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:
Bushey has an outstanding breakfast for our staff today!
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Most people will never understand what you do.
Bushey has an outstanding breakfast for our staff today!
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
5.8
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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
| Friday | May 8 | Congress | Armenia |
| Friday | May 8 | Victory in Europe Day | Czech Republic |
| Friday | May 8 | WWII Victory Day | France |
| Friday | May 8 | Parents' Day | South Korea |
| Friday | May 8 | Day of liberation | Norway |
| Friday | May 8 | End of World War II | Slovakia |
| Friday | May 8 | Victory in Europe Day | United Kingdom |
| Friday | May 8 | Truman Day | United States |
| Today in World History |
May 8
| 1450 | Jack Cade's Rebellion–Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI. | |
| 1541 | Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River which he calls Rio de Espiritu Santo. | |
| 1559 | An act of supremacy defines Queen Elizabeth I as the supreme governor of the church of England. | |
| 1794 | The United States Post Office is established. | |
| 1846 | The first major battle of the Mexican War is fought at Palo Alto, Texas. | |
| 1862 | General 'Stonewall' Jackson repulses the Federals at the Battle of McDowell, in the Shenendoah Valley. | |
| 1864 | Union troops arrive at Spotsylvania Court House to find the Confederates waiting for them. | |
| 1886 | Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton invents Coca Cola. | |
| 1895 | China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki. | |
| 1904 | U.S. Marines land in Tangier, North Africa, to protect the Belgian legation. | |
| 1919 | The first transatlantic flight by a navy seaplane takes-off. | |
| 1933 | Hahatma Gandhi begins a hunger strike to protest British oppression in India. | |
| 1940 | German commandos in Dutch uniforms cross the Dutch border to hold bridges for the advancing German army. | |
| 1942 | The Battle of the Coral Sea between the Japanese Navy and the U.S. Navy ends. | |
| 1945 | The final surrender of German forces is celebrated as VE (Victory Europe) day. | |
| 1952 | Allied fighter-bombers stage the largest raid of the war on North Korea. | |
| 1958 | President Eisenhower orders the National Guard out of Little Rock as Ernest Green becomes the first black to graduate from an Arkansas public school. | |
| 1967 | Boxer Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in U.S. Army. | |
| 1984 | The Soviet Union announces it will not participate in Summer Olympics planned for Los Angeles. | |
| 1995 | Jacques Chirac is elected president of France. | |
| Born on May 8 | ||
| 1668 | Alain Rene Lesage, French writer (The Adventures of Gil Blas, Turcaret). | |
| 1753 | Miguel Hidalgo, Mexican nationalist. | |
| 1828 | Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss philanthropist, founder of the Red Cross and YMCA, first recipient (jointly) of the Nobel Peace Prize. | |
| 1829 | Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist. | |
| 1884 | Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953). | |
| 1895 | Edmund Wilson, American critic and essayist. | |
| 1906 | Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director. | |
| 1910 | Mary Lou Williams, jazz pianist and composer. | |
| 1920 | Sloan Wilson, American author (The man in the Gray Flannel Suit, A Summer Place). | |
| 1928 | Theodore Sorenson, advisor to John F. Kennedy. | |
| 1930 | Gary Snyder, beat poet. | |
| 1937 | Thomas Pynchon, novelist (Gravity's Rainbow). | |
| 1940 | Peter Benchley, novelist (Jaws, The Deep). | |
| 1952 | Beth Henley, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Crimes of the Heart). | |
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