Welcome to the Speas Global Elementary Blog!
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
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Teacher
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Location
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A
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Arora
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Room 213
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B
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Bowen
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Music
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C
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King
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Art
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D
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Childers/McMasters
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Media/CL
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E
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Lindquist
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Gym
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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
Instead of loosing the momentum by verbally addressing misbehavior, or off task behavior; try using these nifty stop signs. You can print them here:
Noise level in classroom too high? Try this website. The balls bounce according to the noise level. They are still when the room is completely quiet.
Exit Tickets: not just for workshops anymore. Try them in your classroom.
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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.
Embody respect. You
can’t change what’s in your students’ bank account, but you can change what’s
in their emotional account. It may
require a considerable shift in your thinking.
It is fruitless simply to demand respect from students; many just don’t
have the context, background, or skills to show it. Instead…
Embody respect.
ÒGive respect to students first,
even when they seem least to deserve it.
ÒShare decision making in
class. For example, ask students whether
they would prefer to do a quick review of what they have learned to consolidate
and strengthen their learning or move on to new material.
ÒAvoid such directives as “Do this
right now!” Instead, maintain
expectations while offering choice and soliciting input.
ÒAvoid demeaning sarcasm (e.g.,
“How about you actually do your assignment quietly for a change?”)
ÒModel the process of adult
thinking. For example, say, “We have to
get this done first because we have only enough time for these three things
today.” Keep your voice calm and avoid
labeling actions.
ÒDiscipline through positive
relationships, not by exerting power or authority. Avoid such negative
directives as “Don’t be a wise guy!” or Sit down immediately!”
Embed social skills. At
every grade level, use a variety of classroom strategies that strengthen social
and emotional skills. For example…
Embed social skills.
ÒTeach basic but crucial meet-and-greet
skills. Early in the year, when students
introduce themselves to other classmates, teach students to face on another,
make eye contact, smile, and shake hands.
ÒEmbed turn-taking skills in class, even
at the secondary level. You can introduce and embed these skills using
strategies as learning stations, partner work, and cooperative learning.
ÒRemind students to thank their classmates
after completing collaborative activities.
ÒImplement social-emotional skill-building
programs in the early years.
Be inclusive. Create
a familial atmosphere by using inclusive and affiliative
language. For example…
Be inclusive.
ÒAlways refer to the school as “our
school” and the class as “our class”; avoid using a me-and-you model that
reinforces power structures
ÒAcknowledge students who make it to
class, and thank them for small things.
ÒCelebrate effort as well as achievment; praise students for reaching
milestones as well as fulfilling end goals.
Pack acknowledgements and celebrations into every single class.
Announcements:
You guys are awesome! That is all. Have a terrific Tuesday.
***For all technology issues, please follow these steps in order to submit a SchoolDude ticket. Mr. McMasters will receive this ticket and be able to work on resolving the issue as quickly as possible. Tickets take priority so please enter a ticket for the technology issue that you have. If you have any questions on how to do this, please see Mr. McMasters. Thank you!
To submit a ticket…on either the WSFCS homepage or the Speas homepage, click on “User Options” in the top right of the screen --> “SCHOOL DUDE requests --> Click “IT request” tab --> fill out request and click submit. ***
We have a Speas Symbaloo page.
http://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13eOcMEZPT#email: djjohnson@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
pass: speasbees2014
Please email us with your favorite educator sites so we can create a huge selection of online resources.
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
Holidays Around the World
4.27
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6
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A
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Y
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4.28
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1
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B
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Y
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Soccer Practice
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4.29
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2
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C
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Y
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4.30
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3
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D
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Y
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3rd grade to Sci Works: Soccer Practice
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5.1
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4
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E
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Y
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Canty out meeting; Wii Day; Opening Ceremony, 1st Game
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5.4
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5
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A
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Y
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TRC Window Opens
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5.5
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6
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B
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X
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Ash out AM
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5.6
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1
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C
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X
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5.7
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2
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D
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X
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5.8
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3
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E
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X
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GSN Module 4 due; PEP checks begin
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5.11
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4
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A
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X
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5.12
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5
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B
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X
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5.13
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6
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C
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Y
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5.14
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1
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D
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Y
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Ash out AM; Papa Murphy’s Spirit Night
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5.15
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2
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E
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Y
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Dollar Dress Down
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5.18
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3
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A
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Y
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5.19
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4
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B
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Y
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5.20
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5
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C
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Y
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Johnson out AM
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5.21
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6
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D
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X
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5.22
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1
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E
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X
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1st Grade NC Zoo 8:00-2:00 PM; Yoforia Movie Night; Ready EOG window opens; TRC window closes
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5.25
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2
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A
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X
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5.26
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3
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B
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X
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5.27
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EOG ELA
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5.28
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EOG Math
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5.29
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EOG Makeups
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6.1
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EOG Sci 5
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6.2
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EOG Sci 5
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6.3
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EOG Makeups
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6.4
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RTA/EOG Makeups
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6.5
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6.8
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6.9
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6.10
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6.11
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6.12
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Holidays Around the World
| Tuesday | Apr 28 | National Heroes Day | Barbados |
| Tuesday | Apr 28 | Vietnamese Kings' Commemoration Day | Vietnam |
| Today in World History |
April 28
| 357 | Constantius II visits Rome for the first time. | |
| 1282 | Villagers in Palermo lead a revolt against French rule in Sicily. | |
| 1635 | Virginia Governor John Harvey is accused of treason and removed from office. | |
| 1760 | French forces besieging Quebec defeat the British in the second battle on the Plains of Abraham. | |
| 1788 | Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the constitution. | |
| 1789 | The crew of the HMS Bounty mutinies against Captain William Bligh. | |
| 1818 | President James Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. | |
| 1856 | Yokut Indians repel an attack on their land by 100 would-be Indian fighters in California. | |
| 1902 | Revolution breaks out in the Dominican Republic. | |
| 1910 | The first night air flight is performed by Claude Grahame-White in England. | |
| 1916 | British declare martial law throughout Ireland. | |
| 1919 | Les Irvin makes the first jump with an Army Air Corps parachute. | |
| 1920 | Azerbaijan joins the Soviet Union. | |
| 1930 | The first organized night baseball game is played in Independence, Kansas. | |
| 1932 | A yellow fever vaccine for humans is announced. | |
| 1945 | Benito Mussolini is killed by Italian partisans. | |
| 1946 | The Allies indict Tojo on 55 counts of war crimes | |
| 1947 | Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl and five others set out in a balsa wood craft known as Kon Tiki to prove that Peruvian Indians could have settled in Polynesia. | |
| 1953 | French troops evacuate northern Laos. | |
| 1965 | The U.S. Army and Marines invade the Dominican Republic. | |
| 1967 | Muhammad Ali refuses induction into the U.S. Army and is stripped of boxing title. | |
| 1969 | Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France. | |
| Born on April 28 | ||
| 1442 | Edward IV, king of England (1461-1470, 1471-1483), first king of the House of York. | |
| 1758 | James Monroe, fifth President of the United States (1817-1825). | |
| 1878 | Lionel Barrymore, American stage, screen and radio actor. | |
| 1892 | John Jacob Niles, American folk singer and folklorist. | |
| 1898 | William Soutar, Scottish poet. | |
| 1902 | Johan Borgen, Norwegian novelist. | |
| 1912 | Odette Hallowes, British secret agent. | |
| 1926 | Harper Lee, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (To Kill a Mockingbird). | |
| 1930 | James Baker III, Cabinet secretary for Presidents Reagan and Bush. | |
| 1936 | Kenneth White, poet and essayist. | |
| 1937 | Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq. | |
| 1937 | Jean Redpath, Scottish folk singer. | |
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