2-26-2016

Thanks to Karen and Pat for taking care of the majority of the paperwork and organization in preparation for our Compliance visit.  It is a thankless but important job, so.....thank you!

Julie Seeman did a masterful job of taking over Lauren's class during her maternity leave. It was a seamless transition.  Thank you.

Millions of Dollars of Ebooks available on App for title one and special ed teachers
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-02-24-the-white-house-and-michelle-obama-release-250m-open-library-app-for-title-i-and-special-education-teachers


In case you didn't see her yesterday, Lauren's back!  We are very happy to have you back at Benjamin.

Rich, Matt and Dan are doing a great job teaching the girls BB players skills, confidence, sportsmanship and teamwork.  Special shout out to Rich for hosting 4 home games this week.

Using two cool apps together Fluency Tutor and News ELA...we have talked about news ela before and then I included a video for Fluency Tutor.  The article talks about how you can use them together.
http://www.alicekeeler.com/teachertech/2016/02/08/using-fluency-tutor-for-google-with-newsela/

Thanks to Melissa L for organizing the School evacuation Drill for March 2nd.  We will be on a PM assembly schedule. The drill will start at 1:55pm and we will end the day with DEAR. Please read the memo carefully and let Melissa or I know if you have any questions.

April Tepe is tearing it up in the tech lab; Racing cars, smashing bridges, and that is all before she gets to school, JK ;) she is doing a wonderful job of engaging students as Mike rcovers.

Tim Ferris is a best selling author, podcast host and blogger.  He often pushes the boundary on human limits and possibility.  Here is an article on how to learn any language in 3 months.
http://fourhourworkweek.com/2009/01/20/learning-language/

Going through my 7,000 emails I found this great link from MJ for grammar that we shared in 2014. Thanks again MJ.
https://www.noredink.com/

Stephanie Incrocci did a wonderful job of turning some of our unused lockers into literature novels.  Special thanks to Todd for assisting her with this artwork.


A big thank you to John F who has been awesome in helping our band students in Mark's absence.

Greg and Angela did a great job of showcasing some of the document cameras that we might be using in the future.  Special thanks to all of the teachers that gave them a trial run.

Excellent resources for students on the election;
http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/2016-presidential-election/


Michelle F is having a Caudill book celebration topped off with a Skype at 1:30pm from author Nancy Cavanaugh.  She wrote a book that was the favorite book of my daughter's this summer.  "This Journal Belongs to Ratchet"