In 4 days, our students will be here. They will be nervous, excited, shy, verbose, quiet, and unsure, all within the first day. You may have some of the same feelings. Be supportive. Be visible. Be reassuring. Be positive. Let's make next Tuesday the best day of the year, with many more best days to follow.
Great Things I Noticed This Week:
- Collaboration between Mr. Mane and Kindergarten team to prepare students together for the drawing that kinders start out with to build stamina for writing workshop.
- Collaborative grade level conversations focused on writing, along with several other necessary discussions, but all focused on student learning. I'm excited about the teamwork that is kicking off this year!
- I lost track of how many positive comments I heard from parents at Open House, but what was most exciting to me is that several of our new families shared with me that they came here because a friend/relative spoke so highly of our school and the impact it has had on their child. One family that enrolled here last year shared with a teacher that it was a tough decision to switch districts, but it was the best decision they made. We are becoming the school of choice! :)
Events Next Week: All week (with ms/hs on 1 hr delay schedule) our lunch/recess is 11:30-12:30 and some music classes may be affected.
*I will be reading in classrooms so I may be hard to find!
Tuesday - 1st Day! All teachers in hall by classrooms to help direct students, all specials teachers outside on blacktop.
9:15-9:30 4th grade Recess Rules Orientation
10:00-10:15 5K Recess Rules Orientation
11:15-11:30 3rd grade Recess Rules Orientation
Wednesday -
9:15-9:30 1st grade Recess Rules Orientation
10:00-10:15 2nd grade Recess Rules Orientation
11:15-11:30 5th grade Recess Rules Orientation
Friday - 2:35 Elementary assembly. Please have students packed up before coming to the assembly.
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*If you'd like to use the Austin's Butterfly video clip with your class to talk about feedback/learning/growth, it's HERE.
*Digital Citizenship ibooks for student iPads will be "pushed out" from Mr. Modaff, but not right away. 3-5th grade will be available by Thursday. K-2 will not be available until September 14th. This is due to the "high traffic" downloading that will be occurring with ms/hs students downloading all of their student handbooks/digital citizenship books the first two days.
To get them on student iPads: students will go into Self Service, select "eBooks" tab on the bottom, and tap on "Install" for their appropriate book.
I am not giving an expectation for when to teach these, although I've already heard a couple of grade levels discuss plans to incorporate it in the beginning weeks of school while developing procedures/expectations of the iPads/digital work, which sounds like a great plan!
*Meemic $100 book grant Meemic just keeps offering us opportunities for money for our school. Here is a link to a grant application for $100 for classroom libraries in conjunction with Scholastic. It's seriously only 3 questions long.
Blogs, Tweets & Pins...Oh My!!!
*6 Ways to Teach Growth Mindset from Day 1 of School
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