Town Center Tidbits : We Made It People!

Week of: March 20th-24th, 2017

Monday- Jeans Day- any shirt (to ease back in)

Fire drill/tornado drill

Team leader - 3:15 - Kristan's room

Tuesday - Lisa Hansen works with teams for rating TELPAS - during conference times

STAAR small group testing training - 3:15 - Library

Wednesday - Jeans Day - any shirt

No vertical meeting, so you there can be an extra day of tutoring or preparing hallways/rooms for STAAR testing

Thursday - Have a Terrific Thursday!

Friday - Jeans/Sweats

Texan Town

Therapy Dogs

Shamrock Shuffle

Important Reminders

STAAR Testing

We will have our next training for small groups when we get back from break. Please be thinking about which areas of your rooms need to be covered for all testing as well as hallway areas. Remember that we want to try to reuse butcher paper/table cloths/sheets for the next go round in May. Kelly is contacting people about if you will be testing this go round. Please know, if you weren't chosen this time don't worry. . .we will need more the next! :)

Also, please DO NOT take any work displays down (cover them) as we want our building to continue looking fresh and positive with all of the learning from this year!

End of the Year Goal Setting and Evidence

I wanted to let you all know about a final piece for our goal setting with TTESS this year. You will need to go in to Eduphoria (goal form)and fill out a final part for your goals.

(please do not feel that you have to even think about this during spring break!)

This part will be due on Friday, March 31st at 3:00pm!!

By filling out the piece in Eduphoria, this will help Brett and I in preparing for your summative that will we schedule sometime during April. For your summative we will all meet together and you can show, tell about and discuss with us how your goals have gone as well as share any evidence you have on how it impacted your learners or you as an educator.

From the Desk of BS….volume 25

We made it! Below you will find a list of some of the wonderful activities that our TCE Texans think you will be enjoying over the break!

- I think she stays home or goes somewhere, like to a restaurant they like.

- Ummmm, go to fly on an airplane, I forgot what country.

- Go to the store, buy some stuff like groceries.

- Go to the park, look at trees, look at the blossoms on trees.

- Go to a birthday party, celebrate the birthday at nickel mania.

- Go sailing to an island, have a picnic.

- Go vacations, maybe go to the pool. Play with beach balls.

- Go sit on their front patio and watch tv all the time, lay around all day.

- Go to Starbucks, go and watch tv, like the news.

- I think they will be visiting their kids, getting more school supplies.

- Going on a trip to the beach, getting ready for when school comes back after spring break.

- Go to the beach, so the the ocean, have some fun…maybe build a sandcastle and surf.

- Go out of town, to Boston or Florida and go out and eat pizza.

-I think they are going to go to a picnic and meet each other, and then go the park and have peace.

- Maybe they are going to change around their classrooms, or go on a vacation or go to a party.

- At the beach, spend time with their kids, because she is a teacher and I’m pretty sure she doesn’t see them enough.

- Make some more stuff for learning. Spend time with their family.

- Go on vacation, watch people blow fire.

- Make some assignments go out and have fun a little bit. Go to the beach, go out to dinner.

- Go to Florida, I think they get all of their school work done first then they relax, if you relax first you may get off your time.

- Take a vacation, do their work, relax somewhere and maybe go to the beach.

- Go listen to music somewhere, go to art studios.

- Eat Chik-fil-A, it’s her favorite fast food.

- Going to Florida, going to Disney world, stay in a resort.

- Being lazy at home, eating food…lots of food, Burger King and Wingstop.

- Relaxing, sitting on the couch watching tv, sleeping in, spend time with husband.

- Eating Chik-fil-A and grade our tests.

- Relax or something. Watch tv a lot.

- Go on a trip, maybe to Houston, relaxing at the beach.

- Maybe hang out with her family, go see all the sites.

- Maybe go see some family, maybe be lazy or talk to each other or split up into groups. Talk about things they like, like animals or their jobs.

- Play together. Go to a lake house or something.

- Teachery things. Visit family, stay home and relax.

- Sleep, because they get annoyed with us and they are tired, plan their lessons.

- Text each other, hang out at each other’s houses and restaurants.

- Go shopping, work on college work.

- Going to Las Vegas to see Hamilton, sit at their apartment and read.

- Go to the really good buffet’s in Vegas, watch a bunch of movies, lesson plans.

Here is a link to 21 Things Every Teacher Should Do on Spring Break:

https://www.weareteachers.com/21-things-every-teacher-should-do-while-on-spring-break/?utm_content=buffer72b5f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Rest, relax. You deserve it.

Have a safe and wonderful Spring Break!

Shout Outs!

Lisa, Thank you so much for covering my KTEX duty when I am out or I have a meeting! Also thank you for being a go-to person when my robotics club needs supervising. I love that you are always willing to help me when I'm in a bind. You are the best! -Candace

Mary, Thank you for being our fearless team leader and keeping us in line and organized. Our team is HUGE and we truly appreciate all you do for us including organizing birthday card signings, reminding us of jeans days, and creating pick me up videos for a teammate. We love you! -The Specials and Specialists Team

Ashley and Beth D.-Thank you do much for staying after Open House to help Becky and I clean up the Makey Makeys. I really appreciate it! –Candace

Leigh Ann-thank you so much for teaching me about Google Expeditions and coteaching with me. The Rutgers Expedition was a big hit with my 4th and 5th graders and a great way to teach college and career readiness! –Candace

Becky and Leigh Ann- it was so much fun coteaching with you both in music this week. The Makey Makeys were a huge hit with our 5th graders. I hope we can collaborate again soon! –Candace

Thank you Kristan for helping 4th grade with Writing Boot Camp next week! You are such an awesome resource!

Candace- You are my partner in crime! Thank you! I always love working with you! ~Leigh Ann

Becky- You are awesome! I love how your incorporated technology this week by using the MakeyMakey's with 5th grade! Thanks for letting help out with this project! ~Leigh Ann

Kristan, Thank you for helping us with our writing boot camp! You are always so willing to help and offer us great ideas! Love, 4th Grade

Catherine! Thank you for ordering pizza for our team to celebrate spring break! YOU ROCK!!! Heather, Ashlin, and Megan

Kelly, Thank you for getting all of our testing accommodations and groups ready! You work so hard, and we appreciate it! –Meredith

Brett, Thank you so much for setting up and leading all of our 504's! I know it's been crazy recently, so thank you for always willing to be patient with us! –Meredith

Mary, Thank you for always rolling with the punches! Your flexibility is truly appreciated! –Meredith

Thank you Sherri for your never ending job with the zoo animals You are a trooper!

Becky! Your light shines so bright through all of our TCE Learners each time we have a music performance! Thank you for always bringing the very best out in our kiddos! You are the BEST! ~Love Tina

Kate & Jenna--Thank you so much for inviting me in to your classrooms to share in such great research and science presentations this week with your learners! I love anytime we can collaborate!

Specialists--A HUGE Thank You to all of you who helped out at the Bookfair during Open House! I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you all for being willing to come and welcome/help our families throughout the night. ❤Tina

Laura & Sherri--Thank you for all the millions of little things that you do for our campus and for us each and everyday! We would be lost without you! Have a wonderful Spring Break!

Tina- Thank you so much for all of your help with the kindergarten slide show! We loved it--- it is DARLING!

love,

Katy, Lauren, Lorri and Kim

Becky,

Thank you so much for putting so much effort into the kindergarten spirit rally performance! We are lucky to have such a wonderful, talented and fun Music teacher! You are AMAZING! ( And a internet sensation! http://tcekinder.blogspot.com/)

Love,

Katy, Kim, Lorri and Lauren

Beth and Ashley,

Thank y'all so much for always helping Becky out with her wonderful ideas and keeping kindergarten under control! You guys are wonderful!

Love,

Lauren, Lorri, Kim and Katy

Katy McKinney Loved watching your engaged learners graphing their play-doh data for science. Kristan

Leigh Ann,

Thank you for filming the kindergarten performance today! All of our parents so appreciate you!

Love,

Kindergarten

Beth Dilley Thank you for filling the Town Center halls with student's beautiful artwork. It makes me smile when I see all the self portraits. Kristan

Becky and the Kindergarten crew - The program was fabulous. those precious kindergarteners made everyone enjoy the music. Kristan

Erin - Great poetry lesson! Your learners created creative haikus. Kristan

Tina - March Madness bracket is brilliant. Kristan

LeighAnn - Excited about my coaching padlets. Thanks for the advice. Kristan

Leigh Ann- Thank you so very much for helping me with QR Codes for Open House and introducing me to Screen Cast Matic and Padlet! You were so patient to sit with me through every step. Thank you so much! I really appreciate your help!!

Lorri B.

Meredith, I really loved being in your classroom this week. I loved seeing how independent and engaged your learners were as they worked through their tasks. You have a wonderful learning environment! I made a mental note to remember the awesome lesson you designed for next year, too. Thank you for having me! –Marly

Katie, I loved being in your room this week. I love the way you talk to your kids! You have created such a safe environment. I also loved seeing how you are tying theme into your fable study.. especially since our 5th graders still struggle with it! Thank you for having me. –Marly

Kelly Spears, You are Wonder Woman! You have been so busy getting us ready for STAAR and TELPAS, and you still find the time to be there to counsel kids (and sometimes us)! Thank you for all you do for us! -Marly

Becky, thank you so much for all you work on the program!! Loved the routines as always! Thank you for creating such a positive and happy love for music! - Angie

Brett, thank you so for being my "partner in slime" to celebrate all of the generous donations for Jump Rope for Heart! Always so much fun!! Thank you! - Angie

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