Thursday Thriller
October 31, 2019

Yesterday's staff meeting focusing on the 'one thing' was great to watch!  Your interactions, debate and adult Socratic seminar was enjoyable to observe.  Thank you to Mike, Shannon and Charlie for organizing and running the show! :D  Carina will follow up with next steps.

Let the Socratic seminar begin! :)

 Little Halloween fun in Jami's first period.

JS was so thrilled that he set the controls on his robot to do the three steps while in Mike's class. He is anxiously waiting for Cami to finish to run his robot again. :D 

NUTS-n-BOLTS

1.  As Terri mentioned in her email, she is working with identified students who have 3+ Fs.  This is not to say we aren't taking students before and after school.  The plan is those that need after school help who are not on the list can work with Alex. Those that need help in the AM, who are not on the list,  can work with Karen in room 202.  Terri and Alex are communicating.  They will loop Karen into the mix so we aren't missing any students. 

**** Please note that your availability from 8:15-8:45 is also critical.  

2.  Next week during our First Wednesday of the Month collaboration, we are going to look at CFAs.  Each PLC needs to bring one or the other:
        a. CFA already given
        b. Upcoming CFA
       
3.   Please review the email Agnes sent regarding the assembly on Tuesday.  Going over where to sit and assembly behavior is important.  Since this will be a first period assembly, first period teachers please revisit expected behaviors.  Thank you

4.  Halloween wasn't so bad!  I was pleasantly surprised. :D  The hallways today weren't that bad either.  Again, visibility and gentle reminders.  I know that we will follow up with a group of you interested in discussing hallway behavior and what we can do to make them better.  Watch for an email from Carina.

5. Daylight Savings on Sunday.  We get an extra hour of sleep!  Whoop! Whoop!

Something to Ponder
As you remember from last week's post, pacing is not about how fast you go.  Proper pacing makes students feel the progress and never know what's next.  In this video, you see a middle school teacher shift formats not topic. A few gold nuggets in this 2:23 minute video from Ben Esser's middle school classroom.  "How Does Pacing Work?  Ask Ben Esser?"

A Funny
Since two students dressed up as Dwight Schrute from the Office, I found this kinda funny 😀