The Bengal Blog: 1-20-2023

Jessica and Jen H did a wonderful job of preparing and presenting at the NJHS Induction ceremony. Their hard work provided a beautiful ceremony for the inductees and their parents while emphasizing the important work they do throughout the year.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the new in-house PD form sent out this week. Please fill this form out if you are working at school on March 3rd. Also, if you are going out please submit your district conference request form soon, This allows the district office to consolidate payment for multiple attendees of the same conference and ensure it gets there before the deadline.

Using nature writing to improve student analytical skills.

https://www.edutopia.org/article/nature-writing-develop-analytical-skills

Thanks to all of the teachers working on curriculum maps this past Wednesday and the small group working with me on our mandated units of study. It is important that our maps reflect what we teach and that we implement the MUOS in meaningful ways.

Thanks to Jen V and Joe for all of their hard work in getting their healthy cooking units organized and implemented with students. The emphasis is definitely on student safety and cleanliness but the results are still tasty!

Pretty cool article on the importance of building relationships...not fluff ...the better your relationships are, the longer and happier your life will be.

https://blog.ed.ted.com/2022/02/28/6-relationship-resolutions-to-make-this-year/

This is your weekly reminder to schedule your 2nd formal observation with me if you have not done so already!

I am excited for the upcoming girls basketball season. Please sign up to supervise/work the home games on the sign-up genius link that Dan sent out.

I appreciate the job that Megan D, Kerry and Kendra do with the Bengal Cafe. Having student volunteers help Kerry's class is also a great component to this life skills unit.

Big thanks to everyone that does lunch duty everyday. Supervising our kiddos during recess and lunch during these winter months definitely keeps you on your toes.

How do you engage passive learners.

https://teacherhead.com/2023/01/17/tps6-how-do-i-engage-passive-learners/

Shout Out to Jen Matthews! Being our permanent sub is not an easy task as she fills in for a different teacher each day and she has definitely shown this year that she can be flexible and give additional support whenever she has a spare moment!

Thanks to Chris for keeping the BB300 coming three days a week. I think this years crew all do an outstanding job of being engaging for the listeners. Also thanks to the teaching staff for ensuring that the students are listening and not talking or doing other things during this homeroom time.

Very happy to have Michael Miles with us again this week. Watching him play and interact with our students is always a great experience. Thanks to Melissa for creating this opportunity and to Angela for capturing some pics.

I have a parent letter ready to go for the 5essentials Survey, Greg informed me that the link for students and staff is already pushed out to devices from last year, and Kim is preparing the student class lists with their state id necessary to take the survey. For all of these components we are waiting on the current link. The survey runs from January 24th-March 31st.

Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.