I thank you all for your continual focus on making every moment count with your students. In the past week I saw several instances that demonstrated this...
*A teacher stopping the class to rehearse procedures of how to get in to groups. Another had students come back to the carpet and show the right way to go to the table for their book club. Yes, they should know how to do this at this time of the year, but in order to keep moving forward for the remainder of the year the teacher recognized that an extra two minutes to practice will save time in the long run. This could probably be said for almost any procedure.
*A class practiced their "number flashes" as they waited a few moments for art class. I saw another class reading while waiting for music.
*A class was ready to go at the end of the day, with a minute to spare before the bell. The teacher asked students to turn-and-talk to share their favorite thing they learned that day.
Events This Week:
Today- 3rd Quarter Dodgeland Pride Assembly at 2:15. Ms. B's class will be leading us all in a fun song that they've been working on for us.
If you don't have Friday night dinner plans our Dance/Cheer Teams are having a fish fry at the Reeseville community center 5:00-8:00 with a silent auction.
Monday- Last day for expenditures
Tuesday- I'm out of the building for Effectiveness training at CESA 6
Thursday- Tornado drill (see Mr. Modaff's email for details)
Family Fun Big Blast Night 5:00-7:00. We are still in need of help!!!
Friday-Staff Social Lunch 3rd grade
Planning ahead: our originally scheduled Elementary Professional Learning Meeting for April 22 has now turned in to a district meeting that Dr. Thompson will be sending emails about. I had planned for our meeting to be cross-grade level discussions, so I will move those to our PD Day on Friday, April 26 instead.
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*We are in DESPERATE need of help for the Family Fun Big Blast Night this Thursday. Helping out just means you show up, stand next to a bounce house or some other giant-inflatable-fun-thing and "man" the line of kids waiting for their turn. At this point in time it's just myself, 1 teacher and 1 parent. We need help to make this Family Fun event happen please! Let me know if you're available, even if for just a half hour.
*We are still missing some books in the book room (just 1 book from a few sets that make it hard for reading groups). Please remember to use your named clips when you take books from the book room. We don't know if the books are missing or if you forgot to use a clip. I will be putting a clip board in to write books down that you know are missing (maybe a student didn't return it) so we know what needs to be reordered.
Blogs, Pins and Tweets...Oh My!!
*I've had a few people ask "How do you read a tweet?" Here's my attempt to show you parts of a tweet that may be confusing:
Whenever you see @_____ It is a person's "name" or "Twitter Handle." If you see anything with #, it is the "hashtag" that helps categorize the tweet and make it easy for people following that topic/hashtag to find things they are looking for. Feel free to ask if you still have questions.
Now since that was just a screenshot of the tweet the link won't work, so here's the link to Donalyn Miller's post: Accepting My Reading Slump.
*The Responsive Classroom Youtube Channel is filled with video clips of teachers/classrooms of morning meetings, energizers, and other great clips.
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