Green Valley MS- Home of the Vikings!: November 2017

Thursday, November 30, 2017

December 1, 2017

Over Thanksgiving Break, I started to reflect on ways that we, at GVMS, could help our students get inspired to be grateful. How could we, as adults, teach and MODEL this to our students? How could we inspire the next generation to CARE about one another as we see this less and less? How do WE train them to be the good int he world and to "be the change that we want to see in the world? Check out THIS ARTICLE for some inspiration and the video above.

Don't worry, it's quick =)

How do we keep them engaged, even with the craziness of the holidays coming up??? We know it can be a crazy time of year, so just HOW do we keep our Vikings engaged? Take a look at THIS ARTICLE on some easy ideas to keep em' engaged even with the holiday craze! Again, would YOU want to be in YOUR class??

WOULD YOU WANT TO BE A STUDENT IN YOUR CLASS???

IF YOUR STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE TO BE IN YOUR CLASS, WOULD THEY SHOW UP ANYWAY??

Check out some of the UPDATED Tweets that are ALWAYS going on around campus! Stop by and see what's happening in your colleague's classrooms! These pics below are updated WEEKLY! Aren't following everyone yet? Follow US @GVMSVIKINGS and we have everyone's Twitter handle! =)

SHOUT OUT to Kimberly, Tamia, Amy, Christen, Josiah, Dave F., Sue, Pozzesi, Jamie, Alisa, Liz, Heather P., Ryan, Lacey, Katherine, Anita, Cristina, Lynn, Dalal, Heather T., Lorraine, Kristy, Alex, Dustin, Carol, Elizabeth and K & C for posting as many great things about GVMS as we can! WE LOVE to brag about what's going on at GVMS!

SUPER HERO SHOUT OUTS! KEEP THEM COMING! We love the "I Noticed..." and will add as many as we can!

Click HERE to add! (107)

SUPER awesome shout out to 6th grade team for the collab day! Special thanks to Katherine for the yummy cake! ~Julie

SUPER awesome shout out to Cloud for his amazing history stories! Wish he was my history teacher! ~Alex

SUPER awesome shout out to Margret for being our nurse! We love having you here and it makes life so much better for our office! ~Michele R.

SUPER awesome shout out to Annette and Karen for helping with Math Boot Camp when I am double booked! ~Sue

SUPER awesome shout out to History for participating in PODS! ~KC/CL

SUPER awesome shout out to MY KIDS for being awesome! ~Don

SUPER awesome shout out to Diaz for showing me how to flip my classroom and I am going to try it! ~Don

SUPER awesome shout out to Admin for reminding AND our community us to focus on family and friends during Thanksgiving! ~Jason

SUPER awesome shout out to Kristy, Heather P., and Lynn for making STEAM Night even possible! ~K&C

SUPER shout out Heather T. for helping with Aeries! ~Ryan and KC

SUPER awesome shout out to Sue and Jacob for letting all of us come to watch you in action! ~Aubry, Lacey, KC, Josiah

SUPER awesome shout out to Rosa for making all of the Santa hats for the front office! ADORBS! ~front office

SUPER awesome shout out to Rosa, Mimi, Michele S., Karen A., Elizabeth, Ken, Cristina, Tamia, Dave F., Don, Sue, Lynn, Ryan, Kristy, Jamie, Katherine, Jason, Lorraine, Peckham, Lacey, Julie, Heather P., Christen , Aubry, Amy, Allison, Carol, Heather T., Barb and Admin for already writing 326 Good News Referrals for NOVEMBER! KEEP THEM COMING!!

FIRST THREE PEOPLE TO EMAIL ME WITH THE LOCATION OF OUR FACULTY MEETING ON TUESDAY 12/5, WIN A PRIZE!!

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Wednesdays are College Days

Mondays/Fridays are GVMS Spirit Days!

Thursday, November 9, 2017

November 9, 2017

Ahhhh MORE on grades and grading. During your department meetings, please have a respectful and productive conversation regarding your beliefs and policies regarding grading. Then, please take a look and see the trends on what is going on in your classroom. Do the grades coming out of your class truly reflect how they are learning? Does it truly reflect on your teaching? What does a zero truly say about our students AND our staff? Take a look at THIS ARTICLE in what our grades can say about possible harm. Yes, it's not the only article and not the only side. Just something to continue the discussion as a TEAM!

Have you ever considered sending a Google Survey to your students to get feedback from them on how THEY feel about your class? Have you ever considered getting their input as to how they best learn? Think about it. If you created a survey that was anonymous and couldn't be mean, what would they say? Would they share how they learn? Take a minute to read THIS ARTICLE on how kids feel about engagement and how we can make it MEANINGFUL for our students!!

LET'S LIGHT A FIRE UNDER IT!

WOULD YOU WANT TO BE A STUDENT IN YOUR CLASS???

IF YOUR STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE TO BE IN YOUR CLASS, WOULD THEY SHOW UP ANYWAY??

Check out some of the NEW Tweets that are ALWAYS going on around campus! Stop by and see what's happening in your colleague's classrooms! These pics below are updated WEEKLY! Aren't following everyone yet? Follow US @GVMSVIKINGS and we have everyone's Twitter handle! =)

SUPER HERO SHOUT OUTS! KEEP THEM COMING! We love the "I Noticed..." and will add as many as we can!

Click HERE to add! (90)

SUPER awesome shout out to our staff for coming together for the staff-student volleyball game! ~Cristina

SUPER awesome shout out to Cristina for organizing that! ~Staff

SUPER awesome shout out to the positive staff around campus, helping one another and supporting one another, and participating in the volleyball game! ~Paula

SUPER awesome shout out to Dustin for the continued coffee socials and making it a POSITIVE way to start out our day and get to know each other! ~Lynn, Aubry, and KC!

SUPER awesome shout out to students coming into the office and being so polite, as well as, TAs coming in and using the copiers! ~Michele R.

SUPER awesome shout out to our SPED SQUAD for going to IEP after IEP after IEP for all of our students! ~Don

SUPER awesome shout out to Tamia for helping a student in math, even when it wasn't her kid! ~Lorraine

SUPER awesome shout out to Science for their collaborative work in their PODs this last week! ~K&C

SUPER awesome shout out to Dave O. for his leadership with the Science PODs! ~K&C

SUPER awesome shout out for the POSITIVE Twitter posts and messages in the morning! ~Anonymous

SUPER awesome shout out to Rosa, Mimi, Michele S., Karen, Elizabeth, Ken, Tamia,Don, Lynn, Ryan, Katherine, Lorraine, Heather P., Aubry Amy, Heather T., and Admin for already writing 65 Good News Referrals for NOVEMBER! KEEP THEM COMING!!

SEE BLOG AS IT HAS WAY MORE DATES

Wednesdays are College Days

Mondays/Fridays are GVMS Spirit Days!

Friday, November 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

Ahhhh grades. This can be a FUN subject to discuss and we WILL be looking at it during our IPR on November 28 (along with three other goals) and looking at the data. While we know that some students do not try at all...ANNNNDDDDD what does our grading TRULY say about us as educators? Have we examined the ways we provide support to prevent a student from failing? Have we connected with the parents, AHEAD of time?

What do the amount of Ds and Fs in your classes say about you, as an educator? Did you know there are teachers on our campus who have a 30% failure rate for their students? THIRTY PERCENT!!! That is unacceptable. What are we going to do about it? Are we reaching out to students and parents and working WITH them? Have we documented all that we are doing to support the student? Cause we document EVERYTHING!! Are we grading for growth or are we just "checking a box"? Check out THIS ARTICLE to look at some information regarding grading for growth...

ENGAGEMENT is a topic that we will ALWAYS be addressing.

We started thinking of even easier ways to engage our students so that those that struggle with this, could start TODAY! Take a look at THIS ARTICLE that shows some EASY PEASY ways to incorporate engagement ideas and techniques, including one word splash, response cards, and secret answers, to make being in your class waaayyyyy more fun!

LIGHT A FIRE UNDER IT!

WOULD YOU WANT TO BE A STUDENT IN YOUR CLASS???

IF YOUR STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE TO BE IN YOUR CLASS, WOULD THEY SHOW UP ANYWAY??