Great Things I Noticed this Week:
- Productive grade level PLC team meetings to re-establish norms, along with collaborative conversations...I can tell this will be a great year!
- After a class downloaded a new app to their iPads, the teacher then spent a few minutes showing how the app worked before moving into their next lesson that they were going to be using the new app. As our students move forward this year, slowly adding new apps as they learn their purpose, they will continue to view our iPads as learning tools!
- Collaborative discussions to help problem solve how to meet all of the needs of our students with IEP's, both in the regular classroom and special education rooms. It's a tough puzzle to solve, but we can do it together!
- 5K and 4th grade buddies meeting for the first time: The 4th graders interviewed their Kinder buddy, using a template on their iPads to record both of their responses to learn more about each other and then inserted a picture of them into their buddy document.
- A class discussion on sharing information (for Digital Citizenship) that ended with students coming up with their own "Golden Rule" about posting online.
- A parent of one of our new students shared with the teacher that her son used to always be sad when it was time to go back to school, but this year he just loves coming to school every day!
Events Next Week:
Monday - Picture Day-this will take place on the stage. When your class is called down you will come through the music hallway.
-EP Training at 3:15 in the IMC (PGG/SLO/Surveys...necessary for new teachers, optional refresher for everyone)
Tuesday - Fundraiser Kick-Off Assembly 2:15 in elementary gym
-Home Trojan Jr (5/6th grade) Football game at 6:00pm
Wednesday - Workout Wednesday (Wear your workout gear and get in some extra yoga or steps with your kids...it will do you all good!)
The following week: Homecoming! If you have any class newsletters to send home, please include the reminder that Friday, Sept 30th is an early release at 2:20pm to prepare for the parade.
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*Grade Level PLC Mtg times are on the staff google calendar now. Please remember to bring your 1st math unit book/test with you.
*If you've been eager to use Educlimber, but bummed that your students weren't in there it should all be fixed now! :)
*Staff Schoology assignment-yes you read that right, I've given you all an assignment. Please go into Schoology and the group "Dodgeland Elementary Staff." Once you are there go to the discussion on "Technology Integration Share." (It's the only discussion prompt so far.) Please post at least one time to share one way you have integrated technology in your classroom so far this year. I encourage you to check back to see what others are sharing to get ideas and reply to ask further questions if needed. Please do this by September 30th. Don't be afraid to ask a friend if you need help getting into the group.
*Just a reminder that all newsletter submissions now go to Marie and I. The district newsletter is gone so we are beefing up our elementary newsletter. The first one is due by September 20th.
Blogs, Tweets & Pins...Oh My!!!
*A great... no a must read: The Worst Class in X Years by Pernille Ripp.
I felt that the key point in her post was:
"....always look for the good first. To always praise, to always point out how great of a group this group is. To change the group narrative in some small way. To always assume that this will be an incredible year no matter the reputation of a group."
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