Happy Thursday! I hope you had a lovely four day week with the children. THANK YOU for showing off the great learning in our building to Mr. Gollner and Ms. De La Isla. They have such kind words to say about you and our learners. Enjoy your weekend!
DID YOU KNOW:
KINDNESS QUOTES
We will review these each day on morning broadcast:
GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE
DID YOU KNOW:
- we are collecting Box Tops? A flyer and the box top sheet are posted on our electronic site called PeachJar. Thanks, Stormy for the flyer!
- we have issues with learners using sharpies inappropriately? Please take these out of your supply bins and keep these in areas where learners do not have access to them. For now, Art is the only room where learners need to be using sharpies.
- there is an order form for Amal Unbound available for 3-5 learners and their families? Please share this with them. PreOrders are due by Friday, February 1.
- you can click here for some ideas on ways your learners can organize their Bulb portfolios if your learners are having trouble organizing the content in their digital portfolios?
- a CFA can consist of 2-3 questions on only one TEK? The purpose of a CFA is not only to provide data about your learners, but also a way to share instructional strategies and ensure high levels of learning for all. This is one little "ditty" from our PLC Academy training and something to think about.
KINDNESS QUOTES
We will review these each day on morning broadcast:
- Mon: "No act of kindness no matter how small is ever wasted." (Aesop)
- Tues: "Treat everyone with kindness and respect, even those who are rude to you...not because they are nice, but because YOU are." (Unknown)
- Wed: "Choose to be kind over being right and you'll be right every time." (Richard Carlson)
- Thurs: "Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing." (Mother Teresa)
- Fri: "Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good." (Minor Myers, Jr.)
GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE
We will start the parade at 8:10 at the cafeteria by lost and found. We will begin by having guests line up in the cafe in parallel lines and along the walls by Enrichment and STEAM ending toward the front office doors (not passing into yellow house). Guests will cheer our kids on as they parade one lap and return to your houses.
The order of the parade will be: Green House -> Purple House -> Blue House -> Red House -> Yellow House. Go right after the house in front of you with a couple of learners carrying the class banner. (Talk to learners about how to participate in a parade.) Downstairs will stay in spaces and watch until it is their turn to go. Make a full loop back to your space, then line the railings of your house to cheer the others on. Don't forget to pass out your Kindness checklists and encourage your famiLEEs to sign up for The Great Kindness Challenge App to be able to participate at home. Bookmarks need to be completed by Friday and put in Chantel's mailbox.
CAMPUS TOURS
We know AWESOME learning experiences happen at Lee all the time, but be aware we have two tours on Thursday this week. We have 40+ guests coming from arrival, through 10:30. Guests are from Apple Distinguished schools across the globe and are looking for how we use 1:1 technology in our classrooms. There is a 12 person tour at 1:00 from Blue Valley Schools in Kansas.
SOUPER BOWL
We hope you will participate in our first Friday event during Fabulous Fridays in February. We will host a SOUPer bowl in the lounge. We ask that you bring a crock pot of your favorite soup. The office will provide bowls and spoons. There will be sampling, voting, and a "prize" for the top three favorites.
NATIONAL GO RED DAY
WEEKLY WALKTHROUGH FOCUS
For our focused walkthroughs the next four weeks we will be focusing on Domain 2 Dimension 2 Content Knowledge and Expertise. We will be looking for things like cross curricular connections, strategies to avoid learning pitfalls, learners analyzing, creating and evaluating, and learner-directed learning.
The order of the parade will be: Green House -> Purple House -> Blue House -> Red House -> Yellow House. Go right after the house in front of you with a couple of learners carrying the class banner. (Talk to learners about how to participate in a parade.) Downstairs will stay in spaces and watch until it is their turn to go. Make a full loop back to your space, then line the railings of your house to cheer the others on. Don't forget to pass out your Kindness checklists and encourage your famiLEEs to sign up for The Great Kindness Challenge App to be able to participate at home. Bookmarks need to be completed by Friday and put in Chantel's mailbox.
CAMPUS TOURS
We know AWESOME learning experiences happen at Lee all the time, but be aware we have two tours on Thursday this week. We have 40+ guests coming from arrival, through 10:30. Guests are from Apple Distinguished schools across the globe and are looking for how we use 1:1 technology in our classrooms. There is a 12 person tour at 1:00 from Blue Valley Schools in Kansas.
SOUPER BOWL
We hope you will participate in our first Friday event during Fabulous Fridays in February. We will host a SOUPer bowl in the lounge. We ask that you bring a crock pot of your favorite soup. The office will provide bowls and spoons. There will be sampling, voting, and a "prize" for the top three favorites.
NATIONAL GO RED DAY
Wear something RED with your jeans on Friday. Please tweet out pictures of you, your learners, and teammates to #lifeiswhy and #coppellgored /xczb
WEEKLY WALKTHROUGH FOCUS
For our focused walkthroughs the next four weeks we will be focusing on Domain 2 Dimension 2 Content Knowledge and Expertise. We will be looking for things like cross curricular connections, strategies to avoid learning pitfalls, learners analyzing, creating and evaluating, and learner-directed learning.
LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:
Loyalty- faithfulness to another
LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:
If you hear something negative about one of your friends, don't repeat it. If necessary, let a designer know what was said.
LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"I will speak ill of no man and speak all the good I know of everybody." -Benjamin Franklin
DATES TO REMEMBER:MOY Assessment Window
Kids Heart Challenge
Great Kindness Challenge
Jan 28- Kindness KickOff Parade (8:10 am)
RtI Mtgs. (Conference Time)
Jan 29- Animal Shelter Delivery (Coppell Animal Shelter)
Jan 30- House Shirt with Jeans
New Learner Lunches (Cafe)
Staff Mtg. (3:30 - 5:00) Flex Space
Jan 31- TEAM SPIRIT FOR KINDNESS DAY
Apple Tour (7:50 - 10:30)
Red House Field Trip
Tour (1:00)
Feb 1- Black American History Month
Blue House Lounge Duties
National Go Red Day
"SOUP"er Bowl (Lounge)
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