Observations:
As Marco and I get around to your classrooms for observations in the next few weeks, we would like to take an opportunity to meet with each of you to discuss student progress, your SLO data, and PGP work.
This Week:
Faculty Meeting in Library (Tuesday @ 7:45)-We will share PowerPoint with you at meeting.
School Board Recognition Week is scheduled from January 22-28, 2017. Each year the Board enjoys receiving cards/posters, etc. from the students. Please send any items to the attention of Laura Hecht in CO. The deadline for these items is Friday, January 27.
Which one of these speaks to you? These would be some nice topics for morning meetings.
Who is ready to make 2017 awesome? Check out this Kid President video.
by Georgia Heard
Recognizing what you are thankful for can be beneficial in many ways--even relieving worry, anxiety, and sadness. It can help not only generate writing ideas but it can help us appreciate the simple joys in our lives. To create the Gratitude Heart Map, students should draw a large heart on a piece of blank paper inside which to draw and write their thoughts. Invite students to frame the heart with x’s and o’s to symbolize what writers are grateful for. This type of heart map can support writing a personal essay, memoir, letter, apostrophe poem, or blog.
You might suggest:
- Create a list poem from all the entries on your Gratitude heart map, and write a surprise ending.
- Choose one idea to start a personal essay and explain why you’re grateful.
- Write a letter or letter poem addressing someone you are thankful for and explain why.
- Write a memoir about what you are grateful for.
- Go for a “gratitude walk” and write down everything you see that you’re grateful for.
- Start a daily gratitude blog or journal, starting with what you have in your heart map.
A special thanks to all for celebrating Cafeteria Worker’s Day! I know our lovely ladies felt super special on Friday.
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