Mustang Weekly
Week of September 29th
Good Luck Jeopardy John! We know you'll do great this week!
Grant Time!
Austin has a strong history of receiving grants, and I look forward to us continuing the tradition. If you are looking for inspiration or ideas, don't hesitate to speak to some of our previous grant recipients.
The deadline for grant applications is October 15th.
You can find the application in the email from last week or by following this link- https://drive.google.com/a/g.coppellisd.com/file/d/0B6ck9UpJGdRLZWxfS2pyUjJQNjQ/edit?usp=sharing
Assessment
Question Stems
They are easily organized by TEKS and allow you to see the level of critical thinking/processing that is required of our learners. K-2 educators, while these are pulled from 3rd-5th STAAR exams, they are also a great preview for you and could assist you in "exposing" your learners to this type of questioning.
Environment
Check this out!
Week At A Glance...
Monday -
- Cooper Out
- Team Leader Meeting - 3:30
Tuesday -
- Picture Day... Smile
Wednesday -
- 5th Grade Leaves for Pine Cove
- Fed Ex - 3:30
Thursday -
- 5th Grade @ Pine Cove
Friday -
- No Rise & Shine (Moved to next week)
- 5th Grade Returns from Pine Cove
- Last Day for Educator Goal-Setting Conferences
Coming Up...
- Leadership Team Meeting - October 6th
- 1st Standards Based Bulletin Board - October 6th
- Grade Level RtI Meetings - October 8th
- Faculty Meeting - October 8th
- Mustang Mutual - October 9th
- E-Time - October 9th
- Parent Conference Day - October 10th
Morning Announcements
Life Principle - Responsibility
Quote - "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt
Healthy Tip - Try to eat fish at least once a week. It is full of vitamins and oils that are good for your heart."
In Honor of Big Tex...
Corny dogs sold annually: Fletcher's says that during an average 24-day fair season, their stands sell nearly 630,000 corny dogs. If you laid all those dogs end to end, they would stretch from Big Tex all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
Hot dogs: 60,000 pounds of hot dogs are used by the corny dog stands during the fair.
Cornmeal mix: It takes 25 tons of mix to make enough corny dog batter for a typical state fair season.
Oil: It's not fair food if it's not fried food. To make the crispy corny dogs you crave, Fletcher's goes through 21,000 pounds of oil every season.
Condiments: Mustard is the only approved topping for a corny dog, which is probably why the stands need 1,500 gallons of mustard every season. While ketchup is frowned upon by corny dog purists, Fletcher's still uses 800 gallons of it each year.
Nutrition: Counting calories at the State Fair is a losing game, but you can demolish a couple of corny dogs without too much guilt — according to Fletcher's, each has only about 225 calories.
The corny dog legacy: Fletcher's first sold corny dogs at Fair Park in 1942. That makes the 2014 State Fair their 72nd year of corny goodness.