Bobcat Bulletin
February 3, 2020
This Week's Events
Monday 2/3
- Hearing Testing (K,1,2,4)
- Devon at 1:30 Meeting
Tuesday 2/4
- MTSS 10am
Wednesday 2/5
- Hearing Testing (K,1,2,4)
- Reading Month Planning 8:20am
Thursday 2/6
- Devon at PD
- Grades due at 11:59pm
Friday 2/7
- Hearing Testing (K,1,2,4)
- Devon at PD
- 2nd Grade Making Matters - Makerspace
- KDG Marbles - Makerspace
Next Week's Events
Monday 2/10
- Report Cards Viewable in MiStar
Tuesday 2/11
- 1st Grade with Lit Coach 8:30 - 11:30
- 2nd Grade with Lit Coach 12:45 - 3:45
- Lighthouse Meeting - 3:50
Wednesday 2/12
Thursday 2/13
- Mary Kay Gallagher here for coffee chat with staff in lounge 11:15 - 12:45
- Devon at 1:15 Meeting
Friday 2/14
- AM Holiday Parties (Please put on calendar)
- 1/2 Day Dismissal 12:15pm
- 1/2 Day ET (1:30 - 3:45)
Looking Ahead
February 17 & 18
- No School
February 19 - 24
- WIDA Testing 2nd - 5th grade (Makerspace)
February 19
- Kindergarten Registration 1:00 - 7:00 pm
February 20
- Kindergarten Registration 9:00 - 1:30 pm
February 21
- SRSS Window Closes
- BAS Window Closes
March 10
- No School - PD Day
March 16
- Family Game Night
K-2 Bridges Reflections Guidelines
The Bridges Reflection Team, comprised of K-2 teachers from various buildings, met and created this guidance document for Bridges feedback/communication to parents. As you will see, they did a fantastic job really scaffolding the process from grade K to 2. Please check it out and let me know if you need anything!
FAMILY GAME NIGHT - SAVE THE DATE!
Volunteers still needed! Thanks to everyone who has volunteered to support the PTA and our families for this event in March.
Here is the information that has been confirmed:
This event will be Monday, March 16th.
Teachers and Staff members will be needed 5:00-7:00.
We will be taught the games at 5:00.
The event will be from 6:00-7:00. We will be leading the games at this time.
PTA will provide dinner to all volunteers about 4:00.
Learning Gizmos will provide each staff member with a $10 voucher and 21% off games purchased that night (15% discount plus no sales tax).
If you haven’t signed up and till want to help out, just let Elizabeth know. Thanks!!
BAS Illuminate FYI
Just a quick FYI that Robin Long noticed - the information you are entering in BAS is not in the same order it was in the first administration. Be careful when inputting your data.
GRBS Weekly Tasks
March is Reading Month Planning Meeting
LC Corner - Curriculum, Literacy & Learning...oh my!
Looking for Inspiration?
We all need inspiration from time to time, whether we’re looking for ideas to brighten up our classrooms, freshen up a lesson or fill our intellectual and spiritual buckets.
You might consider exploring the site, We are Teachers. I first came across it through Facebook. They can also be found on Twitter (@weareteachers) https://www.weareteachers.com/ They say to think of them as a virtual teacher’s lounge. You will find inspiration, ideas and giveaways for teachers not only for their classrooms, but also for their busy lives.
For example, check out this link about 14 professional development books that might inspire your practice: https://www.weareteachers.com/teacher-professional-development-books/
Or sign up to get 7 days of prompts and inspiration in your inbox: https://www.weareteachers.com/2020-teacher-recharge/
Need a way to bring lessons about Kindness into the classroom next month? This activity might work for you and your students: https://www.weareteachers.com/because-of-you/
If you are thinking ahead to March and want a new title to weave into Women’s History Month, here’s 32 suggestions right at your fingertips: https://www.weareteachers.com/womens-history-month-books/
Our lives are busy and although we have wonderful curriculum resources at our disposal here at Amerman, we can all use a little bit of inspiration from time to time too. We are Teachers is not the only site out there, so if you know of another please share. Whether you check out this site or not, I hope you take time to recharge and look for inspiration at work and in life.
Steam Fair 2020
STEAM Fair 2020 Our Planet: Solving Today's Problems to Open a World of Possibilities for Tomorrow is coming this April (4/22/2020)! We would love to have any and all STEAM/Science/Art presentations and projects that you may have! FOSS Science, Mystery Science Labs, IQWST Science, Science Fair, classroom science and Maker Space projects are all welcome.
NEW THIS YEAR! This year we will be giving awards in the following categories - Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Awards are: Most Creative, World of Possibilities (best aligned to STEAM Fair Theme) and Judges Choice.
Sign up here to be part of STEAM: STEAM Fair Sign Up
Welcoming Rituals and Optimistic Closures
I am seeing some wonderful examples of both of these throughout the building! Thank you so much for implementing these into your daily routine...they're an integral part of our Social/Emotional goal for the year. Please see the links below for more examples of Welcoming Routines and Optimistic Closure Routines:
- Click here for the the CASEL Three Signature Practices Playbook. It has LOTS of suggestions for Welcoming Rituals and Optimistic Closures
- Click here for more Welcoming Routine examples
- Click here for more Optimistic Closure examples
Dismissal Duty
Week of 2/3
- Bus - Babich
- Loop - Vertrees, Beson, Long, Borchard
Week of 2/10
- Bus - McMaster, K.
- Loop - McMaster T., Pavlich, Wells, Henderson
Random Useless Facts
- There are more barrels of bourbon in Kentucky than there are people.
- The Louisiana State Penitentiary has a public golf course.
- There’s a private island off the coast of Maine currently on the market for only $40,000.
- Michigan’s Lake Superior State University offers a license to hunt unicorns.
- Montana has a replica of the shire from “Lord of the Rings.”
- In New Mexico, psychologist and psychiatrists were nearly legally required to dress up as wizards when testifying in court.
- Two nuclear bombs were accidently dropped off the coast of New Jersey. One almost detonated.
- A resident of Oklahoma is the only known person to be hit by space junk.
Now that I've been observed...how do I upload and label evidence into pivot again?
1. Upload, name, and code evidence to a specific indicator.
2. To check where you have evidence by indicator.