Teachers,
Here is your weekly dose of “5-Point Friday.”
PBIS Again —
I just found out I need to tell you to change the signs in your rooms. So you can change them. I would like to start out with the Responsible sign. After you change it, will you take a moment and remind your students what responsible means. I have been working on a cheer for the students to help them remember the five parts of our PBIS plan. I have it below so if you want to cheer with your students to help them remember the 5 behavior points, please do. I will be starting to make some short videos about each of the 5 words in the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Plan. I will start with Responsible in October. I will use students and teachers in the videos to help remind students how they need to act at school. I will send them out so you can show them to your students. They will start in October.
Remember the Principal’s 200 club cards. They should be handed our when students are doing something from PBIS that they need to be recognized for. This does not mean just at assemblies. I just had more printed up so I will be putting 2 in your box each Monday. Please hand them out 2 during the week. They do not need to be just for your students. If you see another student doing something amazing, please give them one. if you need more, I will give you more. Reward good behavior often and students will respond. We will Rise!
Cheer:
Teacher: At Dixie Sun we are…
Students: Responsible and Respectful!
Teacher: We will be…
Students: Resourceful and Safe!
Teacher: Dixie Sun is…
Students: United!
Quote I’m pondering —
“When a flower doesn’t bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.” - Alexander Den Heijer
What I’m reading —
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
I found this book many years ago after reading a column Malcolm wrote in the New Yorker magazine. I started reading it and as my team talked about it we decided to do our own team book study. We discussed the chapters and how we could use it in our classroom. We started doing our own little research projects with our students. We found that birthdays, generally, do matter. We found that the more we practiced with our students they remembered what we were doing. It changed my mindset on not just teaching, but providing new opportunities for students who normally would not have these opportunities. I lent out this book so I purchased it on my iPad to read it again. When I get it back, it will be lent out again, if you want to read it.
Favorite App/Website This Week —
Wunderground
Do you ever want a great weather app? I am not a fan of the one that came with my phone so i offer you weather underground. It is my go to weather app. It shows rain percentages, wind speeds, of course temperature, along with sunrise/sunset, nearby hurricanes and tropical storms…why would we need that???…, local road cameras to see what traffic is like in St. George, and other weather needs. The weather is changing so this might help you to remember your raincoat and galoshes, or your sun dress. Enjoy.
A Big Thank You —
Thank you Preschool teachers. I spent Thursday night with the Preschool teachers, preschoolers, and parents. What a wonderful program we have here that prepares our littlest students for kindergarten and life in general. The love they have for each student and the fun activities they prepare to help students meet their learning targets and GVC’s. Thank you Preschool teachers for all you do. You start our students off with a very positive experience so they love learning as they continue the positive experiences in the rest of our school. You are amazing. Thank you.
I appreciate all of you and your hard work. Have a wonderful weekend.
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Technology
Teachers,
Here is your weekly dose of “5-Point Friday.”
Technology —
Technology in the classroom is an amazing tool to help in our teaching. It opens up the world to our students which can be amazing. As we use more technology in our classrooms it means more opportunity for teachers and students. It also means more management to see that students are doing what they are supposed to. Procedures need to be thought out. Students need to be trained. But what we can do with the Chrome books and Google Drive in the classroom is incredible. Using our Chrome books gives us opportunity to share devices and still track what each student is doing because their history and bookmarks follow the student, not the device. iPads will still be used in Kinder and First Grade to offer them apps that will help them learn but still gives us the ability to lock them into an app.
Wifi has been spotty lately and should get better soon. Have an alternative plan if it shuts down. have the students shut their Chrome books and read for a minute or work on something else. If you get them trained to do something like this you will know when there is a problem and if it is one student or the wifi. Have a wifi checker and when it is back up get them started again. Management. Plan for everything possible.
We will be having a optional tech trainings every couple weeks starting in October. We decided to wait until October to give you another month to settle in. The trainings will be short and will be about tech you use or will use everyday in your classrooms.
Quote from Calvin and Hobbes I’m pondering —
Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines.
Hobbes: Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
What I’m watching —
The Power of Yet
When a student does not get a concept the first time, they get frustrated. We get frustrated. The power of yet is a mindset that they might not get it now, but they will. So the answer to a student that says, “I don’t understand this” is, “You don’t understand it yet, but you will”. Yet give students hope. It gives everyone hope.
Favorite App This Week —
Explain Everything $4.99
I don’t like paid apps, especially expensive ones, but this app is amazing. It is a whiteboard app that you can draw on, record video or take pictures on, and even record what you are doing on a web browser. So what you say? We have used it for tracking students for spelling, recorded students reading during one minute timings (adding notations during the reading), and had students cut out words for a word sort on the app. There are some amazing things to do. It is worth the price for me. If you don’t like the price, Doceri is a free app that is similar but not as powerful. There is a Chrome Book app (there is a cost here also) that is great for touch screen devices.
A Big Thank You —
Thank you Lisa Wright and her team. Scheduling the individual help for our LLI students is a nightmare. Lisa worked through the DRA scores and found the students that need the most help. Her team is amazing on how they work with each small group. With all the schedules they needed to work around and with as many students they needed to work with, it was a huge undertaking. Thank you Lisa and your team for all you do at our school for the students. Thank you.
I appreciate everything you do for the students. Have a wonderful weekend.
Here is your weekly dose of “5-Point Friday.”
Technology —
Technology in the classroom is an amazing tool to help in our teaching. It opens up the world to our students which can be amazing. As we use more technology in our classrooms it means more opportunity for teachers and students. It also means more management to see that students are doing what they are supposed to. Procedures need to be thought out. Students need to be trained. But what we can do with the Chrome books and Google Drive in the classroom is incredible. Using our Chrome books gives us opportunity to share devices and still track what each student is doing because their history and bookmarks follow the student, not the device. iPads will still be used in Kinder and First Grade to offer them apps that will help them learn but still gives us the ability to lock them into an app.
Wifi has been spotty lately and should get better soon. Have an alternative plan if it shuts down. have the students shut their Chrome books and read for a minute or work on something else. If you get them trained to do something like this you will know when there is a problem and if it is one student or the wifi. Have a wifi checker and when it is back up get them started again. Management. Plan for everything possible.
We will be having a optional tech trainings every couple weeks starting in October. We decided to wait until October to give you another month to settle in. The trainings will be short and will be about tech you use or will use everyday in your classrooms.
Quote from Calvin and Hobbes I’m pondering —
Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines.
Hobbes: Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
What I’m watching —
The Power of Yet
When a student does not get a concept the first time, they get frustrated. We get frustrated. The power of yet is a mindset that they might not get it now, but they will. So the answer to a student that says, “I don’t understand this” is, “You don’t understand it yet, but you will”. Yet give students hope. It gives everyone hope.
Favorite App This Week —
Explain Everything $4.99
I don’t like paid apps, especially expensive ones, but this app is amazing. It is a whiteboard app that you can draw on, record video or take pictures on, and even record what you are doing on a web browser. So what you say? We have used it for tracking students for spelling, recorded students reading during one minute timings (adding notations during the reading), and had students cut out words for a word sort on the app. There are some amazing things to do. It is worth the price for me. If you don’t like the price, Doceri is a free app that is similar but not as powerful. There is a Chrome Book app (there is a cost here also) that is great for touch screen devices.
A Big Thank You —
Thank you Lisa Wright and her team. Scheduling the individual help for our LLI students is a nightmare. Lisa worked through the DRA scores and found the students that need the most help. Her team is amazing on how they work with each small group. With all the schedules they needed to work around and with as many students they needed to work with, it was a huge undertaking. Thank you Lisa and your team for all you do at our school for the students. Thank you.
I appreciate everything you do for the students. Have a wonderful weekend.
Friday, August 12, 2016
PBIS Redoux
Teachers
Here is a weekly dose of “5-Point Friday.”
PBIS Redoux —
Here is an easier PBIS schedule for everyone. I will do better to make schedules easier for all of us. Thank you for bearing with me. Hopefully this will relieve a little stress.
9:45 -
4th Grade - Hallway
1st Grade - Lunchroom
3rd Grade - Assemblies
2nd Grade - Bathrooms
5th Grade - Playground
10:00 -
4th Grade - Lunchroom
1st Grade - Assemblies
3rd Grade - Bathrooms
2nd Grade - Playground
5th Grade - Hallway
10:15 -
4th Grade - Assemblies
1st Grade - Bathrooms
3rd Grade - Playground
2nd Grade - Hallway
5th Grade - Lunchroom
10:30- Bathroom and drink break
10:45-
4th Grade - Bathrooms
1st Grade - Playground
3rd Grade - Hallway
2nd Grade - Lunchroom
5th Grade - Assemblies
11:00-
4th Grade - Playground
1st Grade - Hallway
3rd Grade - Lunchroom
2nd Grade - Assemblies
5th Grade - Bathrooms
11:15- Lunch as normal
Quote I’m pondering —
“We have the power to tear down or build up the children who walk into our lives every day.” @KIdsDeserveIt
What I’m watching —
Be More Dog. Need I say more Moose?
Favorite iPad App This Week —
Paper by 53. I use this app to take sketch notes on my iPad. It is great to doodle on. and it’s Free.
A Big Thank You —
This one goes to everyone for all the hard work you have done over the last few weeks. What a great first day it was. Smooth. Now we hope it keeps going this way. I am sure it will.
Here is a weekly dose of “5-Point Friday.”
PBIS Redoux —
Here is an easier PBIS schedule for everyone. I will do better to make schedules easier for all of us. Thank you for bearing with me. Hopefully this will relieve a little stress.
9:45 -
4th Grade - Hallway
1st Grade - Lunchroom
3rd Grade - Assemblies
2nd Grade - Bathrooms
5th Grade - Playground
10:00 -
4th Grade - Lunchroom
1st Grade - Assemblies
3rd Grade - Bathrooms
2nd Grade - Playground
5th Grade - Hallway
10:15 -
4th Grade - Assemblies
1st Grade - Bathrooms
3rd Grade - Playground
2nd Grade - Hallway
5th Grade - Lunchroom
10:30- Bathroom and drink break
10:45-
4th Grade - Bathrooms
1st Grade - Playground
3rd Grade - Hallway
2nd Grade - Lunchroom
5th Grade - Assemblies
11:00-
4th Grade - Playground
1st Grade - Hallway
3rd Grade - Lunchroom
2nd Grade - Assemblies
5th Grade - Bathrooms
11:15- Lunch as normal
Quote I’m pondering —
“We have the power to tear down or build up the children who walk into our lives every day.” @KIdsDeserveIt
What I’m watching —
Be More Dog. Need I say more Moose?
Favorite iPad App This Week —
Paper by 53. I use this app to take sketch notes on my iPad. It is great to doodle on. and it’s Free.
A Big Thank You —
This one goes to everyone for all the hard work you have done over the last few weeks. What a great first day it was. Smooth. Now we hope it keeps going this way. I am sure it will.
Have a wonderful day!
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