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
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.
Although the jury may still be out on the optimal type of enrichment mindset for those working with kids in poverty, we do know for certain that the following extremes will NOT work:
ÒFocusing only on the basics (drill and kill)
ÒMaintaining order through a show of force
ÒEliminating or reducing time for arts, sports and physical education
ÒIncreasing and intensifying classroom discipline
ÒDecreasing interaction among students
ÒInstalling metal detectors
ÒDelivering more heavy-handed top-down lectures
Nor does it work to pity kids raised in poverty and assume that their background dooms them to failure. The first approach is simplistic and narrow-minded and the second approach is elitist, defeatist, and quite often classist or racist. What works is ta acknowledge that the human brain is designed to change from experiences that if we design enough high-quality experiences, over time we will get positive change.
High-poverty, high-achieving schools share a number of characteristics including:
ÒDedication to diversity and equity
ÒEmphasis on reading skills
ÒHigh expectations
ÒOngoing data collection and formative assessments
ÒOrderly climate
ÒRegular assessment of student progress combined with feedback and remediation
ÒRegular teacher-parent communication
High-poverty, high-achieving schools share a number of characteristics including:
ÒShared mission and goals
ÒStrategic assignment of staff
ÒStrong focus on student achievement
ÒStructure (including student goals and class management)
ÒSupport for teaching influence (paraprofessionals)
ÒTeachers’ acceptance of the role they play in student success or failure
ÒUnequivocal focus on academic achievement
with a no-excuses mind-set
ÒUse of assessment data to improve student achievement
and instruction
Announcements:
Math Testing today. Please, follow all testing procedures. Thanks for all you do!
Based on when some groups finish, K, 2nd, and 1st grade may either have to have silent lunch or they can take lunch back to classrooms. We are testing in the media center and 2 other sites in that building and it gets too loud in the cafeteria. We will let you all know. Thanks for your understanding.
More testing humor....I do apologize for these.
Math Testing today. Please, follow all testing procedures. Thanks for all you do!
Based on when some groups finish, K, 2nd, and 1st grade may either have to have silent lunch or they can take lunch back to classrooms. We are testing in the media center and 2 other sites in that building and it gets too loud in the cafeteria. We will let you all know. Thanks for your understanding.
More testing humor....I do apologize for these.
***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
5.28
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EOG Math; 3,4,5 teachers stay afterschool for bubble party
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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; 3rd grade teachers afterschool for bubble party
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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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3rd grade teachers stay after to edit answer sheets
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6.11
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6.12
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Holidays Around the World
| Thursday | May 28 | Republic Day | Armenia |
| Thursday | May 28 | Republic Day | Azerbaijan |
| Thursday | May 28 | Derg Downfall Day | Ethiopia |
| Today in World History |
May 28
| 585BC | A solar eclipse interrupts a battle outside of Sardis in western Turkey between Medes and Lydians. The battle ends in a draw. | |
| 1805 | Napoleon is crowned in Milan, Italy. | |
| 1830 | Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to the western Prairie. | |
| 1863 | The 54th Massachusetts, a regiment of African-American recruits, leaves Boston, headed for Hilton Head, South Carolina. | |
| 1859 | The French army launches a flanking attack on the Austrian army in Northern France. | |
| 1871 | The Paris commune is suppressed by troops from Versailles. | |
| 1900 | Britain annexes the Orange Free State in South Africa. | |
| 1940 | Belgium surrenders to Germany. | |
| 1953 | Melody, the first animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor, premiers. | |
| 1961 | Amnesty International, a human rights organization, is founded. | |
| Born on May 28 | ||
| 1759 | William Pitt the Younger, prime minister of England (1783-1801). | |
| 1738 | Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotine, French inventor of the execution device which bears his name. | |
| 1779 | Thomas Moore, Irish poet. | |
| 1807 | Jean Agassiz, naturalist and educator. | |
| 1818 | P.G.T. Beauregard, Confederate general during the American Civil War. | |
| 1888 | Jim Thorpe, American athlete. | |
| 1908 | Ian Fleming, British novelist, created the character James Bond. | |
| 1910 | T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist and singer. | |
| 1912 | Patrick White, Australian writer (The Tree of Man, The Eye of the Storm). | |
| 1916 | Walker Percy, writer (The Moviegoer, Love in the Ruins). | |
| 1918 | Herb Shriner, radio humorist. | |
| 1919 | May Swenson, poet. | |
| 1932 | Stephen Birmingham, novelist and biographer. | |
| 1936 | Fred Chappell, poet and novelist. | |
| 1940 | Maeve Binchy, Irish writer (Circle of Friends, The Copper Beach). | |
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