Johnson Memo: Monday Memo - Week of September 10

Great Things I Noticed Last Week:
*Classroom activities to build classroom community.
*Teachers practicing various procedures throughout the building--walking quietly in the halls, how to go to the lunchroom, how to come in from recess, etc. It is so important that we nail down these procedures now before bad habits develop.
*Students back into the routine of Daily5 already. I've had several students mention that their favorite part of school is Daily 5. Being our 2nd year school-wide I know that many of you have already found it very easy to start. One of our 1st grade classes already hit 10 minutes of stamina!!
*There are many "drops" on our classroom buckets bulletin board. Thank you for writing them out and encouraging students to write them as well!
*I already had 1 student tell me, "I used my lid and walked away from him" at recess. It's amazing how the bucket filling concept empowers our students!

Events this Week: "Casual for Cancer" fundraiser: pay in the mailroom if you're dressing casual
Monday - Probationary teachers meeting at 3:05 in Media Center
Tuesday - Benchmark training/refresher at 3:05 in Jenny's room
PowerSchool Gradebook Set-up at 3:05 in the FACET room

Wednesday - PowerSchool Gradebook Set-up at 7:30 in FACET room
Friday - Staff Social Lunch (Jimmy Johns!!)

"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:

*This Friday's Social lunch will be from Jimmy Johns. Please place your order with Marie by Wednesday). Here's the menu, although another one is in the mailroom. I will bring in fruits/veggies to go along with lunch.
*I added a picture and word document version of the Bucket Filler's Pledge to the shared drive. It is in a new "Bucket Filling" folder in the elementary folder. Please feel free to add anything you create for bucket filling. I've seen a lot of great ideas you've created for your classrooms, this is a great way to share. (I already stole a paper copy of 4th grade's new think sheet that was modified to use the bucket filling language).
*I purchased every skinny expo marker from Staples and Walmart for 1st-5th grade math boards. They are in a basket in the mailroom. Please only take the amount you need and we should still have extras for when students lose them.
*Mr. Schimmel has moved custodial staff around and they are still getting used to their cleaning duties. Please let me know if you have any concerns with how your classroom is being cleaned.
*Here is the video clip from Tony Evers on "Agneda 2017" that I mentioned in our staff meeting last week:

*As you're getting reading to start benchmark assessments, here's a great list of 8 Tips for Managing 1:1 Assessments from the Sisters.

Blogs, Tweets and Pins...Oh My!
*A great, short article from ASCD on 10 Tips for Building Teacher Resiliency

shiraleibowitz: The Secret to Making It a Great School Year http://bit.ly/RBEDBz Recognize&seek to understand what went well every single day

Tony Sinanis (@Cantiague_Lead)
9/7/12 11:00 PMOur 2nd Gr. writing about how they plan on being Bucket Fillers this year- have you filled a bucket today? pic.twitter.com/kebh29Ir @PrincipalJ