Can you believe that this week already begins the month of November? Time has just flown by.
This month, with our students and staff, we really want to focus on the message of giving thanks. Of even in the midst of pain, struggles, overwhelming deadlines, stress, and more, that we find ways to give thanks for what we do have.
I will always remember hearing that a weak minded person only complains and find faults because it is easy to to. But a strong minded person sees the mistakes and still seeks to find the good however small it may be, and bring about change.
Week at a Glance
Monday - Thomas and Jackson Out
Tuesday - Dress Up as Your Favorite Book Character Day
Mix it Up at Lunch Day
PreK Field Trip
Book Study Meeting - 3:45pm
Wednesday - Math Vertical Meeting - 3:30pm - Library
PTO Meeting - 5:30pm
Thursday - Community Outreach Committee Meeting - 3:45pm - Library
Friday - House Meetings in PLC time
Saturday - November Staff Outing - Escape Room
Look For...
This week in our walkthroughs, we're going to be focusing on Dimension 1.4 Planning; Activities.
• Questions that encourage all
students to engage in complex,
higher-order thinking.
• Instructional groups based on the
needs of all students.
• All students understanding
their individual roles within
instructional groups.
• Activities, resources, technology
and instructional materials that
are all aligned to instructional
purposes.
Mix It Up at Lunch Day
This is a Nationally celebrated event that we will be taking part in. Jennifer will be sending out more information tonight or tomorrow. It's an opportunity for students to sit with people they may not have normally sat with and make new friends!
Halloween
Remind your students that they may dress up for Halloween at school, BUT it must be based after a book character and they need to bring the book with them. We'd also love to see as many staff dressed up as possible too!
Book Study Meeting
This Tuesday we will have TWO book study meetings going on. Ms. Short and Ms. Argueta will be leading the PreK/1/3/5 Group over the rest of the book.
I will be leading the K/2/4/Others group over pages 88-137.
Remember that the K/2/4/Other group was rescheduled from our staff meeting day. So that group will also meet again next week to get to the end of the book before our final meeting as a whole staff.
Birthdays
Jeanette Enriquez - October 30
Kevin Bradford - October 31
Carolyn Hafley - November 3
House Meetings
This Friday during PLCs we will have House Meetings. I will be getting you information early this week about what that time will look like. We will be focusing on a different character trait each month we have these meetings,.
PLCs This Week
Be ready to talk DATA!! How you're tracking kids, where are we losing them, how are we helping all students, etc. 3rd-5th needs to bring their 9 weeks assessment data ready to discuss. If you need help on pulling data from Eduphoria let me know.
Morning Car Duty
Monday - 2nd Grade
Tuesday - 5th Grade
Wednesday - 2nd Grade
Thursday - 5th Grade
Friday - 1st Grade
Kids Deserve It
Here is this week's episode with Derek McCoy
Blogs/Articles
In Closing....
As educators, one of the worst things we can say is "no one taught me that". We live in a world now where everything is available to us to learn at a moments notice. Whether we reach out to someone to help, or we watch a YouTube video, or we read an article. There is so much information now! And our kids are watching. If we're going to ask them to show up and work hard to learn something new every day, we must be doing the same! Yes, even when the learning is hard and complicated and frustrating and we feel like we need our own IEP! Let's keep all learning together!
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