4/27/15 MMM

Wow! The year is going by so quickly.  This weekend was cold, but it didn't stop my family from building a garden in our backyard.  The yard is actually more inviting to be in now.  Check it out.

I am leaving the padlet up with our Genius Hour discussion since we didn't have any discussion on it. Please share your concerns, thoughts, ideas, and solutions via this Padlet so we can go forward with this with both eyes wide open.  Here is the Google Doc link too.  I  would like to talk about this again with the possibility of implementing OUR OWN version of it starting next year.

#Utedchat this Wednesday from 9-10.  The topic is Augmented Reality in Education.

**To Be Aware of**

• SAGE Testing will be going on for the next several weeks.  Please be quiet in the halls and those who are administering, remember ethics.  Take stuff off the walls or cover up.  We don't want to take any chances.
• We will have an intruder drill sometime this week.  Like the earthquake drill, be ready for the unexpected.
• Don't forget to attach #teamkid on all tweets going out.  Our school hashtag is #PawPower.
•  Next Monday you should be working on class lists for next year.  Don't forget to look at the Blue cards so we don't make any mistakes of which kids should not be with each other.
• New book I will be reading to classes is Horton Hatches the Egg.  The topic of discussion is responsibility.  Look at the calendar to sign up for a time.
• I still have those book catalogs in my office that were used about a month ago by a vendor to help with our guided reading library.  You will need to decide on books you would like to order.  I would like to finalize by the end of this week.
• A financial advisor by the name of Dan Matheson will be here on Wednesday during lunch to talk about managing investments.  He is providing lunch (sandwiches I think).  I have been working with him for the last few years.  He has been great for me and my family. You may not be interested, but let's not give him the cold shoulder.  Let's be courteous of his time. 
  
  
  

Cleaning Schedule

Apr. SPED and Computer Specialist

May  Kinder, Life Skills, & P.E. Specialist

Lunch Schedule

1st

11:31 Sharma

11:32 Hull

11:33 Mac

11:34 McKell

2nd

11:25 Connell

11:26 Herman

11:27 Higgins

11:28 West

3rd

11:56 Schafer

11:58 Wilson

12:00 Whipple

12:02 Nichols

12:03 Durrant

4th

11:55 Austin

11:57 Fiorucci

11:59 Crossley

12:01 CJohnson

5th

12:20 Green

12:22 MJohnson

12:24 Oswald

12:26 Day

6th

12:21 Paravato

12:23 Allen

12:25 Krall

12:27 Rooke

Save the Date

4/27-5/1 Intruder Drill Sometime this week
4/30 Principal Mtg. - Kyle
4/30-5/1 Associates for Kyle, Lana, Angie
5/4 - Netsmart assembly.  Will take the place of our regular Monday Morning Assemblies.
5/4 - Kindergarten Literacy Assessment and Skyward Entry window opens
5/6 - CTL Mtg with BYU 8:15
5/6 - SCC Chair Mtg.  10:00 - Kyle
5/7 - TAT Meeting. 8:15-8:45
SAGE TESTING for the next several weeks

*Look at the Faculty Calendar on Google for other events.

Happy Birthday

• 4/30 - Angie Herman

Celebrations/Things I Noticed

• Congrats to Lauren, Alysha, and Meredith for graduating from BYU.
• I haven't been in the classrooms as much the end of this year.  Lots to do.  I will get in more.
• Congrats to 5th grade for a quick modification to their fire drill exit.  Everyone was out and accounted for within 7 minutes.  Great job to everybody.
• Thanks to BetteJo for going and participating in negotiations with the association.  She is so involved and we appreciate her. 

Great Video clip of the Week

Please Watch!  This will blow your mind.  We can never question the capabilities and possibilities of our kids.

Great Read of the Week
We can't avoid it anymore.  Technology is a must.

http://goo.gl/CEGnXG


Have a Great Week!  #TeamKid #PawPower!!

4/20/2015 MMM

I hope your weekend was wonderful.  I ended up working in my backyard.  We are putting in a new garden and even though it isn't quite finished, it is already making our yard look a ton better.  I also went country dancing with my wife, one of our favorite things to do that we seldom get to do.  One problem, we went to a dance club in Provo and we were the oldest ones there by at least 15 years.  We had fun, but definitely felt a little out of place.

The Running with the Grizzlies Fun Run and 5K was a big success from my point of view.  There were nearly 400 participants.  If you see Katie Huddleston or any other PTA people, please thank them and congratulate them for a great event.  We really do have a great PTA who supports us so well.  I mentioned I went country dancing Saturday.  I also ran the 5K on Friday and ran up a down escalator at the CITES conference (Rashel, it isn't cheating. Anyway to get to the top!) on Thursday.  Needless to say, my legs are feeling it.

The #Utedchat this week is on Wednesday night the 22nd from 9-10.  The topic this week is Teaching Soft Skills with Jared Covili from UEN as moderator. Jared is quite the expert so if you have the chance, it should be a great discussion.

Last week's faculty mtg with a focus on Genius Hour created a lot of concern and questions.  I remember the concerns that were voiced, but I know there are a lot of other questions and ideas we didn't hear.  Please share your concerns, thoughts, ideas, and solutions via this Padlet so we can go forward with this with both eyes wide open.  I have created a Google Doc on Genius Hour with links to more information based on what I heard.  I will continue to add to it for your convenience.  I've already emailed you all a link to this document, but here is another link just in case that email got deleted or buried.  I  would like to talk about this again with the possibility of implementing OUR OWN version of it starting next year.

**To Be Aware of**

• We will have a fire drill sometime this week.  Like the earthquake drill, be ready for the unexpected.
• Don't forget to attach #teamkid on all tweets going out.  Our school hashtag is #PawPower.
• Thank you for those who have already moved the grade level printers to your new location.  There are still some that need to be moved.  Please take care of that early this week.  Today would be a wonderful time to do it. (HINT)
• The deadline to look through and move all supplies out of the supply room downstairs was last Friday.  Books and items that needed to go to surplus should have been put out on tables.  Anything else should have been taken to your  
•  Concerning class placements for next year, you will need to get the blue folders out and look at who shouldn't be together.  There are some cases where kids were put together who were not supposed to be together, but nobody looked at the cards.  (Start using these folders from the beginning of the year, not the end.) You should have DRA levels on hand when we place.  We will do away with the average rating method and just go on having a near even number of 1s, 2s, 3s and 4s across the classes. Since we started averaging, our classes have been incredibly lopsided. 
• New book I will be reading to classes is Horton Hatches the Egg.  The topic of discussion is responsibility.  Look at the calendar to sign up for a time.
• The superintendent and three board members will be at our school tomorrow morning from about 8-10.  They will be working in the conference room during that time and should not be disturbed.  This is another reason to get the grade level printers out of that room TODAY!
• I still have those book catalogs in my office that were used about a month ago by a vendor to help with our guided reading library.  You will need to decide on books you would like to order.  I would like to finalize by the end of this week.
  
  
  

Cleaning Schedule

Apr. SPED and Computer Specialist

May  Kinder, Life Skills, & P.E. Specialist

Lunch Schedule

1st

11:31 Hull

11:32 Mac

11:33 McKell

11:34 Sharma

2nd

11:25 Herman

11:26 Higgins

11:27 West

11:28 Connell

3rd

11:56 Wilson

11:58 Whipple

12:00 Nichols

12:02 Durrant

12:03 Schafer

4th

11:55 Fiorucci

11:57 Crossley

11:59 CJohnson

12:01 Austin

5th

12:20 MJohnson

12:22 Oswald

12:24 Day

12:26 Green

6th

12:21 Allen

12:23 Krall

12:25 Rooke

12:27 Paravato

Save the Date

4/20-24 Fire Drill Sometime this week
4/21 Superintendent/School Board Visit 8-10.
4/21 PTA Council Luncheon
4/21 Associates Field Trip for Kyle, Angie, and Lana
4/22 Maturation Program 2:15
4/23 TAT Mtg from 8:15-9.
4/24 BYU Graduation
4/24 4th grade Living Planetarium in Multipurpose room
4/24 6th grade to Clark Planetarium
4/27-5/1 Intruder Drill Sometime this week
4/30-5/1 Associates for Kyle, Lana, Angie

*Look at the Faculty Calendar on Google for other events.

Happy Birthday

None this week

Celebrations/Things I Noticed
Gotta give a shout out to the PTA, especially Katie Huddleston for making the Running With the Grizzlies Festivities happen the way they did.  It was a great event and the weather cooperated with us up until it was about time to go.  The wind picked up then and it got a bit chilly (especially when covered in whipped cream)
Last week I was able to visit a few classes and I noticed some great things.
Angie Herman was working at her horseshoe table with a few of her students helping them complete some assignments.  A great thing to do while the kids are working on other projects.  During that time, one of her kids came to me and was telling me all about what he was learning about an animal he was studying about.  I could tell he was loving what he was learning.
I was able to play soccer with Elly's kids at recess.  It was great fun to hang out with the kindergarteners for 10 minutes.

Great Video clip of the Week

Please Watch!  Got this from the CITES conference.  It is a great message about failure and motivation

Great Read of the Week
Have you ever thought about doing this?  What are your thoughts?

http://goo.gl/6ODq8B


Have a Great Week!  #TeamKid #PawPower!!

4/13/15 MMM

I hope everyone's break was wonderful.  I had a great time with my family.  You all saw my red face at the assembly this morning.  I was in the sun whether working or playing the whole week.  Glad to be back and working with all of you.

The #Utedchat this week is on Wednesday night the 15th (Taxes Due) from 9-10.  The topic this week is The Trouble with Teenagers: Safe Social Media Tips for Students.

We have received training on iReady and Edivate.  How are you using them?  What are some of your frustrations?  Please comment on the following Padlet.

**To Be Aware of**

• Faculty meeting is this Wednesday at 8:15.  We need to start right at 8:15 in order to take care of everything.  For the training part of faculty meeting, will you please watch this video?  It is something I've included before in a MMM, but it is something I want us all to consider for next year and I think this would be a great discussion to have on Wednesday.  The video will be included in the video of the week as well.
• Don't forget to attach #teamkid on all tweets going out.  Our school hashtag is #PawPower.
• Please let me know what room you have decided to put the grade level printer in.  This was supposed to be done before the break.  I will get John to make sure everything is configured correctly.
• As a team, you will need to go down to storage and pull out all you would like to keep through construction.  These supplies will need to be stored in your rooms.  There is a sign off sheet in the office so we know EACH of you have removed all that you want.  Anything you do not want needs to be put out on the tables in the multipurpose room to be cataloged for surplus by April the 17th. Everything else will be trashed.
•  Concerning class placements for next year, you will need to get the blue folders out and look at who shouldn't be together.  There are some cases where kids were put together who were not supposed to be together, but nobody looked at the cards.  (Start using these folders from the beginning of the year, not the end.) You should have DRA levels on hand when we place.  We will do away with the average rating method and just go on having a near even number of 1s, 2s, 3s and 4s across the classes. Since we started averaging, our classes have been incredibly lopsided. 
• It was awesome to read to many of your classes.  We had some amazing discussions and chances to use social media in some classes to continue the dialogue.  In other classes we talked about making the most of your space in telling your story using a small Post-It note.  In a way I was trying to teach the kids about digital citizenship and how I use Twitter to tell Grovecrest's story.  I said I would put these little notes up on Twitter and I will.  It will just take a bit with reports due this week.
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Cleaning Schedule

Apr. SPED and Computer Specialist

May  Kinder, Life Skills, & P.E. Specialist

Lunch Schedule

1st

11:31 Mac

11:32 McKell

11:33 Sharma

11:34 Hull

2nd

11:25 Higgins

11:26 West

11:27 Connell

11:28 Herman

3rd

11:56 Whipple

11:58 Nichols

12:00 Durrant

12:02 Schafer

12:03 Wilson

4th

11:55 Crossley

11:57 CJohnson

11:59 Austin

12:01 Fiorucci

5th

12:20 Oswald

12:22 Day

12:24 Green

12:26 MJohnson

6th

12:21 Krall

12:23 Rooke

12:25 Paravato

12:27 Allen

Save the Date

3/13 DRA testing in the conference room for the next 2 1/2 weeks.
3/13 SAGE Testing window opens
4/15 Taxes Due!!
4/15 Faculty meeting 8:15
4/16 Hope of America at the Marriott Center for 5th grade
4/16-17 CITES Conference for Reading Committee and Administration
4/17 Running with the Grizzlies 5K.  Festivities start at 5:30.
4/20-24 Fire Drill Sometime this week
4/21 Superintendent/School Board Visit 8-10.
4/21 PTA Council Luncheon
4/21 Associates Field Trip for Kyle, Angie, and Lana
4/22 Maturation Program 2:15
4/23 TAT Mtg from 8:15-9.
4/24 BYU Graduation
4/24 4th grade Living Planetarium in Multipurpose room
4/24 6th grade to Clark Planetarium

*Look at the Faculty Calendar on Google for other events.

Happy Birthday

Missed from last week:
4/11 Alysha Higgins
This week:
4/17 BetteJo McLelland

Celebrations/Things I Noticed
Congrats to Emma for getting engaged over the break. No more Miss O come next year.  It will be Mrs. _________!  We'll let her fill in the blank.
Happy anniversary to Julie this week!!

Great Video clip of the Week

For Faculty meeting Wednesday morning.  Please Watch!

Great Read of the Week
Great read about 6 questions to ask when contemplating the use of technology in the classroom.
http://goo.gl/Ui59pX


Have a Great Week!  #TeamKid #PawPower!!