January 26-30

Everything you need to know about the Great Kindness Challenge!
Thanks, Caroline!

Things I loved seeing around school last week-- (just a few, there is so much awesome going on! Thank you for all you do!)

One word 5th grade

Math in 5th grade: kids coaching kids

Helping a kinder kid to BREATHE, keep calm & tie his shoe

Kinder weather hypotheses

Knitting and chrocheting 4th & 5th graders!

Sweet geology in 2nd grade

Helping out

My drop off helper!

Dates and Details

January 26 : No Office Day & Prospective Family Tours
Tours: 8:45-10:00 and 1:00-2:15

January 26  Report Cards go home
January 26 Kindness station at recess: cards
January 28th PIP Wednesday & Choir starts 8:30-9:10
January 29th  Yearbook software training at tech time with Excel Photographers
January 29th 1:30: Pennies for Patients assembly
January 29th Kindness station at recess : you rock!
January 30 Jennifer off campus all day

January 30th Fit Friday walks
3rd-5th walk from 8:40-9:05
AM TK/K-2nd walk from 9:10-9:35
PM K and PM 12:30-12:55

February 4th Star Staff meeting 7:30 (click here for agenda) Ting will be here and we will also hear from groups with their building community/management presentations :)
February 4th Global School Play Day and related blog post
March 4th    World Read Aloud Day & all school Skype with Erin Dealey
March 9th  GLAD coaching: Evans, Torres, Kloczko, McAvoy  schedule TBA (sub needed all day)
March 10th GLAD coaching:  Kahler, Mandujano, Fraser, Luhrsen schedule TBA (sub needed all day)
March 13th Digital  Learning Day

Tech Tips

Do you Flubaroo?

I just learned about this tool and it's so easy it's scary. Create a quiz in Google forms AND grade it? Awesome!

January 12-16

Our blogging challenge continues! Caroline, Karen, and Petra have already earned their blogging challenge badge with their posts on Star's blog!
Check out Caroline's post The Power of Kindness, Karen's TK word cloud, and Petra's post about Amy Poehler's book Yes, Please. Who's next? You can share anything!

Some topics / ideas include: 
Looking back to August, what are you most excited about? 
What are you looking forward to in 2015? 
Is there a tech tool you love or are excited to try? 
Have you read a great book lately? 
What #oneword might you choose to inspire you in 2015?
Something you'd like to celebrate? 

To be a guest blogger on our school blog-- it's easy! Here's how:

1. Compose an email to jkloczko.staracademy@blogger.com

2. The subject line will become your blog title

3. The body of your email will be your post

4. Any attached images will be embedded in the post

Dates and Details
January 12th- No Office Day 
January 13th- Tech visitors 1:30-2:30
January 14  Cadre Meetings 8:00 am

January 15th - Tech Time! Click here to view or add to the agenda :)

January 16th Fit Friday walks
3rd-5th walk from 8:40-9:05
AM TK/K-2nd walk from 9:10-9:35
PM K and PM 12:30-12:55

January 19th No School- Martin Luther King Jr. birthday
January 20th No School- NCS PD day (teacher work day)
January 21  Grade level meeting
January 22  Yearbook software training at tech time with Excel Photographers
January 26  Report Cards go home
January 28th PIP Wednesday
January 29th 1:30: Pennies for Patients assembly
February 4th Star Staff meeting 7:30 (click here for agenda) Ting will be here and we will also hear from groups with their building community/management presentations :)

Tech Tips:
More from Lisa Highfill: Using Google Forms: Conferring with Writers


A3WP notes from K-2 Super Saturday with Andrea Allen
Maria's notes
Julie's notes
Petra's Digital Reading Log Presentation

January 5th-9th

Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful winter break filled with family, fun, and relaxation. Starting the new year is always a fun time to look back and reflect and a time to make plans. I hope you'll take part in our Star Staff Blogging Challenge during the month of January! Don't worry, it doesn't need to be a long literary piece-- the topic can be anything! 
Some topics / ideas include: 
Looking back to August, what are you most excited about? 
What are you looking forward to in 2015? 
Is there a tech tool you love or are excited to try? 
Have you read a great book lately? 
What #oneword might you choose to inspire you in 2015?
Something you'd like to celebrate? 

I'd love to have you be a guest blogger on our school blog. It's easy! Here's how:

1. Compose an email to jkloczko.staracademy@blogger.com

2. The subject line will become your blog title

3. The body of your email will be your post

4. Any attached images will be embedded in the post

Dates and Details
January 5th- No Office Day 

January 7th- Star Staff Meeting 7:30-8:30 (click here for agenda) Please bring your articles from our last meeting. 

January 8th - Tech Time! Click here to view or add to the agenda :)
January 8th 5:00-6:00 pm 5th grade parent information night- Leading Edge/PFAA/PACT Project X

January 9th Fit Friday walks
3rd-5th walk from 8:40-9:05
AM TK/K-2nd walk from 9:10-9:35
PM K and PM 12:30-12:55

January 19th No School- Martin Luther King Jr. birthday
January 20th No School- NCS PD day (teacher work day)
January 14  Cadre Meeting
January 21  Grade level meeting
January 22  Yearbook software training at tech time with Excel Photographers
January 26  Report Cards go home
January 28th PIP Wednesday
February 4th Star Staff meeting 7:30
              

Random Resources

Donalyn Miller: Conferring with readers: Finding focus

Conferring with readers finding focus from Donalynm

Add 450 fonts to your Google Docs??? What?
Change your default font? Yes! 
Check out this Facebook Post by Sally Westfall Hoyt. (Placer County Office of Ed)

Looking for some fun and learning in February? Come to CUE Rockstar in Petaluma!