*A Time for Kids article was used in a 4th grade mini-lesson while teaching how to write a persuasive paper.
* 1st graders were practicing beautiful expression when practicing a poem during shared reading.
*A guest teacher (that also works in other districts) complimented our classrooms on our strong reading structure and asked for Daily 5 information to share with another district.
*I received a call from another school district asking for a teacher to come and observe Daily 5/Cafe in action in our classrooms this week---I love showing you off! :)
Events This Week:
Monday - Meeting for probationary teachers at 3:05 in the Media Center
Tuesday - I will be gone all day at an RtI Conference (along with Mrs. Cleary, Mrs. Patey and Mrs. Huelsman)
Friday - Staff Social Lunch (2nd grade/Madsen/Kuhn)
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes
*This is the middle of the quarter already. Please make sure to send home progress reports. As always, if you have any student with a "surprise" on their progress report, you should be proactive and call home.
*January is the month that we begin meeting on any students that would be considered for possible retention; however, if you have concerns with a student we should meet as a Student Intervention Team (SIT) first. If you have concerns with a student in this category that we haven't had a SIT for yet, please contact me.
*In a blog I follow, I found this great classroom activity for this time of year, just click on The Gift of Kind Words
Tech Tips:
*How is Conferring Going? You'll notice that title is hyperlinked to take you to another teacher's blog post on conferring.
*If you're looking for other blogs to add to your google reader, here is a list of blogs that were nominated for the 2011 Edublog awards. *If you plan on coming to Tech Tuesday to learn about Pinterest next week, please email Bethany or Jean so they can send you an invite. If you're wondering what in the world Pinterest is, here's a teacher's blog post I found that explains it: http://prekinders.com/2011/07/pinterest-for-teachers/
or here's another post from Pearson School System here.
Thank you for linking to my "Gift of Kind Words" blog post! I hope if any of your teachers use it they will post a comment about their experience back on my blog. Blessings to you all this Christmas!
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