Great Things I Noticed this Week:
- Hands on science experiment connected to trying to determine if the "5 second rule" for eating fallen food is an ok rule (while learning about bacteria).
- Several different brain breaks that were fun, got wiggles out and practiced math and spelling at the same time.
- Students working in partners to peer edit before writing their final copies.
- "Clock partners" meeting to share about what happened in the books they read at home the night before (more engaging than having a parent sign a reading log!)
- Some great finds from Connected Educator month tic-tac-toe challenge...please keep sharing!
Events Next Week:
Monday - Girl Scouts presentation for K-2/3-5 during noon recess
3:05 Elementary PD meeting in IMC (book group discussions)
Tuesday - Grade level PLC meetings (be prepared to discuss student data and what we can do to provide Tier 1/2 interventions within in the classroom)
Wednesday - the official deadline for student surveys and the SLO/PPG form in mylearningplan. (I will not be checking to see who turned it in until the following week so you have some extra time.)
Friday - Staff Social
**Wednesday - Friday - I will be in Washington DC for the National Distinguished Principals Program
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
- I am humbled to get to go to Washington DC next week, which is a result of the amazing work that all of you do here at Dodgeland for our students! While I will be spending 2 full days in meetings/principal panels with policy makers, I'm hoping to get to sightsee and bring a little bit of Dodgeland with me (and then share back with students). With Mr. Mane's help, I'm bringing a "flat Trojan" with me to take pictures with. I'm going to start sending it around to classes today to ask all students to sign the back of it for me.
- Computer lab reminder-now that MAP testing is done, students should be logging in with their unique logins (first.last/ID number)
- Friendly reminder--save your jeans for Fridays and remember to save the first row of the parking lot for our parents/visitors.
- Please keep "busting" students for bucket filling!
- Discipline referrals are starting to increase for bus behaviors. Please set aside a few minutes next week to share this video (from last year's contest) with your class: Dodgeland Bus Safety Thank you!
- If you are going to have any absence for any reason during P/T conferences: you will need to enter 2 absences into AESOP...1 for your regular work day requiring a sub (unless you do not normally need a sub) and an additional absence of 3:30-7:30 with no sub needed. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Blogs, Pins & Tweets...Oh My!
*Show your students empathy today- it goes a long way in building healthy & sustainable relationships. #edchat
*Blog post: 15 Effective Ways to Use Google Docs in Class
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