Roadrunner Report
Week of October 31st
Southwest News
This week:
More Observations This Week!!! Be Ready Any Day!
Back to professional wear. No Jeans. No Cheating. Dress for success this week.
PM Extended Bus Duty: Scott and Herms
Monday 10/31 -
- Sweet Treat Buffet for Staff (Hosted by Beta) Please go by Mrs. Whites room for your goodies-
- End of Grading Period
- Have a Happy Halloween!
Tuesday 11/1 -
- Boys Soccer and Volleyball - Stanley @ SW
Volleyball Duty - Culbertson, Alewine, Herms
Gate: Culbertson, Alewine
Crowd Herms
Soccer Duty - Bingham, Coley, Swinford
Gate: Bingham and Coley
Crowd Swinford
Wednesday 11/2 -
Thursday 11/3 -
- Boys Soccer and Volleyball - Mt Holly @ SW
Volleyball Duty - McCarter, Xiong, Rojas
Gate: McCarter, Xiong
Crowd Rojas
Soccer Duty - Bingham Fender Swinford
Gate: Bingham Fender
Crowd Swinford
Upcoming Events -
Tuesday, November 8 -
- Election Day
- Grades Due on @ 4 pm
- Optional Teacher Workday 8:15-2:30
Thursday, November 10-
- Play and Pay Day
- Report Cards Distributed
Friday, November 11-
- Veteran's Day Holiday (no school)
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Don't forget to schedule your Free Store Appointment each month @ Classroom Central . You never know what treats and surprise await you.
More ways than one to be sweet to you
Next please check your box...If your sweet there may be a treat just for you. Enjoy!
Fall Extravaganza from our EPI Teaching Staff
Staff I had a wonderful time with our teachers at the Extravaganza on Sunday morning. There was such a warm reception and fun time to be had.
Thank you so much!
Ms. Foote
Ms. Campbell
Mr. Alinzuas
Mr.Rojas
Ms. Harvey
There is so much to learn from our Southwest Family from different lands.
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Never Give Students Too Much Power
Transition time
All Staff Please Read Below
Instructional Reflection
Active Learning Strategies for Active Students
One of the most obvious ways to increase your classroom charisma is to increase the amount of active learning in your class. Not only will you find it easier to keep students engaged during one of the most difficult times of the year (the warm weather days of spring), but you will find that your students will retain information with greater ease and with more success.
1. Have students lead conferences with each other and with you. When students take the lead, their interest and confidence soars. Prepare a set of guidelines that encourage them to take the lead in designing effective conferences and then allow them to assume responsibility for their role as conference facilitators.
2. When you are delivering instruction, pause frequently and have students write a summary of what you have said in the previous 3-5 minutes.
3. Brainstorm ideas. There are many effective ways for students to create brainstorms of ideas. Working with pairs or in small groups tends to be effective because students stimulate each other’s thought processes. Encouraging students to think out of the box and to delve into a topic using this technique often has unexpectedly positive results.
4. When students have a passage, chapter, or other text to read, guide them through it with active learning strategies such as these:
o A scrambled list of events to put in order
o A list of statements for students to agree or disagree with
o A list of people and places to match with information about them
o A cause-and-effect chart
o Give students a set of questions that they will answer as they read the text. Discuss the questions before they read in order to see what information they already have. Help them see how the questions are aligned with the text and how they should answer them.
o Give students a checklist of the key points to watch for so that they can check them off as they find them while reading.
6. Allow students opportunities to independently read selections of their own choosing. Independent reading is an important way for students to broaden the scope of their background knowledge.
7. Ask the entire class an interesting general question that relates to the topic under study. Have them write notes about how they will respond. Discuss the question once most of the students have had a chance to respond. Allowing students to write their answers before they discuss encourages participation.
8. Have students participate in small group Round Robin activities. Have students form groups of threes or fours. While there are many different ways to manage a Round Robin, one way that many teachers have found effective is to have students pass around a sheet of paper with each child writing a fact or opinion or other bit of information on the sheet until either time is called or they have reached a certain number of entries. This allows students to share their knowledge in a nonthreatening way as well as see what their classmates know about the topic.
9. As soon as you have discussed a general question as a whole group, have students then jot down what they heard that they agree with, disagree with, or that gave them a new idea.
10. When you have students work together in pairs, time them. Students who know that they have only a short time to work together will focus better than those students who think that they and their partners have all class long to work.
More to come
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News on Roadrunner Sports
Congratulations Mrs. Cherry
Intramurals
October 31st Sidaros vs Guller
November 1st Stahl vs Rhodes
November 2nd Biggerstaff vs Neal
November 3rd Adams vs Champion
Fall Athletic Duty
Volleyball
Nov 1st Culbertson, Alewine, Herms
Nov 3rd McCarter, Xiong, Rojas
Nov 10th Culbertson, Crump, Busshart
Nov 14th Coley, Busshart
Nov 28th Culbertson, Fender, Busshart
Soccer
Nov 1st Bingham, Coley, Swinford
Nov 3rd Bingham Fender Swinford
Nov 10 Bingham Foote Swinford
Nov 14th Rhodes, Falls, Cherry
Nov 28th Rhodes, Champion
Wrestling
Nov 15th Ray, Fender, Alewine
Nov 18th Coley, Guller, Champion
Dec 2nd Adams, Cobb, Xiong
Dec 9th Watts, Harkey, Champion
Stay Tuned for Our Fall Athletes of the Week
Classroom Central is call you...
Lunch
Teachers please remind students that a good lunch period every day M-Th equals Music on Fridays
Procedure: Have students eat the first 10 minutes in silence as a daily practice.
Limit movement for all students.
Referrals
Does your student need assistance?
Use the links:
Counselor Intervention Request
Staff please don't forget to use the links above for student recommendations and Interventions. Students are missing out on valuable services provided by our school as a result.
Comming Soon!
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Field Trip Deadline
Field Trip Deadline
- May 5, 2017
- No School will be allowed to travel after this date. This even includes Saturday and Sundays
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Morning News Announcements
Technology and Computer Issues?
Please use the google form provided by Mrs. Ray in a email last week or click this link.
She will take care of you as soon as possible or refer your issues to our TSS (Technology Support Services) department.
Copiers, Laminator and Riso
Southwest Middle School
Email: lrrice@gaston.k12.nc.us
Website: http://www.gaston.k12.nc.us/Domain/49
Location: 1 Roadrunner Drive, Gastonia, NC, United States
Phone: (704)866-6290
Twitter: @MsPrincipalBoss