Good news, if you read the speech bubble in the graphic above, this week is all about switching things up! It will be quite a different week, but I am sure you all are ready for it. February is coming at us fast and furious (and fabulous)! Looking forward to an afternoon of professional development focused on writing. We will have a chance to see how our rubrics look across the grades. We will also begin to look at what we are using for graphic organizers. You will also have a chance to provide some input to our trimester 2 writing prompt that will be coming up in March. Tuesday is Inspired Learning Day! Please make sure and share with your students on Monday the slideshow that was sent to you. It will give them an idea of the possible sessions that they will be attending. Thank you to Julia and Tracee for creating name tag necklaces for all of your students. On one side there is a sticker with the POL competency that the student selected as his/her number one choice. On the other side, there is a list of the 3 sessions and the room numbers of where he/she needs to go. I will be sending out an email with more details of how the day will go. We will have several high school students here to help. I am also looking forward to the high school drama students performing a portion of "Percy Jackson" for us. They will also connect their characters to a POL Superpower. And hopefully at the end, our students will have a chance to learn part of a song in the musical. At the end of the day, you will have a chance to help lead your class through a reflection of the day. I will also ask you to reflect on the day and think about how to bring components of Inspired Learning Day into your daily lessons and activities. We will also have a group of administrators from Needham Public Schools visiting MURSD and Clough is their first stop on Inspired Learning Day. After we get through a half day and Inspired Learning Day, Wednesday is both the 100th Day of School and World Read Aloud Day! The 100th day is a good time to think about how you have been working with your students for more than half the year now. Think about where they started with you and where they are today. Think about where they will be after 80 more days with them. If you want more information about World Read Aloud Day and what you can do with your students to connect them to classrooms all over the globe celebrating World Read Aloid Day, check out this link.
This week and this month will be fast and furious... and fabulous! Make sure to enjoy every moment!
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