Friday, October 17, 2014

October 17, 2014


Welcome to the Speas Global Elementary Blog!
All staff members, let's make sure we are teaching, reteaching, and teaching again the procedures in the common areas (Hallway, Cafeteria, Bathrooms, Playground, Bus).  We should be giving out lots of Bee's for students demonstrating the basic expectations.  It is a good idea to review the procedures before you leave one area to travel to another area.  

Our Mission: It is the mission of Speas Elementary School to provide its students with the tools necessary to successfully meet the challenges they will face in a diverse world.

Goals:
To increase English Language Arts achievement by 10%
To increase Mathematics achievement by 10%
To increase Science Achievement by 10%

picture by C. Cardona




How can praising Bee's for effort impact their attitudes.  Another look at Growth Mindset.





 

Announcements:
Happy Friday Everyone!

PTA Fundraiser-Dress a Dude Begins this week!

Ms. Burleson and Mr. Cokley have claimed the title of "First Contact."  Using the website 'epals', they have actually contacted 3 classrooms from 3 different coutries, India, Australia, and.....well, I cannot remember the last one.  But, the evidence has been confirmed.  Teachers, if you are doing something similar, please let us know, we'd love to see it.   

http://www.epals.com/#!/main
ISS
Specialists will begin holding ISS in their respective areas on their assigned days on 10.8.   The schedule is below.  Teachers, specialists may be contacting you for work for students assigned to ISS.  Please get them work as soon as possible.   
Day
Teacher
Location
A
Arora
Room 213
B
Bowen
Music
C
King
Art
D
Childers/McMasters
Media/CL
E
Lindquist
Gym
  


Mark your Calendars----Parent Night is 10/21.   


Mrs. Merrill has made it easy for your class to vote for Specials Bee Incentives.  There is a Smart file on the S drive under PBIS/Specials Bee Incentive Vote 2014.  Just drag that file onto your desktop, open and use.  

All staff members, let's make sure we are teaching, reteaching, and teaching again the procedures in the common areas (Hallway, Cafeteria, Bathrooms, Playground, Bus).  We should be giving out lots of Bee's for students demonstrating the basic expectations.  It is a good idea to review the procedures before you leave one area to travel to another area.  


SMOD Tickets (dress code violations) are located in the workroom.  Please keep the bottom portion for your own records as a way to keep track of the number of violations.  The continuum is as follows:

1st offense: verbal warning, and letter will be sent home to be signed.  Parent or guardian notified of violation

2nd offense: Teacher notifies parent or guardian and student is removed from class until proper SMOD is delivered.

(Teachers, we all should be enforcing this, it will only work if we all enforce it).

Calendar
Date
PLT
Encore
T/M
Gym
Events/Reminders
10.17
6
B
Y
4th
Tiger Kim’s visiting during PE specials beginning today
5th Grade to Millis Health 8:30-1:30
Dollar Dress Down Day
10.20

C
Y


10.21

D
Y

RTA Test 4th grade,Dental Screening , pre-k, K, 3, 5, EC , Title 1 Parent/PTA Night; Committee Meetings
10.22




Early Release Day; Unity Day Wear Orange to Support Violence Prevention
10.23

E
Y


10.24

A
X

Last day of Tiger Kim’s visiting PE classes; Science EOQ 5th Grade; Ident-a-Kid on campus; Pink and Jeans Day
10.27

B
X

Tiger Kims afterschool begins 2:45-3:30 Gym; Math EOQ 3, 4, 5th Grade
10.28

C
X

Reading EOQ 3,4,5 Grade
10.29

D
X


10.30

E
X

Last day of Tiger Kims afterschool; Kinder.  Woosley Farm 9:30-1:30; Happy Birthday Copeland!!!!
10.31




No School for Students.  Happy Birthday Barnes!!!!!
11.7




Happy Birthday Uzcategui!!!!
11.10




Staff Meeting?
11.11




No School Veterans Day Holiday Happy Birthday Odom!!!!!
11.13




Quarterly Awards
11.14




Yoforia Movie Night
11.18




4/5 Assembly Café 9 AM WS Symphony; Committee Meetings
12.3




Happy Birthday Stokes!!!!!!!
12.7




Happy Birthday Spainhour!!!!!!
12.9




Staff Meeting
12.11




Papa Murphy’s Spirit Night, Staff Holiday Luncheon
12.16




Committee Meetings
12.18




Happy Birthday SR!!!!!!!; Yoforia Spirit Night
12.19




Student Gift Bags go home
12.22




Happy Birthday K. Johnson!!!!!!!
12.23




Happy Birthday Vidal Cuenca!!!!!!!!
12.28




Happy Birthday Lindquist!!!!!!!
12.29




Happy Birthday Higgins!!!!!!!
1.1




Happy Birthday Farra!!!!!!!!
1.2




Happy Birthday Hart!!!!!!!!!
1.8




Subway Night
1.15




Happy Birthday Summey!!!!!!!!
1.17




Happy Birthday Bumbrey!!!!!!!
1.20




Happy Birthday Linville!!!!!!!!!
1.22




Yoforia Spirit Night
1.23




Happy Birthday Brown!!!!!!!!
1.24




Happy Birthday Bushey!!!!!!!!!
1.29




Quarterly Awards
2.9




Happy Birthday Billingsley!!!!!!!
2.13




Yoforia Movie Night
2.15




Happy Birthday Cartwright!!!!!!!
2.22




Happy Birthday Cokely!!!!!!!!!!
2.26




Happy Birthday Ryabova!!!!!!!!!
3.7




Happy Birthday Faragher!!!!!!
3.12




Chik-fil-A Spirit Night
3.19




Happy Birthday Pfitzner!!!!!!!; Yoforia Spirit Night
3.23




Happy Birthday Smith!!!!!!!
3.27




Happy Birthday Ferguson!!!!!!!
3.29




Happy Birthday Mitchell!!!!!!!!
4.9




Quarterly Awards
4.10




1st Grade Dan Nicholas Park 8:30-2:00
4.16




Yoforia Spirit Night
4.17




Kids Night In Movie Night
5.14




Papa Murphy’s Spirit Night
5.7




4th Grade Heritage Theater, New Winston Museum
5.22




1st Grade NC  Zoo 8:00-2:00 PM; Yoforia Movie Night














Thanks to Ryabova for sending us this video of great ideas for global activities at Speas. 




Language of the month website: Really Cool!


Teachers, when you are ready to take your Global Studies to the next level try these links:

http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.net/

http://www.slideshare.net/langwitches/get-connected-around-the-world-with-skype

https://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/projects-and-resources/skype-in-the-classroom

http://www.comparea.org/FXX+AUS?utm_content=buffer6fa14&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-virtual-field-trips-monica-burns?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-virtualtripapps-repost2



This Day in World History

On This Day in History
Friday, October 17, 2014
Events
532Boniface II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
733Battle at Poitiers: Charles Martel beats Abd al-Rachmans Omajjaden
1387Swells convent Windesheim initiated
1404Cosma de' Migliorati elected Pope Innocentius VII
1415Jewish autonomy in Palestine ends, as Raban Gamliel leaves office
1469Crown prince Fernando of Arag¢n marries princess Isabella of Castilia
1483Tomas de Torquemada appointed inquisitor-general of Spain
1492Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas)
1556Ex-emperor Karel departs Netherland for Spain
1651Future King Charles II flees from England
1691New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth
1707German composer Johann S Bach marries his niece Maria Bach
1720Pierre de Marivaux' "Arlequin Poli Par l'Amour," premieres in Paris
1740Ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia
1777British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY
1781Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown
1787Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities
1797Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions & France
1800Dutch colony Cura‡ao transfered to England
1808Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw
1815Napoleon arrives in St Helena
18251st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris
1829Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens
1829German 1st assassination on abandoned teenager Kaspar Hauser
1831Felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres
1850Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized
1855Bessemer steelmaking process patented
18601st British Golf Open: Willie Park shoots a 164 at Prestwick Club
18601st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins)
1862Battle of Leetown & Thoroughfare Gap, VA
1868Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect
1871Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa
1871President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus
1876Henry Morton Stanley's reaches Lualaba River
1877Henry Morton Stanley reaches Boma during trip cross Africa
1885Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season
1894Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man
1896Anton Tsjechovs "Chayka," premieres in St Petersburg
1899Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000
1904Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors
1912Bulgaria, Greece & Serbia declares war on Turkey
1916Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage
19171st British bombing of Germany
1918De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens
1918Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic
1919Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created
1920Chicago Bears (as Decatur Staleys) play 1st NFL game, win 7-0
1921Belgium's public library law goes into force
1922Scottish worker begins hunger march from Glasgow on London
1923Catholic University of Nijmegen Neth opens
1927Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as AL president
1931Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison
1933Albert Einstein arrives in US, a refugee from Nazi Germany
1934"The Aldrich Family" premieres on radio
1935Pacific Assoc of AAU votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics
1940German occupiers issue identity cards
19411st US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland
1943Liberators sink U-540 & U-631
1945Juan Per¢n becomes dictator of Argentina
1951Egyptian army fires on British troops
1954Phila Eagle Adrian Burk passes for 7 touchdowns vs Wash (49-21)
1955Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel
1956England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens
1956Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt
1957"Copper & Brass" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances
1957Britain's Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visits White House
1957Dike Marken-Dutch mainland closed
1957French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
1957II Tsjoendrigar becomes premier of Pakistan
1959"Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 perfs
1959Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse
1959Stinchcomb Memorial in Cleveland Metroparks' dedicated
1960"Tenderloin" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 216 performances
1960US & Britain sign accord for nuclear sub bases
196122nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow
1961Battle of Paris-police kill 210 Algerians
1961NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m
1961NY Museum of Modern Art hangs Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down It wasn't corrected until December 3rd
1962Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship
1963"Jennie" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 82 performances
1964Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra
1965"On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" opens in NYC for 280 perfs
1965WBMG TV channel 42 in Birmingham, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1967"Hair" premieres on Broadway
1967Barbra Streisand stars on "Belle of 14th Street" special on CBS
1967Memorial service for Brian Epstein at New London Synagogue
1967Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km
1967USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969NY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY
1969Plastic Ono Band's "Cold Turkey" is released in UK
1969Soyuz 7 returns to Earth
1970Anwar Sadat sworn in as president of Egypt
1971Cleveland Metroparks' Rocky River Nature Center opens
1971Judy Rankin wins LPGA Quality-First Golf Classic
1971Pitts Pirates beat Balt Orioles, 4 games to 3 in 68th World Series
19721st time Islanders shut-out-5-0 vs Penguins
1972Bob Randall's "6 Rooms Riv Vu," premieres in NYC
1972Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-ling," is #1
19735-mo oil embargo by Arab states against US & Netherlands begins
1973Arabs decrease oil production
1974"Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" closes at Playhouse NYC after 1065 per
1974NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak
1974Washington Capitals 1st NHL home victory, beating Chicago 4-3
1974Oakland A's beat LA Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 71st World Series makes A's only team other than Yanks to win 3 straight series
19751st Space Shuttle main engine test at Natl Space Tech Labs, Miss
1975Bee Gees Maurice Gibb weds Yvonne Spencely
1975UN passes resolution saying "Zionism is a form of racism"
1976China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976Coldest World Series game Yankees vs Cincinnati, 39°F (until 1997)
1977Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament
1977West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of 4 hijackers
1978NY Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8)
1978NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2 in 75th World Series
1978Pres Carter signs bill restoring Jefferson Davis citizenship
1978USSR performs underground nuclear test
1978Yanks win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year
1979"Beatlemania" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 920 perfs
1979D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8
1979Mother Teresa of India, awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1979Pitts Pirates beat Balt Orioles, 4 games to 3 in 76th World Series
1979Pres Carter signs legislation creating Dept of Education
19801st-class debut of Mike Whitney, NSW v Qld (2-52 & 1-39)
19821st live orch on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony)
1982Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1982Robin Yount is 1st to have 2 4-hit games in a World Series
1982Sam Shepard's "True West" premieres in NYC
1982USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1983Nobel prize for economy awarded to Gerard Debreu
1983STS-9 vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB due to SRB nozzle problem
1984Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Bruce Merrifield
1985French author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature
1985Lou Piniella named NY Yankee manager
1986US Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens & offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982
1986Yitzak Rabin forms Israeli government
1987"Late Nite Comic" closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 4 performances
19871st indoor World Series game (Minnesota Metrodome)
19871st lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a modified radical mastectomy
198831 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome
1988Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of NY Yankees
1988Lyndon LaRouche pleads innocent to fraud, conspiracy indictment
1988Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft
1988Rockin Robin beats "Sensational" Sherri Martel for WWF woman's title
1988Traveling Wilbury's 1st release "Handle With Care"
1989Earthquake in SF (6.9) cancels 3rd game of World Series, kills 67
1990"Jackie Mason - Brand New" opens at Neil Simon NYC for 216 perfs
1990"Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, NY & His Majesty's Theatre, Perth
1991Angel Cordero is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races
1991Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates for NL pennant in 7 games
1991News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby
1991Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals & 744 assists)
19921st World Series with non-US team, Toronto loses 3-1 to Braves
1993Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf
1994Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championships of Women's Golf
1994Billy Joel performs opening concert at Cleveland's Gund Arena
1994Kapil Dev's final one-day international (v West Indies)
1995Keith Moore sentenced to 6 years for robbing Sting of $9,000,000
1996"Taking Sides," opens at Atkinson Theater NYC

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