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…
ÒBelieve that they have minimal
control over stressors
ÒHave no idea how long the
stressors will last, or how intense they will remain
ÒHave few outlets through which
they can release the frustration caused by the stressors
ÒInterpret stressors as evidence
of circumstances worsening or becoming more hopeless
ÒLack social support for the
duress caused by the stressors.
Announcements:
Ash and Clodfelter out AM.
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Most people will never understand what you do.
Ash and Clodfelter out AM.
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
| Thursday | May 7 | Lag B'Omer | Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States |
| Thursday | May 7 | Lag B'Omer | Israel |
| Thursday | May 7 | Defender of the Fatherland Day | Kazakhstan |
| Thursday | May 7 | Soldiers' Day | El Salvador |
| Today in World History |
May 7
| 558 | The dome of the church of St. Sophia in Constantinople collapses. Its immediate rebuilding is ordered by Justinian. | |
| 1274 | The Second Council of Lyons opens in France to regulate the election of the pope. | |
| 1429 | Joan of Arc breaks the English siege of Orleans. | |
| 1525 | The German peasants' revolt is crushed by the ruling class and church. | |
| 1763 | Indian chief Pontiac begins his attack on a British fort in present-day Detroit, Michigan. | |
| 1800 | Congress divides the Northwest Territory into two parts. The western part will becomes the Indiana Territory and the eastern section remains the Northwest Territory. | |
| 1824 | Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" premiers in Vienna. | |
| 1847 | The American Medical Association is formed in Philadelphia. | |
| 1862 | Confederate troops strike Union troops at the Battle of Eltham's Landing in Virginia. | |
| 1864 | The Battle of Wilderness ends with heavy losses to both sides. | |
| 1877 | Indian chief Sitting Bull enters Canada with a trail of Indians after the Battle of Little Big Horn. | |
| 1915 | The German submarine U-20 torpedoes the passenger ship Lusitiania, sinking her in 21 minutes with 1,978 people on board. | |
| 1937 | The German Condor Legion arrives in Spain to assist Fransico Franco's forces. | |
| 1942 | In the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japanese and American navies attack each other with carrier-launched warplanes. It is the first time in the history of naval warfare where two fleets fought without seeing each other.Two crucial battles in 1942 marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific. | |
| 1943 | The last major German strongholds in North Africa–Tunis and Bizerte–fall to Allied forces. | |
| 1945 | Germany signs an unconditional surrender, effectively ending World War II in Europe. | |
| 1952 | In Korea, Communist POWs at Koje-do riot against their American captors. | |
| 1954 | French troops surrender to the Vietminh at Dien Bien Phu. | |
| 1958 | Howard Johnson sets an aircraft altitude record in F-104. | |
| 1960 | Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the Soviet Union. | |
| Born on May 7 | ||
| 1812 | Robert Browning, English poet. | |
| 1833 | Johannes Brahms, German composer. | |
| 1840 | Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer. | |
| 1870 | Marcus Loew, film executive, consolidated studios to create MGM. | |
| 1892 | Josip Broz [Tito], leader of Yugoslavia during after World War II. | |
| 1892 | Archibald MacLeish, American poet and statesman. | |
| 1901 | Gary Cooper, film actor (High Noon, Friendly Persuasion). | |
| 1909 | Edwin Herbert Land, inventor of the Poloroid Land Camera. | |
| 1919 | Eva (Evita) Perón, first lady of Argentina. | |
| 1932 | Jenny Joseph, English poet and novelist (The Thinking Heart, The Inland Sea). | |
| 1943 | Peter Carey, Australian writer (Illywhacker, Oscar and Lucinda). | |
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