Hope those of you who enjoy football have been having fun with getting high school, college and NFL games underway! And we have a little bit cooler weather today. . .so it is actually starting to feel like fall!
Week of September 12th-16th, 2016
Monday- Fire Drill/Lockdown Drill - 2:00pm
Week of September 12th-16th, 2016
Goal Setting Meetings start this week!
Monday- Fire Drill/Lockdown Drill - 2:00pm
Kelly Out (all day)
Team Leader Meeting - 3:15 - Kristan's Room
Tuesday - Angie Out (all day) Documentation Training
Kelly Out (all day)
Wednesday - Jeans day! College shirt or any sports team shirt!
Brett Out (all day) Documentation Training
Brett Out (all day) Documentation Training
Vertical Meeting - 3:15 - Everyone in Library
Thursday - Have a Terrific Thursday!
Kelly Out
Texan Town - 7:50-8:40am
Important Reminders and Updates!
Texan Town
Don't forget to review your job/club description and info so we will know which clubs learners can choose from on Monday! Thank you Casey Wagner again for your help with getting this going and organized for kiddos! Also, thank you for those of you who have already added in your TEKS!
Here is the link once again to review over everything!
Special Friend's Day - Fall Family Picnic
I wanted to put a reminder a little ahead of time for our upcoming events on Friday, September 23rd. Please remember that we will have many people in the building during the day, so make sure you are preparing your learners to use the manners and remember their expectations! Also, make sure you keep your items in sight such as technology tools as well as personal items you may have with the many people coming and going throughout the day.
Also, the fall family picnic is from 5:30-7:00pm. If you would please make sure that you are attending for at least 45 minutes/1 hour for this school-wide event. If you are unable to attend, please make sure you let me know as this is one of the events to help build relationships with our TCE families!
Also, the fall family picnic is from 5:30-7:00pm. If you would please make sure that you are attending for at least 45 minutes/1 hour for this school-wide event. If you are unable to attend, please make sure you let me know as this is one of the events to help build relationships with our TCE families!
Super Teacher
Please note that there are only three (3) opportunities to win a SuperTeacher award this year. The nomination form is aligned to the Educator Evaluation and the scoring rubric is the Educator Evaluation instrument. Deadline for the first round is October 14. The cutoff dates for the final two opportunities are February 3 and April 14. If you aren't aware about what the Super Teacher award is, your team leader can fill you in! Please try to nominate someone on our TCE team, so we can recognize the amazing learning happening!
From the Desk of BS
Good Morning Meetings!
As many of you may or may not know, Will Smith is one of my favorite actors and musicians. Timberlake and Fallon are close behind, but I go back to “West Philadelphia Born and Raised” every time I hear the Fresh Prince has a new movie coming out. If you have ever seen Hitch, Smith plays a relationship consultant that has several rules for his clients:
We’ve been here for three weeks and we cannot tell you how
wonderful it is to see you guys greeting and extended that #tcefam love to your
learners first thing in the mornings!
Monday morning meetings are a crucial part of this process, where a safe
space for learning is developed from the beginning of the week. By setting this expectation you are creating
a culture of respect and trust in your classroom. Please see the link below from a blog that I
follow (edutopia), about the importance of morning meetings:
Also another great activity to get to know your learners,
gain their trust, and begin to understand their stories can be accessed from
the link below:
What Kids Wish Their Teachers Knew -
NYTimes.com from
Mindful Schools
Thank you again for a wonderful week of learning!
BS
September Birthdays
Sue Kane - 5th
Martha Cruz - 20th
Shout Outs!
I was so excited to see the many shout outs shared for this week! Thank you for taking time to celebrate others!
I was so excited to see the many shout outs shared for this week! Thank you for taking time to celebrate others!
Kasey Kemp, Thank you for helping me
brainstorm careers for our Announcements Schedule. I appreciate you! -Marly
Kelly Burks - Thank you, thank you and
thank you for ALL your help with my technology needs.....my log in cards for my
learners and for creating a google site for me!!!! Wow!!!! Julie McCullough
Brett - Thank you for getting all of the safety patrol kiddos up and going! We appreciate all you do!
Lori, Kelly, and Marie - Thank you for all
your help, encouragement , and patience with me!!! Sweetest team ever!!!! Julie McCullough
Lauren and Lorri - Thank you for helping
me find the videos I needed to watch. I
appreciate you taking the time to help me after school when I know you are very
busy with your own needs!
Courtney, Thank you for your awesome class
behavior idea. My kids LOVE earning party puffs and always write about it each
morning on our whiteboard about how earning one will make today awesome! We had
SO MUCH fun during our first "party" eating lunch in the classroom.
Beth, THANK YOU so much for changing ALL
of my kids passwords! It was so kind of you to think ahead and do it for me!
I'm so lucky to teach with you!
Thank you Courtney Rice and Marie Sork for
all the great ideas, videos, websites and information for Math. I really appreciate!! You two are the the
best!!!!
Lorri Brehm
Kelly B and Katie T, I love knowing that I
can come to you both (when in need of a timer, droppers, glycerine whereabouts,
etc.), and that you will always be willing to help with a smile. I appreciate
y'all!! – Jenna
Shoutout to Logan! She is rocking third
grade and is doing an excellent job of stepping up, loving our kiddos, and
being a team player!
Thank you "Deputy Wagner" for
being our Texan Town hero! You are SO selfless and spend countless hours to
make sure it all runs smoothly for big and little Texans alike! We love you!
Thank you, Beth Parker, for always being
the voice of reason and maintaining a calm and patient demeanor no matter the
circumstance. Your humble spirit is to be emulated. You are a TRUE gem-rare and
invaluable!
Candace, your job is indescribably complex
on SO many levels!! You handle it all with grace and the utmost
professionalism. You make our learners, staff, and school SHINE via not only
your job title, but through your unparalleled work ethic, innovation, and
collaboration. You are the definition of extraordinary...a true "change
agent," and our "backbone" in many, many ways. THANK. YOU.
To whoever's idea it was to create the TCE
family tree on the front bulletin board, I LOVE IT! It makes me so happy to see
all the family pictures every time I walk by it in the mornings. My kids get so
excited when we drop off at P.E. and they get to point out their family
pictures. To whoever's idea it was, THANK YOU!
Shout out to Kristan, Candace, Tina, and
Leigh Ann for a great day of STEM planning with the Specials team on Tuesday.
Your ideas and contributions were brilliant and we appreciate your invaluable
input!
Shout out to 5th grade team for always
checking the heat index before going out for recess and adjusting recess as
needed. I appreciate it!!
Lori Vincenzo for the amazing writing you
are doing with your first graders.
Laura Fairchild for finding the last
Popsicle in the freezer and saving a learner from the injustice of the
world. You are the best!
Kelly Burks - Thank you for ALWAYS being
so willing to drop everything and help with our technology needs. You are brilliant!!!
Kristan Hruby - Thank you for being our
front door guard! Our mornings are going
much smoother because of you!!
Laura Fairchild - Thank you for literally
EVERYTHING!!! TCE runs in perfect
harmony because of you!!
Kristan and Lisa- thank you so much for
helping me get the geography connections map up and running. It looks great and I hope our learners will
enjoy seeing all the places we "visited" this year on KTEX.
Angie, Brett, Leigh Ann, Tina, Beth,
Ashley, Sue, and Laura - Thank you so much for giving up your time to come and
meet and read to our Kindergarten Friends! They loved the Black Lagoon books
and so enjoyed meeting all of you! I know your time is precious and Kim and I
so appreciate you taking the time to help us out! Thank you!! -- Lauren and Kim
Curriculum Ideas/Resources
As we are looking closely at our instructional strategies supporting differentiation this year, I found two brief articles that were interesting as we start reviewing and then digging deeper. The first article looks at differentiation and the basic pieces involved.
Click here for the article!
Another article highlighted several ways in order to utilize technologies to support differentiation in learning.
Check it out!
Click here for link to article!
As we are looking closely at our instructional strategies supporting differentiation this year, I found two brief articles that were interesting as we start reviewing and then digging deeper. The first article looks at differentiation and the basic pieces involved.
Click here for the article!
Another article highlighted several ways in order to utilize technologies to support differentiation in learning.
Check it out!
Click here for link to article!
Final Quote for the Week
When thinking about how we structure our learning environment, lessons and academic/social emotional supports for learners this year. . .
When thinking about how we structure our learning environment, lessons and academic/social emotional supports for learners this year. . .
No comments:
Post a Comment