Friday, November 7, 2014

November 7, 2014


Happy Friday everyone.  Namaste Ya'll! (we are a global school now, get used to it).





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


Check out this graphic about global education.  The things above water are just the tip of the iceberg.   Try to go deeper in your instruction and touch some of the issues below the surface.

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





 


Two Videos, Two tales; which one is true?  To get the full effect, watch them in order.






 




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

Check out Mrs. Z's Global World Wall (Great Idea!)





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

Announcements:

Mr. Oates is in the building all day.  Please be on your BEST behavior.  Do not embarrass us.

New Speas Elementary Symbaloo page for quick references for a multitude of sites:

http://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13eOcMEZPT#

Please email us with your favorite educator sites so we can create a huge selection of online resources.  

Busy week again.  We have visits from Mt. Airy on Monday and Tuesday.  3rd Grade is going on a field trip on Tuesday.  We have 2 more school systems visiting us on Wednesday.  On Friday, our Superintendent for Elementary Schools, Mr. Oates will be subbing all day for Wooten.  It's going to be fun all week long.  

It is the Bee store week.  Please remember to sign up for Bee Store, here is the link

 http://www2.mysignup.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?datafile=pbisstore

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





11.5
5
C
Y

2 School Systems visiting Speas Global; Johnson out AM
11.6
6
D
Y

Picture Retakes- we will begin calling classes at 8:30 AM.
11.7
1
E
Y

Happy Birthday Uzcategui!!!!  Mr. Oates will be in building all day
11.10
2
A
X


11.11




No School Veterans Day Holiday Happy Birthday Odom!!!!!
11.12
3
B
X

Houston School Disctrict visit
11.13
4
C
X

Boy Scout talk w/3rd grade Café. 1:45 PM; Quarterly Awards
11.14
5
D
X

2nd Grade Rescue Ranch; Yoforia Movie Night; 5th grade boys boot camp
11.17
6
E
X

 AR Party 
11.18
1
A
Y

4/5 Assembly Café 9 AM WS Symphony; Committee Meetings; District Recognition of PBIS team at School Board Meeting 6:30 PM
11.19
2
B
Y


11.20
3
C
Y


11.21
4
D
Y


11.24
5
E
Y


11.25
6
A
X

Zumbathon fundraiser
12.1
1
B
X


12.2
2
C
X


12.3
3
D
X

Happy Birthday Stokes!!!!!!!
12.4
4
E
X


12.5
5
A
Y


12.7




Happy Birthday Spainhour!!!!!!






12.8





12.9




Staff Meeting
12.10





12.11




Papa Murphy’s Spirit Night, Staff Holiday Luncheon
12.12





12.15





12.16




Committee Meetings
12.17





12.18




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




Student Gift Bags go home
12.20-1.5




No School, Winter Vacation
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








On This Day in World History


Events
* 6803rd Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical council) opens
* 921Treaty of Bonn: East France & West France recognize each other
* 1512Medici's discharge Niccol• Machiavelli from Florence
* 1519University of Leuven convicts teaching of Luther
* 1558French king Henri II occupies Calais
* 1581Queen Elizabeth I & Fran‡ois of Anjou wed
* 1597Emilia of Nassau weds Dom Emanuel of Portugal
* 1631Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler
* 1637Anne Hutchinson banished from Mass bay colony as a heretic
* 1651King Louis XIV of France (13) declarer of full age
* 1659Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV
* 16651st edition of "London Gazette"
* 1667Jean Racines "Andromaque," premieres in Paris
* 1722Richard Steele's "Conscious Lovers," premieres in London
* 1733France & Spain sign Escoriaal Treaty
* 1747Organgist in Netherlands revolt under Daniel Raap
* 1775Lord Dunmore, promises freedom to male slaves who join British army
* 1794French troops conquer Nijmegen
* 1805Lewis & Clark 1st sights Pacific Ocean
* 1811Battle of Tippecanoe, gave Harrison a presidential slogan
* 18141st sitting of States-general in Hague
* 1820James Monroe elected 5th US president
* 1824St Petersburg flood
* 1831State Gran Colombia disbands
* 1848General Zachary Taylor elected as president of US
* 1861Battle of Belmont, MO
* 1861Battle of Port Royal Bay, SC (Ft Walker, Ft Beauregard)
* 1863Battle of Rappahannock Station & Kelly's Ford, VA
* 18642nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes
* 1865London Gazette, oldest surviving journal, is founded
* 1872Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; found abandoned 4 weeks later
* 1872US cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from NY on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month
* 18741st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast
* 1875Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa
* 1876Edward Bouchet, is 1st black to recieve a PhD in US college (Yale)
* 1876Meharry Medical College forms at Central Tennesse College
* 1876Pres Rutherford B Hayes & Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R)
* 1885Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie
* 1893State Colorado accept female suffrage
* 1907Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico
* 1907Test tokens are struck in 1st production of Canadian coins
* 1908Dutch capture Venezuelan navy
* 1909Knights & Ladies of St Peter Claver organizes in Mobile Alabama
* 1914Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai
* 1915Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 kill)
* 1916Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising
* 1916Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) elected 1st woman Representative
* 1916Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected president
* 1917British capture Gaza Palestine from Turks
* 1917October Revolution (Oct 26 OS) in Russia, Lenin seizes power
* 1918Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets
* 1918United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed
* 1918Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Misteriya Buff," premieres in Petrograd
* 1919US police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers
* 1921Ed Wynn's musical "Perfect Fool," premieres in NYC
* 1925Italians liberal-national party joins fascist
* 1928Herbert Hoover (R) elected president
* 1929Museum of Modern Art opens (NYC)
* 1931Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Tse Tung
* 19321st broadcast of "Buck Rogers in the 25th century" on CBS-radio
* 1932Bradman scores 238 NSW v Victoria, 200 mins, 32 fours
* 1933Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports
* 1934Arthur L Mitchell, becomes 1st black Democratic congressman (Ill)
* 193523rd CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Winnipegs defeats Hamilton Tigers, 18-12
* 1936Battle of Madrid begins
* 1940Stravinsky's Symfonie in C premieres in Chicago
* 1940Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash
* 1941British air attack on Berlin, Mannheim & Ruhrgebied
* 19421st US president to broadcast in a foreign language-FDR in French
* 1942Bicyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world record (45,848 km)
* 1943Detroit Lions 0, NY Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL
* 1944FDR wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R)
* 1944Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die
* 1946"Bal Negre" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 54 performances
* 1949King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament
* 1950Carlo Terron's "Processo Agli Innocenti," premieres in Milan
* 1950French women & children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta
* 1951Constitution of Jordan passes
* 1953WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, SC (NBC) begins broadcasting
* 1954US spy plane shot down North of Japan
* 1954Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns & win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Wash 62-3
* 1955Supreme Court of Balt bans segregation in public recreational areas
* 1957Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year
* 1957WEEQ (now WWTO) TV channel 35 in La Salle, IL (IND) 1st broadcast
* 195913th Ryder Cup: US wins 8«-3« at Eldorado CC Calif
* 1960KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcsting
* 1961France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
* 1962Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie
* 1962Richard Nixon quits politics-You won't have Nixon to kick around
* 1963Carole Joan Crawford, 20,, of Jamaica, crowned 13th Miss World
* 1963NY Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP
* 1964NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966
* 1965Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
* 1966Jean-Claude van Itallie's "America Hurrah," premieres in NYC
* 1966Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
* 1966Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US
* 1967Carl B Stokes elected 1st black mayor of a major city-Cleveland, Ohio
* 1967LBJ signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting
* 1967Richard G Hatcher elected mayor of Gary Indiana
* 1967St Louis Cards Orlando Cepeda is 1st unanimous NL MVP
* 1967Surveyor 6 launched for soft landing on Moon
* 1968USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
* 1969John & Yoko release their 2nd album "Wedding Album" in UK
* 1970"Purlie" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 689 performances
* 1970Race riots in Daytona Beach Florida
* 1972Pres Nixon (R) re-elected defeating George McGovern (D)
* 1973NJ becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league
* 1973US & Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links
* 197463rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w/o)
* 1975Kidnapped AKZO director Herrema freed in Ireland
* 1976"Gone With the Wind" televised
* 1978Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP
* 1978CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past
* 1979Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award
* 1981France performs nuclear test
* 1982"Your Arms are Too Short to Box" closes at Alvin NYC after 69 perfs
* 1982Liz Taylor's 7th divorce (John Warner)
* 1982Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
* 1982Turkey adopts constitution
* 1983Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd NY Giant record 56 yard field goal
* 1983Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries
* 1984STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds
* 1985Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogot 's Palace of Justice
* 1987Tunisian premier Zine al-Abidine fires president Habib Bourguiba
* 1988MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7)
* 1988Sugar Ray Leonard KO's Donnie LaLonde
* 1989Balt's Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year
* 1989Douglas Wilder elected 1st US black governor (D-Va)
* 1989NYC elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) & female comp (Holtzman)
* 1990"Little Night Music" closes at New York State NYC after 11 perfs
* 1990"Those Were The Days" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 126 performances
* 1990Cleve Indian Sandy Alomar Jr wins AL Rookie of Year, unanimously
* 1990Mary Robinson elected as 1st female president of Ireland
* 1991"Brigadoon" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 12 performances
* 1991"Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box NYC
* 19911st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95
* 1991Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers
* 19921st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
* 1993Betsy King wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament
* 1995Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Pittsburgh PA on WXDX 105.9 FM
* 1995Howard Stern's 2nd book "Miss America" released (fastest selling ever)
* 1996"3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
* 1996NFL/Heisman Trophy Winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times
* 1996Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra
* 1997"Bean" opens in US




















































































































































































































































































































































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