The Weekly Spur
Week Twenty: January 25 - 29, 2016
January 28th: National Kazoo Day
January 28th: National Kazoo Day
Founded by Chaplin Willard Rahn of the Joyful Kazoo Band, National Kazoo Day celebrates 162 years of this plastic instrument. The organization behind the holiday, Kazoo America, hopes to one day make the kazoo “America’s official musical instrument.” The kazoo is played professionally in jug bands and comedy music, and by amateurs everywhere. It is among the acoustic instruments developed in the United States, and one of the easiest melodic instruments to play, requiring only the ability to vocalize in tune. In North East England and South Wales, kazoos play an important role in juvenile jazz bands. During Carnival, players use kazoos in the Carnival of Cádiz in Spain and the Murga in Uruguay. One of the best known kazooists of recent times is Barbara Stewart (1941–2011). Stewart, a classically trained singer, wrote a book on the kazoo, formed the "quartet" Kazoophony, performed kazoo at Carnegie Hall and on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien television show.
Word of the week, Quote & Call back:
W.O.W. – Compassion: ability to share another’s feelings or ideas
Quote: “People will never know how far a little kindness can go.” By Rachel Scott
Call Back: Kindness……Matters!
What's on tap this week?
Don't forget your Thank You's for Thank You Thursday!
Monday, Jan. 25 -
Tuesday, Jan. 26 -
Wednesday, Jan. 27 - Lockdown drill 9:00
Thursday, Jan. 28 - Thank You Thursday! PLC Data Dig Grades K-2
Friday, Jan. 29 - PLC Data Dig Grades 3-5 with Gallagher & Summerhill
Happy Birthday to You!
None for this week
A look ahead...
Monday, Feb. 1 - PTA Board Meeting 6:00pm
Tuesday, Feb. 2 - 4th grade Writing & 5th grade Math Benchmarks
Wednesday, Feb. 3 - 5th grade Reading Benchmark, TELPAS Training 3:00 in the library
Thursday, Feb. 4 -
Friday, Feb. 5 - Dental Awareness Program for grades K-2 at 9:30am
Monday, Feb. 8 - SLT Meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 9 -
Wednesday, Feb. 10 - Copeland's Baby Shower
Thursday, Feb. 11 - PLC Meetings
Friday, Feb. 12 - Wear Red, Class Parties
Pictures for the Yearbook - please share!
Here is the info for uploading pictures to eshare. If you have a flash drive and/or memory card, Jennifer Andrews can take those as well... So far they need pictures from meet the teacher all the way through Christmas parties.
You can also upload your pictures to eShare or use the HJeShare app!The eShare code is CSESpurs. In the next week, PTA will be pulling pictures and designing pages and would love to have your pictures to choose from, too
PTA Information:
*PTA has created a BOX TOP GARDEN. Depending on how many box tops you have turned in depends on how many petals are on your flower. The first petal represents 25 or less box tops and every petal after represents 10 boxtops. **Just a reminder, SPED will be picking up your box top envelope every Friday, not PTA. **
*If you have any pictures from your classroom that can be shared, please send them to Crystal Barnhill or Jill Wagenknecht. We will forward them to the yearbook committee. Thank you in advance!
Tips for Guided Reading Stations
Here is a link for an interesting article entitled:
"Tips for Guided Reading Stations"
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2016/01/tips-guided-reading-stations