Habit 7 schedule
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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D
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E
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A
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B
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C
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Upcoming meetings and events for December 14th-18th and January 4th-8th.
The most up-to-date calendar is located online in Google calendar.
Holiday break December 21 - January 1st. The building will close at 5pm on the18th. Return to school January 4th. 
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The Leader in Me monthly focus: Goals
Setting goals is a powerful practice. Dr. Covey asserts that the most effective people set goals in writing and frequently revisit those goals to determine progress. We have set a school-wide WIG in literacy that, "Every child will increase reading skills based on their individual academic ability by middle of year mClass and/or Q2 quarterly assessments." In order to reach that goal, every student and every class will have to show growth. What are your class goals to accomplish our school-wide WIG? I have seen some great examples. Some classes have set goals to increaes reading stamina. Other classes have prioritized the completion of homework and/or reading logs. As we return from break (or before, if you are ready), I would like to see every class's WIGs on display. It does not need to be a fancy presentation (on the white board is perfect), but I would like to know the goals you have set as a class. Please display your class WIGs outside your classroom door or on the board for all to see.
Please make sure your Leadership Notebooks are updated. Please use these notebooks as a tool to coach students and keep them accountable. See archived briefs for more detailed information on each section.
We will have our Leader in Me coach here on Tuesday, December 15th. She will be meeting with grade level teams during planning time. All other staff members can pick a time that works the best with their schedule to join in. The meetings will take place in the front conference room. She will be asking your feedback on what is going well, areas that are challenging as well as answer questions for us. |
 As educators we not only teach content, we teach our students how to think. We model and explain how learners ask questions, delve deeper into text, challenge concepts and clarify meaning. An invaluable tool to teach those skills are anchor charts. Anchor charts summarize the skills and strategies you have taught and capture that information for students to access in the future.
Read this article about anchor charts. As you plan your lesson for the new year, consider how you can include anchor charts?
Are you familiar with Costa's Level of Questioning? Grade level facilitators, please send me an email about how your conversation went at PLCs in regards to embedding higher-level questioning.
4th and 5th grade teachers, don't forget to check-out resources at https://my.avid.org/ for your lesson planning. You should also use AVID Weekly. The code is included below.
Name of School: B.T. Bullock Elementary School - Add Code: 600347
If you would like further information, see Ms. Gillette, Ms. Schlott or a 4th/5th grade teacher.
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- Every child will increase reading skills based on their individual academic ability by middle of year mClass and/or Q2 quarterly assessments.
- We will reduce discipline to 21 or fewer referrals per month by June 2016.
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Friday Clubs: It is club time again. Ms. Townsend will be sending a more detailed email about clubs soon with an updated club map (only a couple minor tweaks). Some reminders are included below. Please continue to remind students that they cannot have a write-up to attend clubs. Success would be 100% attendance at clubs. Please create a label for each student including: Student first and last name/teacher, club and location
8:45am - Behavior Junction students report to Dining Hall
8:50am - All staff stand in doorways. The following folks will help usher K-2 students to the proper location: Dossenbach, Cole, Jones, Hunter, Linkous, O'Shaughnessy, Frausto, Sellers, Kelly, Whilby, Mills.
8:50am - K release to clubs
8:53am - 1st grade release
8:56am - 2nd grade release
8:59am - Aforementioned staff to their locations
9:00am - 3rd grade release
9:03am - 4th grade release
9:06am - 5th grade release
* Please note that we will wrap clubs 10 minutes early so we do not affect the early release lunch schedule.
At 9:45am, we will start the process over again in reverse. All club leaders should again move to the doorway.
9:45am - 5th grade
9:48am - 4th grade
9:51am - 3rd grade. *The K-2 helpers should move to the K-2 area to assist students.
9:54am - 2nd grade
9:57am - 1st grade
10:00am - K
Staff dress-up days:
Kari Jones: I am sad to report that we are losing another wonderful member of our ESL team. Kari's last day will be this Friday the 18th. She will most assuredly be missed. Please gather in the Platform at 12:30pm on December 18th for a send-off for Kari.
Staff absences: Please remember that you must notify Ms. Kennedy, Ms. Perrell and myself when you will be absent. We must know you are out to ensure there is coverage in your room. If we are not alerted and the sub does not show, students are left unattended (it has happened). Please make sure to keep us in the loop so we can ensure the school day is uninterrupted and safe for our students.
Safe Schools: Please work on completing the next round of Safe School videos by January 15th.
Lesson plan...reminder: Please make sure your lesson plans are visible (on your desk or hung on the white board). Mrs. Perrell and I do not want to disrupt instruction to take a look at your lessons. Please make sure they are easily accessible.
Tutors: I am searching for additional tutors to serve our students. If you know someone who is interested in tutoring at Bullock, please let me know via email.
Monday: Holiday bling - Holiday earrings, necklaces, etc.
Tuesday: Favorite Christmas Carol
- Put bells on your shoes, wrists, beltloops, etc and become "Jingle Bells"
- Wear reindeer antlers, paint nose red= "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer"
- Tape over your mouth while in your PJs = "Silent Night"
- Decorate yourself like a Christmas tree = "O Christmas Tree"
- Dress like a rockstar, carry drumsticks = "Little Drummer Boy"
- Santa Claus = every Christmas movie ever
- Home Alone (ugly Christmas sweater = the aunt)
- The Grinch (Cindy Lou Who = Pink dress; Grinch = LOTS of green
- Peanuts characters (blue dress, yellow shirt/black pants, etc)
Friday: Red and Green festive holiday attire
Staff absences: Please remember that you must notify Ms. Kennedy, Ms. Perrell and myself when you will be absent. We must know you are out to ensure there is coverage in your room. If we are not alerted and the sub does not show, students are left unattended (it has happened). Please make sure to keep us in the loop so we can ensure the school day is uninterrupted and safe for our students.
Safe Schools: Please work on completing the next round of Safe School videos by January 15th.
Lesson plan...reminder: Please make sure your lesson plans are visible (on your desk or hung on the white board). Mrs. Perrell and I do not want to disrupt instruction to take a look at your lessons. Please make sure they are easily accessible.
Tutors: I am searching for additional tutors to serve our students. If you know someone who is interested in tutoring at Bullock, please let me know via email.
NCEES: Mrs. Perrell and I will continue conducting our 2nd round of unannounced observations next week and after we return from the holiday break. Please remember to bring artifacts, lesson plans, evidence of completion of the standards to the post-conference. Also please bring a 1-2 student data notebooks to the meeting to review. We will include questions in the observation tool to prompt discussion when we meet. The post-conference must occur within 10 days of the observation. You can find NCEES materials from DPI at http://ncees.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/NC+Teachers.
IMPORTANT....Tardies: Please call parents/guardians of students who have accrued 3 unexcused tardies. At 5 unexcused tardies, students will be required to stay after-school for a Learning Lab. Students who are tardy will have a white slip from the office. Also do not not forget to call parents if students are out 2 or more days.
IMPORTANT....Tardies: Please call parents/guardians of students who have accrued 3 unexcused tardies. At 5 unexcused tardies, students will be required to stay after-school for a Learning Lab. Students who are tardy will have a white slip from the office. Also do not not forget to call parents if students are out 2 or more days.
Brief sign-off: Once you have read the Bullock Brief please sign-off here.
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