Building Stars

Teachers,

Here is your weekly dose of “5-Point Friday. 

Building Stars —

I was at Death Valley NP during Spring Break. It is my family's yearly trek for a family reunion. The Rangers do talks about the park each night and on Saturday they did a Star Walk. They had a telescope showing amazing constellations and bright stars. One of the rangers started talking about the Orion Nebula. To find the Orion Nebula you find Orion’s belt, three stars in a row in the Western Sky, and right below the belt is a haze. That is the Orion Nebula. He told us that a nebula is where stars are made. Nebulae are made out of interstellar gas and dust and as it comes together it compacts and bang, a star is made. So when I heard this I started thinking about what teachers do. You take all this knowledge, information, behavior modification, life skills, and fun and start to build people our of our little ones. As they gather all this learning from you, Bang, they turn into little stars. We are the Arrowhead Nebula taking the knowledge and creating little stars. As we get close to RISE testing, we will see how well our stars are doing. How much knowledge they are retaining. We do need to remember that tests do not make stars, learning does. As long as we are keeping our students engaged and they are learning, they will become the stars we know they can become. 

Quote I’m pondering —

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
―Epicurus

What’s Happening This Week —

Mon., Mar. 25 - TAT with 5th grade 8:00

Mon., Mar. 25 - PLC Day Early Out 1:15

Mon., Mar. 25 - RISE Testing begins

Wed., Mar. 27 - PLC 8:15 Library

Fri., Mar. 29 - School Store

Fri., Mar. 29 - Team Leader Meeting 2:15

Mon., Apr. 1 - TAT with Kinder grade 8:00

Tue., Apr. 2 - PTA Meeting 12:15

Tue., Apr. 2 - Student Council Meeting 12:15

Wed., Apr. 3 - PLC 8:15 Library

Wed., Apr. 3 - 1st Grade Program 9:30 and 2:30

Favorite Article This Week —

Hattie’s 2017 Updated List of Factors Influencing Student Achievement

A reminder about what research says about what works and what does not work in the classroom. If it is not effective and high impact, we need to rethink what we are doing in the classroom.

A Big Thank You —

Thank you for another great week. I want to thank 3rd grade for the great discussion about technology during their PLC meeting. I have found that everyone has such a great attitude about Arrowhead and what we can do to help the students be more successful. I appreciate the work you do as teams. Thank you for all you do for students and the care for their success. Thank you for being amazing teachers. Thank you.

I appreciate all of you and your hard work.