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May 17, 2013

Friday Focus - May 17


Events Next Week:
Monday - Elementary Staff Meeting at 3:05 (agenda below in "Nuts & Bolts")
Tuesday - Title 1 Family Night
Wednesday - 4th Grade Field Trip
Friday - 1st and 5th Grade Field Trips (I will be out of the building on the 5th grade field trip)
3 Day Weekend!!! :) :)

"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*Staff meeting agenda - some end of year notes, information on summative evaluation meetings (the final piece of the Teacher Effectiveness Project), discussion/brainstorming on Themes for next year, and end of year reflection.
*We are beginning to recruit teachers to lead XPD sessions for next year. Our goal is to have these scheduled to start early in the fall so they will spread out more next year. Please let me know if you have a topic you would like to lead...you all have many talents/ideas to share with the rest of us.

Blogs, Pins & Tweets...Oh My!!! (all with end of year/Reflection theme for students and teachers)
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If you don't reflect on what you do, how can you get any better?
*  Reflection is really about looking in the mirror (rather than out the window), Isn't it? 
 I love writing portfolios and an "I used to . . . but now I . . .reflection process for student authors! 

*Mirror Mirror on the Wall
*Great blog post on student behaviors at the end of the year: Remember Them
Teachers Pay Teachers Freebie

Create a writing assignment where students reflect on an experience where they have initially failed at something but eventually succeeded.

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