Week of: February 23rd, 2015
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March Tuesdays
Due to budget season and the upcoming SQR, we will need to change the order of our Tuesday meetings. March 3rd will now be our faculty meeting/committee meetings, March 10th will be Learning Tuesday, March 17th will be Leadership Team Meeting, and March 24th will be New Kids on the Block meeting. Changes have been made to the staff calendar.
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Support from Riverwood High School
Wednesday, February 25th, everyone from the administrative team will be out of the building at trainings/meetings. In order to make sure everyone is supported in our absence, we will have Mr. Blackwell, an AP from Riverwood High School, at our school all day on Wednesday. He will have a walkie-talkie and will be working out of Pitchford's office in the event that you need an administrator. He will also be walking around the building so please welcome him to our school. We appreciate the county sending him to help us if needed.
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Farewell
Whitley Sanders, our SPED Categorical Para, will be moving back to Texas at the end of this week. We are very sad to see her go and appreciate all of her patience, dedication, and positive attitude towards her job! We wish her the best of luck in her move.
We are currently working on finding a replacement for Ms. Sanders. We appreciate everyone for being patient with us during this transition.
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Writer's Workshop Canceled
As a reminder, Writer’s
Workshop with Hess is CANCELLED for today. She will be meeting with certain
grade levels over the next two weeks during one of your common planning times.
**Next
Writer’s Workshop with Hess is scheduled for March 9th **
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PBIS This Week
Confronting the Myths
about Discipline
You have to warn students in advance about a consequence. NO. The teacher sets up their classroom as if no one will break the rules. If they do, then the teacher will handle it at that time.
You have to warn students in advance about a consequence. NO. The teacher sets up their classroom as if no one will break the rules. If they do, then the teacher will handle it at that time.
Consequences have to happen immediately. NO. Student/teacher problems do not have to be solved on the spot. Don’t try to solve problems with students while they are upset or while you are upset. You can always say "I need to give you a consequence but I need time to think about what that might be."
You don’t
have to like your teacher but you have to respect them. MYTH! Great teachers
know that you cannot overpower students, but you can get them to behave or do
their assignments because they want to please their teacher.
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What I've Been Thinking About…
I can't stop thinking about the important work everyone is doing in regards to Learning Targets. I truly believe this is the way we will increase students' academic success. These two quick videos are about learning targets. Both videos are approximately 2 minutes long and both talk about the importance of involving students in their learning.
The most important thing we can do as educators is to truly understand what we need to teach and then communicate that to our students. We will not be able to move students and help them meet their individual learning targets if they are not a part of the learning process. They have to know what they will learn, why they are learning it, and how they will know when they have learned it.
I challenge everyone to think about how you involve your students in what they need to learn. Do you refer to the standards throughout your lesson? Do students help you post your standards? Do you wrap up each lesson with a discussion about the standards? Are the standards posted in a way to involve students or are they only posted for compliance purposes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKlnx1ASSEA
Why
Should Educators Use Twitter?
- Professional Learning
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Engagement/motivation of students
Come
THIS Wednesday from 3:00-4:00 p.m.in the computer lab to find out more…
You
will sign up for a Twitter account, learn about some educational experts to
follow, and finally the presenters will help you tweet out something in your
classrooms.
**Presenters
are classroom teachers from Lake Forest and Kelley Webb(our Humanities
specialist)**
The writers' gallery/pledge is hosted by Ms. Billit's class this week.
The writers' gallery/pledge will be hosted by Ms. Cornibe's class next week.
******CALENDAR OF EVENTS*******
Monday, February 23rd
Writers Workshop CANCELED
9:30 - Parent Tour
Pitchford to Chicago for PLC Training
Tuesday, February 24th
Spring Pictures
2:50 - Learning Tuesday
Pitchford to Chicago for PLC Training
Alexander and Salmons at PBIS Training
Wednesday, February 25th
Pitchford to Chicago for PLC Training
Alexander and Salmons at PBIS Training
Hess to STAR Data Dig Workshop
2:50 - Learning Tuesday
Pitchford to Chicago for PLC Training
Alexander and Salmons at PBIS Training
Wednesday, February 25th
Pitchford to Chicago for PLC Training
Alexander and Salmons at PBIS Training
Hess to STAR Data Dig Workshop
Thursday, February 26th
ETT - 5th Grade
2:50 - PLCs
Alexander and Salmons at PBIS Training
2:50 - PLCs
Alexander and Salmons at PBIS Training
Friday, February 27th
Parent Involvement Day
Send your tickets down and change your Student of the Week!
Pitchford to Student Health Advisory Council Meeting
Parent Involvement Day
Send your tickets down and change your Student of the Week!
Pitchford to Student Health Advisory Council Meeting
******BIRTHDAYS! ****************
Happy birthday to Rachel Salmons on the 25th! We hope you have a wonderful birthday!!!
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