March 2nd-6th

It's been fun watching the hashtags #ncsstar  #teamkid and @staracademyncs on Twitter! I have been retweeting your tweets! Check them out in the widget up at the top right! I saw this on Twitter this past weekend...

Thank you for sharing our school with the world.

The blogs from your classrooms are fabulous, too!


Dates & Details
March 2-6 Book Fair
March 2nd : No Office Day

Book fair preview times
Monday Preview:
8:15 Fassler
8:45 Kloczko
9:00 Luhrsen
9:15 Duley
9:30 Kahler
10:00 Brooke
10:30-Torres
10:45 Fraser
11:00 Rohrbacker
11:45- Bullock
12:00Sabrina
12:30 Duley
12:45 Steinlein
2:30-Evans 

March 2nd- Read Across America Day 
March 4th World Read Aloud Day & PJ Day
March 4th Dr. Seuss Night 4:30-7

March 4th Staff Meeting (click here for agenda)  We will hear from the other groups with their building community/management presentations :)

March 4th    World Read Aloud Day & all school Skype with Erin Dealey at 2:00 in the gym

March 5th- Tech Time! Click here to view or add to the agenda :)

March 6th  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
March 9th  GLAD coaching: Evans, Torres, Kloczko, McAvoy  
March 10th GLAD coaching:  Kahler, Mandujano, Fraser, Luhrsen 
GLAD coaching schedule and info here 
March 12-13 4th grade to Coloma
March 13th Digital  Learning Day -- Just share out the awesome to the hashtag #DLDay and #NWP via Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram!
March 16th No School NCS  PD day -9:00-11:30 teacher meeting

Tech Tips

Tweet tweet! Want the @staracademyncs Twitter widget for your blog or site?
Add an HTML gadget and paste this in!

<a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/StarAcademyNCS" data-widget-id="546028728846139392">Tweets by @StarAcademyNCS</a>
<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script>

Things to check out:
http://www.writeabout.com/

http://graphingstories.com/

Estimation 180: Building number sense one day at a time

February 23rd-27th

Let's join elementary schools from California and across the country and share the awesome this month! It's easy: just tweet out pictures and add #ncsstar  #teamkid and @staracademyncs to your tweet. I'll retweet so they show up on our webpage :)
More tweets from you are below! Woo hoo! 

Dates & Details
February 23rd : No Office Day & Prospective Family Tours (two scheduled)
Tours: 8:45-10:00 and 1:00-2:15
February 23rd Buckeye School visit- Minecraft
February 25th PIP WEdnesday

February 25th- Tech Time! Click here to view or add to the agenda :)
February 27th Enrichment Showcase 1:30-2:30

March 2nd- Read Across America Day 
March 4th World Read Aloud Day & PJ Day
March 4th Dr. Seuss Night 4:30-7
March 2-6 Book Fair
March 4th Staff Meeting (click here for agenda)  We will hear from the other groups with their building community/management presentations :)
March 4th    World Read Aloud Day & all school Skype with Erin Dealey at 2:00
March 6th  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
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 12-13 4th grade to Coloma
March 13th Digital  Learning Day -- Just share out the awesome to the hashtag #DLDay and #NWP via Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram!
March 16th No School NCS  PD day -9:00-11:30 teacher meeting

Tech Tip

Tweet tweet! Want the @staracademyncs Twitter widget for your blog or site?
Add an HTML gadget and paste this in!

<a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/StarAcademyNCS" data-widget-id="546028728846139392">Tweets by @StarAcademyNCS</a>
<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script>

Want a life changing tech tip? Force users to make a copy of a Google Doc!

Click here to find out how. So easy! 

February 16-20

Let's join elementary schools from California and across the country and share the awesome this month! It's easy: just tweet out pictures and add #teamkid and @staracademyncs to your tweet. I'll retweet so they show up on our webpage :)
Yay for Julie and Brook for taking the Twitter challenge and telling our school's story to the world! You can be next!

Dates & Details
February 9th : No Office Day & Prospective Family Tours (two scheduled)
Tours: 8:45-10:00 and 1:00-2:15

February 10th- Fraser, Luhrsen, Steinlein to UC Davis
February 18th Grade level meetings - report card feedback here
February 19th- Tech Time! Click here to view or add to the agenda :)
February 20th 1:30 Fire drill
February 23rd : No Office Day & Prospective Family Tours (two scheduled)
Tours: 8:45-10:00 and 1:00-2:15
February 23rd Buckeye School visit- Minecraft
February 25th PIP WEdnesday
February 27th Enrichment Showcase 1:30-2:30

March 2nd- Read Across America Day 
March 2-6 Book Fair
March 4th Staff Meeting (click here for agenda)  We will hear from the other groups with their building community/management presentations :)
March 4th Dr. Seuss Night & World Read Aloud Day
March 4th    World Read Aloud Day & all school Skype with Erin Dealey at 2:00
March 6th  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
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 12-13 4th grade to Coloma
March 13th Digital  Learning Day -- Just share out the awesome to the hashtag #DLDay and #NWP via Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram!
March 16th No School NCS  PD day -agenda TBA

Tech Tip
Something I stumbled upon... If you embed your YouTube video using HTML instead of inserting using the URL, it will be visible on phones and mobile devices! Inserted videos show up as blank spaces on mobile devices. I had no idea! 

Have a great week!

February 9th-13th

Let's join elementary schools from California and across the country and share the awesome this week! It's easy: just tweet out pictures and add #teamkid and @staracademyncs to your tweet. I'll retweet so they show up on our webpage :)

Dates & Details
February 9th : No Office Day & Prospective Family Tours (two scheduled)
Tours: 8:45-10:00 and 1:00-2:15

5th grade field trip 9-11:30 to Blackrock - 6th grade orientation
2nd grade field trip to capitol
February 10th- Fraser, Luhrsen, Steinlein to UC Davis
February 11th Grade level meetings - report card feedback here
February 11th- choir 8:25-9:10 / Kindergarten to News 10
February 11th - Eval/Portfolio workshop with Ting 3:30-4:30 in library - more info and Q/A
February 12th- Tech Time! Click here to view or add to the agenda :)

February 12- Common Core Math Night- Parent Ed 6:00-7:00

February 13th and 15th No school- President's Weekend

March 2nd- Read Across America Day 
March 4th Staff Meeting (click here for agenda)  We will hear from the other groups with their building community/management presentations :)
March 4th Dr. Seuss Night & World Read Aloud Day
March 4th    World Read Aloud Day & all school Skype with Erin Dealey at 2:00
March 6th  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
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 -- Just share out the awesome to the hashtag #DLDay and #NWP via Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram!

Twitter Treasure
https://spellup.withgoogle.com/

February 2nd-6th

Did this make you smile?

Take the smile challenge!
Kristen Beck, a Curriculum Coordinator from Auburn recently blogged about how she could make the world a better place in a post called It Begins With A Smile and she shares the SMILE CHALLENGE! You can read the entire post here.

Here is her smile challenge:

• For one week smile at any/all people you pass during the day. If it is people you see everyday and multiple times a day, do it EVERY TIME. 
• Make sure it is authentic and if you can get your eyes to light up or twinkle that is even better
• Smile at everyone in the office, school, classroom each time you cross paths
• When approaching a student or someone with a question (sometimes an annoying question) if you start with a smile, it changes how you start the conversation to a positive and provides an opportunity to build a relationship and trust rather than getting off on the wrong foot
• If you are somewhere like the grocery store, smile as you pass others in the aisle and see what happens.

It might take a while for you to start smiling automatically when encountering others. You will need to make a conscious effort at first. Soon it will become something you just do and you get to reap the benefits. 
Bonus challenge:
Take the smile challenge and share via Twitter, a blog post, pictures on Instagram, Facebook what you discover! 


Dates and Details

February 2nd ALA Awards Announced! http://live.webcastinc.com/ala/2015/live/ 8:00 AM CT

Follow the hashtag  #ALAyma for real time results!



February 2nd : No Office Day & Prospective Family Tours (two scheduled)
Tours: 8:45-10:00 and 1:00-2:15

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
February 5th- Tech Time! Click here to view or add to the agenda :)

February 6 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 12- Common Core Math Night- Parent Ed 6:00

March 2nd- Read Across America Day 
March 4th Dr. Seuss Night & World Read Aloud Day
March 4th    World Read Aloud Day & all school Skype with Erin Dealey at 2:00
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 -- Just share out the awesome to the hashtag #DLDay and #NWP via Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram!

Tech Tip
Via @alicekeeler 
I'd like to try this!
Super easy- Use Snagit Chrome Extension to Make Animated Gifs
http://www.alicekeeler.com/teachertech/2015/02/01/super-easy-use-snagit-to-create-animated-gifs/