MM 10/3/16 Vol. 6

MICHAEL'S MEMO 10/3/16 Volume 6

Good Morning staff, we have completed another successful week at JSA. I want to continue to commend the staff on a job well done in standards based instruction occurring daily within the classrooms. We as an administration are continuing to conduct coaching forms and Journey Walk throughs to document the instructional prowess of our staff. Staff members we will continue to focus on the EDP and STEAM Infusion within instruction. We are seeking staff input on activities for Culture Building activities outside of the work environment, and would like to hear suggestions such as root beer floats on Fridays', staff social at establishments, school cook out etc. Please leave a comment on the comment section or e-mail me your ideas. Our video this week focuses on the impact and importance of relationships in relation to being an effective classroom instructor with an emphasis on Middle School, please enjoy. 

Focus For The Week
We will focus on incorporating technology this week. Please see Mrs. Powlette on how to check out the Senteo Response Systems. You may contact Mrs. Reddick on information about Plickers System,  Mr. Dill is willing to assist on assistance on how to utilize Schoology to provide students the opportunity to utilize technology platform to view, and respond to articles, videos, and compose written responses to multiple text. Administration is also available for assistance with Literature articles through Awesome Stories, and you can utilize Epic website to access 1,000's of books electronically for elementary level for students to read as well as middle school level literature for students with low lexiles.

Walk Through SPOT LIGHT!!!
Mrs. Ricketts in 3rd grade was working on multiplication whole group with various sets of making the problem. Students were learning about associative and distributive property. Students broke into independent work and had to model a problem using the number of rows and manipulatives to create their own math problem. Upon completion, students had to find someone who was done and check their work to ensure they had correctly applied the processes within the classroom. The exercise was a key example of I Do, You Do, We Do.

Mr. LeCompte had a reteaching lesson on simplifying equations with 7th grade transpiring on Friday. Students were struggling with the concept, and he provided them with an alternative to assist in solving the problem. He provided a technique to simplify the problem by utilizing the distributive property to provide the expression with like terms in order to be able to simplify the problems. He utilized calming techniques during class period to calm angst of students and he walked around and checked for understanding throughout the class period. 
Early Release PD 
STEAM K. Reddick and M. Sears
Teacher Leadership Committee (TLC) training share outs
N. Gainey: Westbrook, Franz, Carpenter, Henry, Parker, Price, Berry, Meyers, Pruitt,                               Walden, Trueheart
S. Lew: Overstreet, Boyce, Ricketts, Currier, Smith, Cox, Hatzer, Phelps, Doyne, Burke,                     Yemm
K. Martin/Delk: Barnes, Lorenzo, Turner, Dill, Durham, Philip
K. White: LeCompte, Ingram
Weekly Calendar
  • Monday Girls Basketball Practice 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
  • Tuesday Girls Basketball Game @ 6:30 p.m.
  • Early Release Day Wednesday 10/5/16 @ 12:30
  • PLC Thursday 10/6/16
  • Hispanic Heritage Empinadas & Cultural Activities 10/6/16
  • Pink Out Friday, 10/7/16, Donation of $1 raising funds for Breast Cancer Awareness


Comments

  1. UnknownOctober 3, 2016 at 4:09 AM

    Staff social or school cook-out

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  2. mstrdillOctober 3, 2016 at 8:11 AM

    Food is always a nice item, but time together is good. It was fun hanging out last year waiting for the burgers to cook at the Burger Bus.

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownOctober 5, 2016 at 8:10 AM

    Cook out is nice as well as floats on Fridays. :)

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