyze your last Math PLC and go over the data collected from Instructional Rounds. (Second grade - we will meet on Oct. 30th)
- October 29th: Quick check on Guided Reading groups based on your collected data. If you need help grouping, Kelly can help. If you would like her to check your groups or ask Running Record questions, Kelly can help. She will only take about 20 to 30 minutes based on your needs. She will also be available after school in the Think Tank until 4:30 to help you group your students in the appropriate guided reading groups. We appreciate her availability!
- October 28th 3:30: Meet with ELA reps from each team - POSTPONED!
- Nov. 2nd - 6th: First Campus Writing Benchmark (Composition and Grammar) Please share the prompt and the grammar assessment you plan to give the students. You may email it or drop it in our boxes. Once you give the writing assessment, use rubrics to rate the compositions quickly and also grade the grammar sections, so we can analyze Nov. 10th.
November 6th - Student half day - Create Third Six Weeks Assessment Plan. The Agenda includes: PTA luncheon, short mini lesson, and then work on third six weeks Assessment Plan and Assessment Development.
Pre-work: look ahead at the curriculum so that teams are familiar with the KUD - what students need to Know, Understand, and Be able to do.
- Data Collection and monitoring of each student’s progress...keep the conversation going on how to individually track students’ progress on formative and summative assessments to show growth, intervene, and extend based on the data.
- November 10th - Faculty Meeting - Writing Benchmark Analysis
- November 12th - Kelly Leach on campus to share, discuss, and collaborate on data collection systems and Lesson Planning. Meet in the Think Tank.
- November 17th - No PLC or Faculty Meetings
- November 19th - Guided Reading Walkthroughs conducted by Kelly Leach.
- December 10th - Guided Reading Coaching Sessions on the Walkthroughs that were conducted Nov. 19th.
October Student ROCK Training
Please follow the link below to access the first installment of the K-6 anti-bullying training. This training should be shared with students during the month of October.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F45YaAonf6Y&feature=youtu.be
After the lesson Activity:
· Compare/Contrast Bullying and a disagreement or teasing using a Double Bubble or Venn Diagram.
· Define Imbalance of Power (use visuals seesaw, balance, uneven teams, age, size, sporting event) and choose one from each of the above and show how it relates.
Additional resources (including definitions and examples): http://www.stopbullying.gov/what-is-bullying/definition/
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If you have questions call Ann Lallande at 8179373563. Thanks!