2nd week of school

So far so good. The opening of school has been rather smooth. Everyone seems to be settling in and our students are doing a great job with practicing the 3 R's. We just need to keep practicing and reinforcing our expectations for them and for ourselves.

I have seen some excellent connecting activities and I really appreciate those that have remembered to post them on the school wiki. At last count we had about 17 activities. That is 17 weeks worth of connecting activities for your class. If you have not posted yet- please do. It will be great to have enough activities to get everyone through the year. That would be 42 submissions.

I really like the third grade taking up the bricks idea on their hallway. The students are beginning to understand the we need to build upon the foundation to make a strong community and we are doing that by following the 3 R's- Respectful, Responsible, and Ready.

The learning team meetings went very well today. Kindergarten and 3rd grade did a wonderful job working through the process of unpacking a standard. The more we do it, the easier it will become and it will make your job easier in the classroom. I am looking forward to seeing what the other grade levels do this week with unpacking one of their standards. I have been very impressed how the staff has internalized the Single School Culture concept, not only with the academic part- that we have just begun, but also in the climate and behavior piece. You all have just taken up the focus and process naturally. We just need to keep that going and continue to hold our students and each other to higher standards to meet out goals for this year.

Keep up the good work, remember to laugh daily, and make it fun. The scores will come when we remain focused and using high yield strategies in all of our instruction-challenging our students and teaching them to think.

Have a great week.

Trish