Picture Book Recommendation of the Week
Personal Space Camp: Teaching Children the Concepts of Personal Space by Julia Cook
Louis, a self-taught space expert is delighted to learn that his teacher has sent him to the principal's office to attend Personal Space Camp. Eager to learn more about lunar landings, space suits, and other cosmic concepts, Louis soon discovers that he has much to learn about personal space right here on earth.
Written with style, wit, and rhythm, Personal Space Camp addresses the complex issue of respect for another person's physical boundaries. Told from Louis' perspective, this story is a must have resource for parents, teachers, and counselors who want to communicate the idea of personal space in a manner that connects with kids.
I have read through everyone's reflections from the staff meeting. I am greatly impressed by your thoughts, how you reflected on what you were doing and why you were doing it. I was motivated by what I read and even more proud to be working with each of you.
Here are few (of the MANY, MANY...there was no way to share each response or you would be here for days) that resonated with me as I read:
Core Beliefs
Vision/Mission
Here are few (of the MANY, MANY...there was no way to share each response or you would be here for days) that resonated with me as I read:
Core Beliefs
- Learning taking place at the individual student pace.
- We support each other by encouragement; even if an answer is incorrect we say, "You'll get it next time!"
- My students will know that I truly care about them and believe that they can succeed. Reassure the students that they can strive.
- We celebrate whether it be a high five, a hug, or a sticker, we celebrate. Everyone has a place in the classroom and all kids can learn and share.
Vision/Mission
- Our school is shaping the future of our town.
- Each day is a new day.
- They learn through trial and error. They will persevere.
- If I can promote an atmosphere of growth and responsibility, they will learn and become productive.
- Even if I can't reach every student each day, I do my best to meet the needs of at least one every single day.
- I believe it is not only our responsibility to teach them the standards but to teach them the social skills to survive in society. Our kids need positive.
- I encourage and challenge all students to give the best effort they can in everything they do. I won't let them give up just because they don't get something the first time.
- I saw some of the same names over and over again. I appreciate that multiple people recognize that these students need additional love and positivity.
- I want to start talking to my students one-on-one more and plan on eating lunch with several students at a time....build a stronger relationship with them.
- I learn from my students when they tell the morning message.
- We do not know the troubles or difficulties each faces. We will only learn this by listening to the child.
- You have to know them as a person, not just a student.
- To gain a more closely knit relationship with my students, I need to talk to them; not just about school - about life.
- Show love and patience with each student.
- I will share the ideas as they match what we will focus on each week.
- Some kids all they know and understand is how to survive. We have to reassure them and show them a better way.
- Create a video of our awesome kids following our behavior expectations that can be shown in class or during morning meeting.
- Excitement is contagious and kids will get just as excited about a topic as you do.
- Pictures in the hallway of your students making positive behavior choices.
- Making students who are showing positive behavior classroom assistants.
- Sending home positive "good news slips" or "art grams."
- Have a "Caught in the Act" or "I got caught being good" area on a bulletin board.
- We move our clips up on our behavior chart...applause from the class (when get to the top).
- Brag to other teachers while the student is present.
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. To the south, the king’s powers are failing—his most trusted adviser dead under mysterious circumstances and his enemies emerging from the shadows of the throne. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the frozen land they were born to. Now Lord Eddard Stark is reluctantly summoned to serve as the king’s new Hand, an appointment that threatens to sunder not only his family but the kingdom itself.
School Culture Recharged by Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker
Why do some schools succeed while others struggle? Why do policies and programs often fail to deliver what they promise? In this follow-up to their insightful School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It, authors Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker offer practical advice and strategies that help you build positive energy to reinvigorate your school's culture and staff.
For We Are Many (Bobiverse #2) by Dennis E. Taylor
Bob and his copies have been spreading out from Earth for forty years now, looking for habitable planets. But that’s the only part of the plan that’s still in one piece. A system-wide war has killed off 99.9% of the human race; nuclear winter is slowly making the Earth uninhabitable; a radical group wants to finish the job on the remnants of humanity; the Brazilian space probes are still out there, still trying to blow up the competition; And the Bobs have discovered a space-faring species that considers all other life as food.
Bob left Earth anticipating a life of exploration and blissful solitude. Instead he’s a sky god to a primitive native species, the only hope for getting humanity to a new home, and possibly the only thing that can prevent every species in the local sphere ending up as dinner.
Bob left Earth anticipating a life of exploration and blissful solitude. Instead he’s a sky god to a primitive native species, the only hope for getting humanity to a new home, and possibly the only thing that can prevent every species in the local sphere ending up as dinner.
About the Principal
I am proud to be entering my second year as the principal at Blytheville Primary School. I love what I do and the community I work in. I enjoy spending time with my family, reading books, and going to the zoo, especially the Memphis Zoo.
Email: jwilson@blythevilleschools.net
Website: http://www.blythevilleschools.com/o/bps
Location: 1103 Byrum Road, Blytheville, AR, United States
Phone: 870-763-6916
Facebook: facebook.com/cimeronejana
Twitter: @cimeronejana
