The Sailor Compass
November 20, 2017
TO DO LIST:
- Set up a time this week to visit with me with your grade level partner(s) to discuss student behaviors that are affecting classroom instruction. Our goal will be to leave with a plan! (I have met with Mrs. Beveridge & Mrs. Hawks)
- Principal Monthly Read Aloud for November - I made it to every classroom to read The ENERGY BUS for Kids by Jon Gordon. If you would like to borrow the book at any time to review the 5 rules with your students, just let me know.
- Please talk to your students about our new Student of the Month recognition this week. Students who do not have documentation in SWIS for the month of November will be entered into a drawing. We will draw (2) students per classroom. Students will be recognized by having their names announced over the intercom, group photo on my office window, eating in the Board Room and a small "treat" at lunch!
STAFF MEETING: (Tuesday @ 7:45)
- Boys Town Skills - Effective Praise - Corrective Teaching Interaction (Share an example of when you implemented a "Corrective Teaching Interaction" this week.)
- 2 x 10 Strategy - How is this going for you? Share a few stories!
- Personalized Learning Goal(s) - Be thinking about 1-3 goals around INSTRUCTION, CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT, & TECHNOLOGY you would like to focus on for the 17-18 school year.
LUNCH WITH A VETERAN
NMEA All State Children's Choir
WE ARE MATHEMATICIANS IN PRESCHOOL
Data Team Meeting (Board Room)
- Data Team for 3-4 (Tuesday, November 28th @ 3:45)
MISSION MONDAY:
- Mission for All - CHOOSE TO BE KIND! With the release of the movie Wonder this weekend, let's make it a week of CHOOSING KINDNESS! Focus on doing something kind for someone else. Be on the watch for something you could do. This can be something small that will make a difference for someone else. Make a list of the things you can to do be KIND! CHOOSE KINDNESS at home, school and in your community!
PBIS focus: CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS
- Review your CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS with your students!
- Discuss WHY following the expectations is important.
- How does it help them? their classmates? staff members?
- Model & Roleplay with your students
EDI FOCUS:
- Generate a question
- Allow time for students to process & answer question
- Cover & Hover
- Chin It
- Scan student responses to check if all students are correct or if more teaching is necessary
Boys Town Skill of the Week: (Reinforce w/ Sailor PRIDE coins)
Giving Compliments
- Look at the person
- Smile
- Speak clearly and enthusiastically
- Tell the person exactly what you like
- Look at the person
- Use a pleasant voice
- Say “Thank you."
- Don’t look away, mumble, or deny the compliment
- Do not disagree with the compliment
UPCOMING EVENTS:
November 21st - Alison Smith (ESU #16 Staff) will be shadowing me today
November 22nd - Send 2nd Quarter Progress Reports home with students
November 22nd - Play Performance for K-12 @ 10:20-10:50 - North Gym
November 22nd - 1:00 Dismissal - Follow Schedule #1
November 23rd & 24th - No School (Thanksgiving Break)
November 27th - DeMoine Adams will be speaking to 3rd/4th & 5th/6th in the AM; times to be announced
November 27th- LETTUCE Be THANKFUL Luncheon for all staff
November 29th - MTSS Intensification Session 1 - Jenn & I will be gone (ESU #10)
November 30th & December 1st - I will be gone (State Principal's Conference in Lincoln)
TECH BYTES:
I used wheeldecide.com to create wheels for each of your classes. Please feel free to use the link in your classroom. The links are all embedded in a Google Slide. Let me know if you have any trouble with it.
SAFETY UPDATES:
Review EVACUATION DRILL procedures with your class