Great Things I Noticed this Week:
*Several students excited to help paint the new mural in progress outside the art room. This extra splash of color is looking nice!
*Students reviewing their academic progress and writing a letter to parents to go home with their report card to talk about what they worked hard on this quarter and what their goals are for 2nd quarter.
*Several math lessons that included the teacher probing students for further explanation of their answers, how they got the answer or just explaining their thinking. I am always amazed to hear how many different ways our students can solve the same math problem!
*Students practicing having each other check for understanding for "read to someone." The teacher modeled for the class with a student partner and then students were sent off to practice with their partners. It was amazing to hear students prompt each other to check for understanding of what they read on that page and to hear one partner say, "What I heard you say is..."
Events Next Week:
Monday - Grades/comments due by 7:30 am
Tuesday - Report cards to go home
Fundraiser Pick-Up 3:00-5:30pm in the commons.
Wednesday - Veterans Day Assembly starting at 9:25. Please review behavior expectations with your students before taking them down to the gym.
*Please dress professionally as we will have many community visitors here this day.
Thursday - Bus evacuation drills in the morning before school. This may cause some students to be late in getting to breakfast (and then to class). Please plan to hold off on attendance for this reason.
Friday - 1st Quarter Dodgeland Pride assembly starting at 2:30. Again, please talk to your class about behavior expectations for this assembly.
Evening Family Movie Night in the elementary gym, sponsored by the HS FBLA (free admission with concessions open for cost) at 6:30pm.
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*Grade Level PLC Meetings were moved to Wednesday, November 18th.
*Just a heads-up: On Monday/Tuesday there will be some gentlemen in the building working on our heating/cooling units and will need to go into every classroom to check on the status of the air in your room. This should take about 5 minutes when they are in your room and it could be at any time.
Blogs, Tweets & Pins...Oh My!!!
*4 Sentences Educators Must Stop Saying About Students
*10 Ways Teachers Kill a Love of Reading
I discovered this video of Lucy Calkins talking about Being a Good Writer and having a classroom community that honors writers, paying attention to details, etc. (this would be a great video to share with your students!):
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