Middleton Memo
Vol. 19 Week of 1/20/2020 Mark TWTH
Hey everyone,
I hope you all enjoy your three day weekend! Get some rest and do something fun!
Teachers, at our last staff meeting, I put up the quote from the book Focus, "(Worksheets) may be the greatest obstacle to effective instruction..." and asked you how you felt about it. I thought I would also share a podcast from the Cult of Pedagogy by Jennifer Gonzalez. If you haven't listened to her podcast before, it's pretty great and there's an episode for just about all of the crazy things we encounter in this profession. Here is the link to her episode on worksheets. She goes into a lot of detail about what makes a good worksheet (powersheets as she calls them for a lack of a better term) or what makes an ineffective worksheet (busysheets). You can listen to the podcast, read the page which includes links to some of the research she cites, or skip it altogether and check out the "Down the Road" part of the Memo to see when our next three day weekend is. If you do happen to listen or read it, let me know what you think; did you agree, disagree, like it, or dislike it.
Thanks to everyone who was able to stay for the Fast Framework training. I hope you got something out of it.
We have a staff meeting on Tuesday.
Have a nice weekend!
-Will
Week At A Glance
January 20th
- No School MLK Day
January 21st
- 4th Grade Walk Through California 8-2:30 Room 313
- Kindergarten to Roseville Theater 9:15-11:40
- Art W/Tara 2:45-4
- Choir practice 2:45-3:30 (make-up session)
- Staff Meeting 3:00
January 22nd
- Carin C. training 8-3
- 4th Grade Walk Through California 8-2:30 Room 313
- IEP Murphy 3:00
January 23rd
- Ready Classroom Math Training 8-3
- IEP Gonzalez 2:45
- Tiger Crew 2:45
- Early Engineers 2:50
January 24th
- IEP Gonzalez 2:45
- Bingo/Baskets 5:30-8
- Spirit Day (wear green or yellow)
Happy Birthday to...
January
Rebecca R 22
Melissa 27
February
Cheryl 2
Lorri 5
Tim 11
Maria 16
Tammy 18
Bev 24
Barbara 27
Down The Road
- 1/27 No choir practice
- 1/28 1st Grade to Roseville Theatre Arts Academy 9:15-11:30
- 1/31 Mandel & 5th Grade to Parkside Church to see "Annie" 9:20-1:00
- 2/3 No choir practice
- 2/4 Staff Meeting
- 2/11 Leadership
- 2/11 Mother/Daughter Paint night, two sessions 4:00pm & 6:00pm
- 2/13,14,17 School not in session
- 2/18 Staff Meeting
- 2/18 Sami Circuit Day #1
- 2/21 Bagel Bar Breakfast - Office staff & Prep teachers
- 2/24 Sami Circuit Family Night 6:00-7:00pm
- 2/25 Leadership
- 2/27 Choir to see Matilda @Harris Center Folsom Lake College 8:15-2
- 3/3 Staff Meeting
- 3/7 Daddy/Daughter Dance 6:00-8:00pm
- 3/10 Starstruck Practice begins (every Tuesday)
- 3/10 2nd Grade to Barnes & Noble 8:30-11:30
- 3/10 Leadership
- 3/11 2nd Grade to Barnes & Noble 8:30-11:30
- 3/13 Starstruck Practice begins (every Friday)
- 3/17 Staff Meeting
- 3/17 Potato Bar - Special Education Staff
- 3/18 5th Grade Walk Through American Revolution Stelma AM/Souto PM
- 3/19 1st Grade to Woodcreek Nature Center Gutierrez/Munno 8:30-11
- 3/20 5th Grade Walk Through American Revolution Gammelgard AM
- 3/24 Leadership
- 3/25 4th Grade to Empire Mine 9:00-2:30
- 3/25 AM Kindergarten to LHS Farm 8:30-11
- 3/25 PM Kindergarten to LHS Farm 11:45-2:15
- 3/26 1st Grade to Woodcreek Nature Center Snodgrass/Williamson 8:30-11
- 3/27 4th Grade to Empire Mine 9:00-2:30
- 3/28 Mother/Son Dance 6:00-8:00pm
- 3/30-4/3 Book Fair
- 4/2 Open House/Art Show 5:00-7:00pm
- 4/6-13 Spring Break
- 4/14 Leadership
- 4/17 Sandwich Bar - 4th & 5th Grade
- 4/21 Staff Meeting
- 4/22/23 Starstruck, two performances 6:00pm & 7:00pm
- 4/28 Leadership
- 5/1 1st Grade to Roller King 9:15-1:30
- 5/4-8 Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week
- 5/5 3rd Grade to Bernhards Andrews/Villa 8:30-2:30
- 5/5 Staff Meeting
- 5/6 3rd Grade to Bernhards Evangelisti/Sanchez 8:30-2:30
- 5/12 Leadership
- 5/15 Sami Circuit Day #2
- 5/15 Salad Bar TK & Kinder
- 5/18-5/22 Tentative 5th Grade Trip
- 5/19 Staff Meeting
- 5/25 Memorial Day No School
- 5/26 Leadership
- 6/1-5 Early Release Days 1:40