As I am thinking about heading to Austin with our kiddos and educators tomorrow, my brain is excited thinking about this week with getting to visit with legislators and senators, our STEM planning days. . .as well as my lovely jury duty of which I must attend on Tuesday.
I am also in between sneezes with these allergies, so hoping you other allergy sufferers out there aren't in the same boat as me! We are continuing on with another busy week, so please make sure and make time for YOU this weekend and find those times during the work week to breathe and take moments for yourself!
Week of: Jan. 30th- Feb.3rd, 2017
Jeans/sweats ALL this week to celebrate the amazing tours and presentations given for CISD 360!
Monday- Angie Out with Group in Austin
Kelly Out (Classroom Management Framework)
Tuesday - Kinder and 1st STEM Planning Day - Kristan's Room
Wednesday - Angie Out (Jury Duty) Hopefully not all day
2nd and 3rd grade STEM Planning Day - Kristan's room
Faculty Meeting - 3:15 - Library
Thursday - Angie Out (AM) STAAR Training
4th and 5th grade STEM Planning Day - Kristan's Room
Kelly Out (PM) STAAR Training
Friday - Texan Town
PST/RTI Meetings - Kristan's Room
Important Reminders
Engineering Extravaganza Night
We have moved our TCE Engineering night up to Thursday, February 16th from 5:30-7:00pm. We will be getting our stations, resources and what we can do to vary activities for this year ready at our faculty meeting this week, as well as streamline a bit more so kiddos can get to more activities.
Be thinking about some activities that might be fun for our families on this night!
Watson App Exploration
We will be talking more during our STEM planning days this about how we will be implementing and working with the new Watson app and future applications. For now, if you could be thinking about the following questions I sent out from after the training:
As a campus. . .Thinking/Discussion Points
- Think about how we can use this app to help support goals for our learners and drive our instruction...
- How might we use this tool to collect various types of data across the campus...
- Specific documentation: Subject to open records, discussion points about this...
- What are the areas we would be spotlighting for learners...
- What types of data will we be collecting and using...
- As a campus, clarity on what we would send, document, etc….
- How will we share info on learners (departmentalized). . .
- Comparing this tool to other tools we are currently using. . .seeing what works and what suggestions/ideas we may have. . .
- Parent Communication
Book Study - Innovator's Mindset
Please remember to have the last part of the book read by the following: Read pages 122-229 by this week!
From the Desk of BS….volume 19
Writer’s Block
Writer’s Block- The condition of
being unable to think of what to write or how to proceed with writing.
This week it finally caught up to
me. I’m sure at one time it has happened
to you, as well as to your learners.
What do we do when we are planning or trying to help a student get past
that hurdle? Where do you get your ideas for your lesson design to help them
create and write? Do you collaborate
with other teams, reach out using you professional learning network, search the
internet?
For this week, writer’s block has
gotten the best of me. All I can think
of is to provide some resources that may be of some help the next time it happens
to you or your learners:
Until next week, thank
you again for all you do each and every day for our Texans,
BS
Shout Outs!
Morgan--Thanks so much for helping out with my Texan Town
club this week! You were a lifesaver in a moment’s notice! I appreciate you so
much for letting them join in on your makerspace club fun.
Kasey, Renee, & Kristan--WAY TO REPRESENT TCE at the
T-STEM Conference this week! You all did an amazing job sharing what you're
doing in your classrooms with your learners. Hope to see you all sharing your
classroom story with many more educators in the months to come! ❤ Tina
Lisa Hansen: Thank you very much for coming into my
classroom and working with students. I really appreciate you taking your time
to explore and explain the math concepts (measurement) to the learners. Thank
you so much! Lorri Brehm
Tina and Candace, I so loved getting to present with you
this week. I learn so much from you every time I listen to you talk about what
you do to change kids' lives. Thank you, also, for helping us with our fancy
triboards for our Capitol Schoolhouse presentation. Your vision is so valuable!
-Marly
Jenna, Kate, and Morgan - Thank you for being so flexible
while I've been out of the classroom this week! I am so thankful to have a team
that supports each other and keeps the show running when things are chaotic.
-Marly
Beth Reynolds, Thank you for always supporting our learners
and going out of your way to create materials and experiences to meet their
needs! I could not do this without you!! -Kylen
Courtney & Burks - Thank you for sharing your learners'
incredible digital products with us for our presentation. You are doing such
cool things with your kids, and I'm glad we get to highlight them! –Marly
Jenna & Mere - Thank you for letting me use your Google
sites in our presentation this week! Love your sites as much as I love y'all!
:) -Marly
5th Grade Team, Thank
you for all the support as we work together to ensure our learners get exactly
what they need!! -Kylen
TCE Staff, What a yummy potluck on Friday! Celebrating a
great week of learning! BS
Thank you Laura for helping to run around and gather all of
our extra needs for our presentations as well as our Austin trip! We couldn't
make it without you! Thank you! - Angie
Marly, Kristan, Renee, Kasey, Tina, Candace, Brett and
Kelly, Thank you all so much for presenting with me this week at the CISD 360
professional learning day! I appreciate your flexibility with getting
everything ready to go and for sharing with others the many wonderful learning
opportunities happening throughout all of TCE! I appreciate your support! -
Angie
To all of our TCE family, Thank you again for everything you
did to prepare for our CISD 360 tour groups! The groups are in awe of all you
do for your kiddos and how the culture of the school is all about sharing and
keeping a positive feel throughout! It would not be that way without each and
every one of you and the roles you play each day in making TCE the best school
ever! Thank you!! - Angie
Marly, Kristan, Renee, Kasey, Tina, Candace, Brett
and Kelly, Thank you all so much for presenting with me this week at the CISD 360
professional learning day! I appreciate your flexibility with getting everything ready to go and
for sharing with others the many wonderful learning opportunities happening
throughout all of TCE! I appreciate your support! - Angie
Shout out to our 5th grade teachers, Brett and Sue
for helping to get our parents ready for Sky Ranch this year at the annual
evening meeting!
Thank you to Marly, Kasey, Kristan, Candace and Tina
for all of your help with getting our boards ready, pulling resources and tools
and getting our kiddos prepared to head down to Austin to present to our state
legislators and senators on Monday!
- Angie
Lori, thank you so much for letting my
classes join your classes to create our digital stories!! You are such an
amazing teacher!! I'm super blessed to get to work with you and learn from you!!!! You're also a very
special friend!!! Love you!!! Julie
Rachel and Meredith thanks for always being so much
fun and flexible! I have loved getting to know you and your learners this year
in the library! ❤Tina
Leigh Ann--you are the best DLC and work wife! Thank
you for always being willing to go above and beyond your role as a DLC at TCE!
I love working alongside of you! We are so lucky to have you at TCE with us!
Tina
Lisa, thank you so much for all the extra time you
have been spending helping my learner learn English! You are amazing!
Love you! Morgan
Laura, thank you for sharing the MacBook with me for
my meeting. I appreciate you! Love, Kelly
Sue, thank you for all that you do for our families
and staff. Not only do you put a lot of time in to finding information and ways
to help to help our kids, but you do it with a smile! So thankful for you!
Love, Kelly S
Mary
Thank you for all of your hard work and for being an
advocate for our learners! You are the BEST!
Casey
4th Grade Team, Y'all have been so great to
collaborate with! Thank you for all you do with our learners! -Kylen
There are 2 people who made my Fri-YAY- Ashlyn and
Tina for coordinating our treat! Thanks!! Lisa L.
I want to thank Sheri for popping all our popcorn on
Fridays for Texan Town. Who knew she had such untapped talent and dedication to
TCE! Thank you, Sheri! Lisa L.
February Birthdays
Star Primera - 2nd
Ashlin Bowman - 10th
Heather Judd - 16th
Rachel Lim - 17th
Anne Lawler - 23rd
Responsive Teaching Connection
Watch this video sometime during the week to think about the importance of emotional first aid.
Then comment on the following padlet link as to how this topic might be important for us as adults and for our learners. You can also add any additional links/videos or articles you find that might connect to self-care and emotional well being. We will be touching on this later this month as a part of our Teacher Learning Community with Responsive Teaching.
Final Quotes for the Week
