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:
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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:
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Most people will never understand what you do.
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Most people will never understand what you do.
***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
5.4
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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
| Monday | May 4 | May Day | Australia, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Russia |
| Monday | May 4 | Youth Day | China |
| Monday | May 4 | Buddha Purnima/Vesak | India |
| Monday | May 4 | Greenery Day | Japan |
| Monday | May 4 | Day after Vesak Full Moon Poya Day | Sri Lanka |
| Monday | May 4 | Independence Restoration Day | Latvia |
| Monday | May 4 | Remembrance Day | Netherlands |
| Monday | May 4 | Buddha Purnima | Pakistan |
| Monday | May 4 | Bridge Public Holiday | Thailand |
| Monday | May 4 | Labor Day Holiday | Ukraine |
| Monday | May 4 | Early May Bank Holiday | United Kingdom |
| Today in World History |
May 4
| 1471 | In England, the Yorkists defeat the Landcastians at the battle of Tewkesbury. | |
| 1626 | Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons. | |
| 1715 | A French manufacturer debuts the first folding umbrella. | |
| 1776 | Rhode Island declares independence from England. | |
| 1795 | Thousands of rioters enter jails in Lyons, France, and massacre 99 Jacobin prisoners. | |
| 1814 | Napoleon Bonaparte disembarks at Portoferraio on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean. | |
| 1863 | The Battle of Chancellorsville ends when Union Army retreats. | |
| 1864 | Union General Ulysses S. Grant's forces cross the Rapidan River and meet Robert E. Lee's Confederate army. | |
| 1927 | A balloon soars over 40,000 feet for the first time. | |
| 1930 | Mahatma Gandhi is arrested by the British. | |
| 1942 | The Battle of the Coral Sea commences. | |
| 1942 | The United States begins food rationing. | |
| 1961 | 13 civil rights activists, dubbed Freedom Riders, begin a bus trip through the South. | |
| 1970 | Ohio National Guardsmen open fire on student protesters at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine others. | |
| Born on May 4 | ||
| 1796 | Horace Mann, educator and author. | |
| 1820 | Joseph Whitaker, bookseller and publisher (Whitaker's Almanac) | |
| 1825 | Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist. | |
| 1827 | John Hanning Speke, English explorer. | |
| 1874 | Frank Conrad, electrical engineer and broadcasting pioneer. | |
| 1884 | Agnes Fay Morgan, American nutritionist and biochemist. | |
| 1928 | Thomas Kinsella, Irish poet. | |
| 1929 | Audrey Hepburn (Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Rusten), actress, later U.N. special ambassador. | |
| 1939 | Amos Oz, Israeli novelist (The Black Box, TheThird State). | |
| 1949 | Graham Swift, British novelist (The Sweet Shop O | |
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