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.
ÒChronic,
unmediated stress often results in a condition known as an allostatic
load. Allostatic
load is carryover stress. Instead of
returning to a healthy baseline of homeostasis, the growing brain adapts to
negative life experiences so that it becomes either hyper-responsive or
hypo-responsive. Higher rates of chronic
stress and allostatic
load have been found among low-income populations than among high-income
populations.
Effects
on School Behavior and Performance
Kids
coming to school don’t wear signs that say “Caution! Chronic Stressors live
here.” But stress has an insidious
effect on learning and behavior, and you should recognize the symptoms in the
classroom…
Effects on School Behavior and
Performance
Chronic Stress:
ÒIs linked to over 50 percent of
all absences
ÒImpairs attention and
concentration
ÒReduces cognition, creativity,
and memory
ÒDiminishes social skills and
social judgment
ÒReduces motivation, determination
and effort
ÒIncreases the likelihood of
depression
ÒReduces neurogenesis
(growth of new brain cells)
Announcements:
3rd Grade to Sci Works today.
***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
4.30
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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 Soccer 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
| Thursday | Apr 30 | Education Day | Congo Dem.Rep. |
| Thursday | Apr 30 | Liberation Day/Reunification Day | Vietnam |
| Today in World History |
April 30
| 313 | Licinius unifies the whole of the eastern Roman Empire under his own rule. | |
| 1250 | King Louis IX of France is ransomed. | |
| 1527 | Henry VIII of England and King Francis of France sign treaty of Westminster. | |
| 1563 | All Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI. | |
| 1725 | Spain withdraws from the Quadruple Alliance. | |
| 1789 | George Washington is inaugurated as the first U.S. president. | |
| 1803 | The United States doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase, which was sold by France for $15 million. | |
| 1812 | Louisiana is admitted into the Union as a state. | |
| 1849 | Giuseppe Garabaldi, the Italian patriot and guerrilla leader, repulses a French attack on Rome. | |
| 1864 | Work begins on the Dams along the Red River, which will allow Union General Nathaniel Banks' troops to sail over the rapids above Alexandria, Louisiana. | |
| 1930 | The Soviet Union proposes a military alliance with France and Great Britain. | |
| 1931 | The George Washington Bridge, linking New York City and New Jersey, opens. | |
| 1943 | The British submarine HMS Seraph drops 'the man who never was,' a dead man the British planted with false invasion plans, into the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain. | |
| 1945 | Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker. Karl Donitz becomes his successor. | |
| 1968 | U.S. Marines attack a division of North Vietnamese troops in the village of Dai Do. | |
| 1970 | U.S. troops invade Cambodia to disrupt North Vietnamese Army base areas. | |
| 1972 | The North Vietnamese launch an invasion of the South. | |
| 1973 | Nixon announces the resignation of H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and other top aides. | |
| 1975 | North Vietnamese troops enter the Independence Palace of South Vietnam in Saigon ending the Vietnam War. | |
| 1980 | Terrorists seize the Iranian Embassy in London. | |
| Born on April 30 | ||
| 1777 | Karl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician. | |
| 1858 | Mary Scott Lord Dimmick, First Lady to President Benjamin Harrison . | |
| 1870 | Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer (The Merry Widow, The Land of Smiles). | |
| 1909 | Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands. | |
| 1912 | Eve Arden (Eunice Quedens), actress. | |
| 1933 | Willie Nelson, country singer. | |
| 1945 | Annie Dillard, writer (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek). | |
| 1954 | Jane Campion, New Zealand film director (The Piano, A Portrait of a Lady). | |
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