Wednesday, April 22, 2015

April 22, 2015




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%





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.

ISS
Specialists will begin holding ISS in their respective areas on their assigned days.  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

Teachers: Having Trouble with Defiant Students?  Have you tried these strategies?

http://www.interventioncentral.org/behavioral-interventions/challenging-students/school-wide-strategies-managing-defiance-non-complianc

Our jobs may get hectic as we try to close out the year strong.   Here are some things to remember about what we may call disrespect or defiant behavior:
cont.

Expect students to be impulsive, to blurt inappropriate language, and to act “disrespectful” until you teach them stronger social and emotional skills and until the social conditions in your school make it attractive not to do those things
ÒWhen students lack these learned responses, teachers who expect humility or penitence may get a smirk instead, a response that may lead teachers to believe the student has an “attitude.”  When students do not learn the appropriate responses at home, they need to learn them at school to remove the barriers from learning in an effective manner.

(if you want to know more...stay tuned)

Announcements:




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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).
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4.22
3CX
Johnson out- AM
4.23
4DX
Johnson out; 2nd grade to butterfly farm; 1:30 National Theatre Performance grades 3-5 gym
4.24
5

E
X
School-Wide Assembly Diggerdoo Down Under
4.26
5.1
Canty out meeting
5.4




TRC Window Opens
5.5
Ash out AM
5.8




GSN Module 4 due; PEP checks begin
5.14
Ash out AM; Papa Murphy’s Spirit Night
5.7
4th Grade Heritage Theater, New Winston Museum
5.20
Johnson out AM
5.22
1st Grade NC  Zoo 8:00-2:00 PM; Yoforia Movie Night; Ready EOG window opens; TRC window closes
5.27




EOG ELA
5.28




EOG Math
5.29




EOG Makeups
6.1




EOG Sci 5
6.2




EOG Sci 5
6.3




EOG Makeups
6.4




RTA/EOG Makeups
6.5
EOG/RTA Makeups
6.7
6.8




EOG and RTA Makeups
6.9




EOG and RTA Makeups
6.10




3rd Retest
6.11




RTA and Retest
6.12




Last day for students; RTA and Retest
6.22




Last day for teachers

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