June 1, 2018
School is not out yet.
Please still be teaching meaningful content and have written objectives on the
board. If we do not teach until the very last day- parents and students start
saying we are doing nothing in school except filling out worksheets and watching
movies.
Ending the Year on a Positive Note
The Responsive Classroom had a couple of great ideas that gets our students to those higher levels of thinking and requires a performance task. (Think Common Core!) Here are a couple of great ideas….which you can revise and use with your class!
A few years ago I decided to make sure my class would have time for saying goodbye on the last day of school. To help them prepare, the night before I gave them “thinking homework,” asking them to reflect on what they remembered about the school year and to be ready to share their memories with the class.
Near the end of the next day, I shut the door and posted a "Do Not Disturb" sign on it so we wouldn’t be interrupted. People knew what we were doing must be important—it was the first time during the whole year that I’d closed the classroom door!
For about thirty minutes, we shared our "I remembers,” and I jotted down what the children said, everything from “learning to read” to “singing on stage at the holiday concert.” We hugged, laughed, and cried. Before the children left for the day I gave them copies of everyone’s “I remember” to take home. I have done this every year since. It has become a cherished way to end the year on a positive note.
--Arlene Flye, preK and kindergarten teacher
Please welcome our new 8th grade teacher Melissa Shelton-Biscardi
I moved to Woodland last summer with my husband and children(a son and 3 daughters) from San Jose. I have been teaching for ten years. For the last six I have been at a project based learning school, co-teaching a integrated course called the Art of Science. I enjoy snowboarding, gardening, and hiking in my free time.
Observable Fish Moments at SV:
Be There: Thank you TO ALL STAFF for being there for each other and our families and especially our students!!! Thank you Heather H. and Katie for an awesome AR party!! The kids loved it!!
Play: We look forward to field day being led by our 8th graders!!
Choose your attitude: BE POSITIVE!!
To actually choose how you respond to life, not just react, you must be intentional. Ask yourself throughout the day, "What is my attitude right now? Is it helping the people who depend on me? Is it helping me to be most effective?" NO EXCUSES!!
Make Their Day: You still have time- make a positive phone call home! Students and parents LOVE this!!
June 5 8th graders at Six Flags; Staff meeting/social 3:15 at Mangels
June 6 Royal King Dance student show 5:00pm
June 7 11:00 Promotion
June 8 Field day, report cards go home, minimum day
June 13 and 15 Genentech work days at SV from 9:00-2:00
