3-21-2020

Thanks to Lauren for supervising the concession sale at the BB game last night.  Chocolate brownies can always help make the day better.   Of course I always appreciate the great job that Dan and Matt do in coaching our Benjamin Teams.


Walking the Walk with Habits of Mind.
https://www.habitsofmindinstitute.org/using-habits-of-mind-to-ensure-the-school-culture-is-a-supportive-one/


I always appreciate the support I receive from everyone when problems arise, special thanks to Todd, Nicole and Melissa L for their assistance recently.

Start a math book club.
https://www.pbs.org/education/blog/reading-can-expand-what-kids-think-about-mathematics?utm_source=ptwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sdfy20

Thanks to everyone for participating in kindness day...one cool lesson that happened was Adrienne  creating kindness books, where every students wrote a positive comment about all of their grade level peers and then she compiled them into their own books complete with their picture on the cover. Awesome Job!



Don't forget to sign up for Trivia Night on March 7th.  There are only a few tables left.  It would be awesome to have a table or two filled with Benjamin Staff!

The power of Rap and Hip-Hop in the classroom.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/power-rap-and-hip-hop-classroom


Don't forget to spend your PTA money.  There was student incentive  money and the special project money that Mrs. Jeffries coordinated.  Lets get that $ spent to help our students!

Teacher Half-time interview:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1230212294728175616  

Thanks to Kim for coordinating all of the accommodations among other things for our state testing.  Special education/EL teachers please reach out to her with your student accomodation data and who you will be testing.  I am figuring out testing rooms.

Ken Burns in the Classroom.  A variety of awesome resources including some great Black History Month resources.
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/kenburnsclassroom/home/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=kenburns_2020

Thanks to Jessica for sponsoring  Newspaper club last night, she always leads an excellent newspaper staff and she also has an extreme tolerance for unique music playlists like the one made up of video game songs and other fun tunes.



Melissa did an excellent job of following the Michael Miles performance day with a multimedia presentation of all the musical artists Michael had mentioned or performed.  This made for a highly engaging and interactive two day music lesson.

Teachers Essential Guide to Teaching with Tech
https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/teachers-essential-guide-to-teaching-with-technology

I want to thank Betty for the job she is doing with setting up our AR/VR glasses for student use. They are available for use in the maker space. This is just the latest thing she has done to push technology and innovation in our school. Thanks!



Thanks to Tim for doing an awesome job in the Directions room while Laura has been gone.  I appreciate how hard he has been working!

A delicate balance support and access.
http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol14/num25/low-income-students-and-a-special-education-mismatch.aspx?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=Social-Organic&utm_medium=social

The trimester ends on Thursday Feb 27th. Please make sure you do everything you can to reach out to students and parents to communicate missing assignments so they can be turned in before grades are submitted.. Thank you for going the extra mile.



Please make sure Kim knows no later than today where you are going on February 28th for the county institute.  She will be tuning in this documentation to me and the ad center.  If you are staying in house I need your agenda by today.  Thanks

“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest (people) of the past centuries.” – Descartes
"You always have time for the things you put first."