Great Things I Noticed this Week:
*A class making plans for how to pay it forward with kindness to others.
*Students having great math dialogue in partners as they corrected their answers by comparing their answers and then having conversation when their answers were different to try to determine who had the correct answer and what the other one's mistake was.
*A teacher problem solving with a student and parents about recognizing how the child feels when strong emotions are coming and coping strategies to calm down.
*Our Tech Ninjas (with the guidance of Sensai Abegglen) put a great deal of preparation into their Tech Ninjas Student Leadership presentation at the SLATE conference. The room was filled with about 30 teachers, tech directors and administrators and our students wowed them with their creativity, responsibility, and leadership. Kids can do incredible things when we nurture their strengths, give them voice and choice and empower them!
Events Next Week
Monday - Professional Development Day - PLTW will be in ICE room and Pyramid Model will be in the Distance Learning Room
Thursday - K/2/4th grade music concert 6:30pm
Monday starts the 10 Days before Christmas break. You know I don't like countdowns, but I love using these days to give you something fun or yummy each day. My hope is that this will help you feel like you're not just surviving these days before winter break, but to keep you thriving! I won't tell you all the days, but you've likely already seen the parent newsletter calendar that gave away the special dress days and I'll also let you know a couple of extras, so you're prepared:
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*Thank you to everyone for trying to keep things as normal as possible (I know that's a challenge) while we get closer to Christmas break. The more we stray from the routine, the more our students get off track. Many of you already see students struggling to cope with added stressors at this time of the year. We can't take away the things happening in their lives outside of school that contribute to their stress, but we can always model how to remain calm, set the example and help students learn strategies to cope.
This is also the time of year to keep in mind parent perceptions...if students come home saying all they did was watch movies, do crafts and have parties then parents will be more likely to take students out of school on these days in the future. We can still learn a lot while tying in the theme of the year.
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