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!!