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:
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A child who comes from a stressful home environment tends to channel that stress into disruptive behavior at school and be less able to develop a healthy social and academic life. Impulsivity, for example, is a common disruptive classroom behavior among low-SES students. But it’s actually an exaggerated response to stress that serves as a survival mechanism: in conditions of poverty, those most likely to survive are those who have an exxagerated stress response. Each risk factor in a student’s life increases impulsivity and diminishes his or her capacity to defer gratification.
Girls exposed to abuse tend to experience mood swings in school.
Boys exposed to abuse experience impairments in curiosity, learning and memory.
Transience also impairs students’ ability to succeed in school and engage in positive social interactions.
Students who have to worry over safety concerns also tend to underperform academically. Exposure to community violence contributes to lower academic performance.
Recognize the signs. Behavior that comes off as apathetic of rude may actually indicate feelings of hopelessness or despair. It is crucial for teachers to recognize the signs of chronic stress in students. Students who are at risk for stress-related disorder tend to…
Announcements:
Bushey has breakfast treats for the staff in the 200 building workroom.
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Most people will never understand what you do.
Bushey has breakfast treats for the staff in the 200 building workroom.
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
5.6
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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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EOG TEST TRAINING--11:55 (3rd grade)
--1:45 (5th grade)
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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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TEST TRAINING--12:45 (4th grade)
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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; Ready EOG window opens; TRC window closes; all classroom displays to be taken down for EOG
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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; 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
| Wednesday | May 6 | St. George's Day | Bulgaria |
| Wednesday | May 6 | Constitution Memorial Day observed | Japan |
| Wednesday | May 6 | Martyr's Day | Lebanon |
| Wednesday | May 6 | Day of Gorans | u1 |
| Today in World History |
May 6
| 1527 | German troops begin sacking Rome. Libraries are destroyed, the Pope is captured and thousands are killed. | |
| 1529 | Babur defeats the Afgan Chiefs in the Battle of Ghagra, India. | |
| 1682 | King Louis XIV moves his court to Versailles, France. | |
| 1856 | U.S. Army troops from Fort Tejon and Fort Miller prepare to ride out to protect Keyesville, California, from Yokut Indian attack. | |
| 1861 | Arkansas becomes the ninth state to secede from the Union. | |
| 1862 | Henry David Thoreau dies of tuberculosis at age 44. | |
| 1864 | In the second day of the Battle of Wilderness between Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet is wounded by his own men. | |
| 1877 | Chief Crazy Horse surrenders to U.S. troops in Nebraska.Crazy Horse brought General Custer to his end. | |
| 1937 | The dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey. | |
| 1941 | Bob Hope gives his first USO show at California's March Field. | |
| 1942 | General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders Corregidor to the Japanese. | |
| 1944 | The Red Army besieges and captures Sevastopol in the Crimea. | |
| 1945 | Axis Sally makes her final propaganda broadcast to Allied troops. | |
| 1954 | British runner Roger Banister breaks the four minute mile. | |
| 1960 | President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960. | |
| 1962 | The first nuclear warhead is fired from a Polaris submarine. | |
| 1994 | The Channel Tunnel linking England to France is officially opened. | |
| Born on May 6 | ||
| 973 | Henry II, Holy Roman emperor. | |
| 1740 | John Penn, signer of the Declaration of Independence. | |
| 1758 | Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary. | |
| 1840 | Frederick William Stowe, son of the Harriet Beecher Stowe. | |
| 1856 | Robert Edward Peary, arctic explorer and the first man to reach the North Pole. | |
| 1856 | Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis. | |
| 1868 | Gaston Leroux, French novelist (The Phantom of the Opera). | |
| 1888 | Russell Stover, candy manufacturer. | |
| 1895 | Rudolph Valentino, actor, film icon. | |
| 1902 | Max Ophuls, film director (La Ronde, Lola Montes). | |
| 1915 | Orson Welles, actor, director, and writer (Citizen Kane). | |
| 1931 | Willie Mays, baseball player. | |
| 1942 | Ariel Dorfman, Chilean writer (Death and the Maiden). | |
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