Friday's Thoughts
November 13, 2015
Looking Ahead
We are moving into a busy season with the holidays upon us! I know it can be most difficult to keep students focused and working during this time of the year. Remember to keep best practices in mind as you plan over the next weeks such as meaningful, engaging lessons, assessing to inform your instruction, no time off task, recess limited to 25 minutes, and consistent classroom management. These are all practices you use daily, so this is just to reinforce what you already do. These practices will help you keep your sanity as we move into an exciting time of the year!
Happy Weekend to you all!
Kristie
Tamara will be here Wednesday to meet with you during your planning. Please plan to come to the old science lab, beside Mrs. Greer's room, during your planning to meet with her. Also, Tamara would really like to help you with modeling lessons and lesson ideas to incorporate technology. She will be here every Wednesday from here on out to help you teach small group lessons if you would like, model whole group lessons, help you plan lessons involving technology, etc. She is going to be here Thursday and Friday next week also just roaming in and out of classrooms. This will give her an idea of where we are in our technology walk so that she can give more ideas of what we can do. Tamara is such a kind person and really wants to help. Just keep on doing your thing when she walks through. If you have questions, just let me know.
Breakfast with Dad will be this Wednesday morning. We had originally planned to divide these days and have K-2 Wednesday and 3-5 Thursday. Due to our Thanksgiving lunch being Thursday, we are going to have all dad's in for breakfast Wednesday. This will begin at 7:20 and run to 8:00. Thank you Tonna and the cafeteria staff for taking care of our family breakfasts!
Our library will be open for family reading until 5:00 Thursday. Please encourage your kids to come.
Faculty Meeting
We will meet Tuesday afternoon at 3:10 in the library. Katie will be training us on Discovery Ed. and we will work on AdvancEd. Please plan to attend.
Friday with K & M
We will not meet Friday during planning due to having the faculty meeting Tuesday and you having a meeting Tuesday during your planning with Tamara.
United Way
If you plan to contribute to United Way, please do so before Wednesday.
Board in the Conference Room
Please update the board in the conference room. Thanks!