Green Valley MS- Home of the Vikings!: January 2018

Friday, January 26, 2018

January 26, 2018

Need a smile? C'mon. Everyone does! Just take a minute to smile and to breathe. Sometimes it's the hardest thing to do. Let's take a moment to remember the GOOD in our lives AND on our beautiful and positive campus! Let's keep the positive and good and kind going!!

ANNNNDDDDDD here we are with more and more ideas on effective teaching strategies for our students. These are SIMPLE. EASY. NOT COMPLICATED. seriously, give them a try! Easy strategies from simply believing in them and validating their self worth, to creating an active learning environment, and enabling our students to become active citizens, read THIS ARTICLE for more!!

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??

WALKTHROUGH DATA

Forms response chart. Question title: Evidence of PBIS (Check all that apply). Number of responses: 165 responses.

Take a moment to review this walk through information. What POSITIVES that we can notice on campus??

WHAT DOES OUR DATA SHOW? HOW CAN WE REACH ALL STUDENTS????

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, 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! (138)

SUPER awesome shout out to English Department for their AWESOME collaboration, sharing of ideas, planning/scheduling collab time to FOCUS on OUR students and THEIR teaching practice!!! ~KC and CL

SUPER awesome shout out to Annette for taking time out of her schedule to help the French students understand block schedule! ~Karen

SUPER awesome shout out to Annette for going out of her way to help our new students from France! ~Carol

SUPER awesome shout out to Barb for taking time to better understand the EL standards! ~Carol

SUPER awesome shout out to Mrs. McKenna and our garden growers for getting our garden really going!! ~Kristy

SUPER awesome shout out to Lorraine for showing love and concern to some very despondent students during her prep and being so kind to listen, respond and then encourage! ~Josiah

SUPER awesome shout out to Lorraine for calming a student down and putting things into perspective for them! ~Carla

SUPER awesome shout out to Aubry, Sue, Kristy, Heather T., Don, Carol, Heather P., Jamie, Nate and Christen for answering the question from the email/blog correctly! Your prize will be given at our next meeting! THANK YOU for actually reading the blog!

SUPER awesome shout out to Julie, Carol, Katherine, Sue, Dustin, Brenda, Dave O., Elizabeth, Sarj, Tamia, Alisa, Annette, Karen, Aubry, Lorraine, Megan, Allison, Heather T., Cristina, and Lynn for their attendance and contribution to our Open Forum with our Superintendent! It was MUCH appreciated!! ~KC&CL

SUPER awesome shout out to Annette, Ken, Alex, Tamia, Sue, Lynn, Katherine, Josiah, Julie, Christen, Heather T., Paula, Carol, Susan, Michele S., Michele L-R, KC and CL for writing Good News Referrals already! We have 91 written for January already!

Friday, January 19, 2018

Janaury 19, 2018

Yes, we as educators must ensure that our students are independent, engaged, and successful. So how do we guide them to become more independent learners? Take a look at THIS ARTICLE for three strategies to help foster this including, inspiring them, helping them to set goals, and having them evaluate how they are doing!

EVERYONE feeds off of positive praise and recognition! Have YOU taken a moment to praise a student, send a positive card home to a student, compliments/thanked a colleague, written a Good News Referral to a student or staff member? It takes LESS than 5 minutes to spread a little kindness and positive vibes around here so let's step up to the plate! Still not convinced? Check out THIS ARTICLE for the 7 effects of positive praise for students!

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??

WALKTHROUGH DATA

Take a moment to review this walk through information. What trends are WE seeing in each classroom? What can we do to support your instruction to take it further? What can YOU do to take your instruction to a higher level of DOK, engagement and mastery??