Sunday, November 17, 2013

November 18th-22nd

Food for thought... Pirate booty!

This past Saturday I woke up at 5 am to go to see Dave Burgess, author of Teach Like a Pirate, in Moraga at Saint Mary's College. I love, love meeting authors! He was amazing, and I highly recommend his book. I'm going to use his "teaser" hook and just share the word cloud and a few pictures from the day... If you want to know more check out my blog post from Lead.Learn.Sparkle or read the book!

The word I wrote the most shows up the biggest. Think he's talking about engagement?
It's all about content.

He had me at secret.

Things I loved...

Word Jam in 2nd grade- which Julie blogged about!
Reading "Deck the Walls" to classes! I loved the kinder version of fa-la-la which sounded a little like la-la-la!
The homemade turkeys outside TK. Big Papi is AWESOME!
The kids' behavior at lunch. They filled my bucket!
Learning about how salt impacts freezing time in 3rd grade.
Hearing all about the Google launches with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders!
Teachers venturing into the world of global publishing, one blog at a time...Awesome


Dates and details:

November 20th- Late start Wednesday- whole staff in lounge (this is a change)
November 21st- Tech time 3:15
November 22nd- Erin Dealey assembly 10:15-11:00 (I can't wait!)
November 25th-29th Thanksgiving break-- Enjoy! 
December 3rd-6th Project GLAD demo- in Petra's class (Petra, Hope, Saryn & Tammy) be sure to arrange your subs)
December 6th- early release day. Grade level planning or GLAD planning (if you're part of demo) Staff potluck?
December 9th- CPR training at Star- let me know if you are interested or visit http://www.axiompros.com/  only $30 (only 12 spots available)
December 10th- Dental presentations by grade level- schedule TBA
December 13th- Phil Tulga assemblies (9:30 and 10:30-- grade levels TBA)
December 18th- Ballet and Music performance in gym at Star 6:30 PM (after school enrichment)
December 20- end of semester
December winter break- December 23rd-January 3rd
January 6- NCS staff development day
January 17 report cards sent home
January 27th - ALA Awards broadcast! More information to come about the Mock Caldecott at Star Academy! Click here for the link to the live broadcast

Tech Tips:


If you want to get rid of the "similar video" suggestions that show up after you insert a YouTube video in your blog, here's some info that might be useful: http://illuminea.com/remove-related-videos-from-end-of-embedded-youtube-video/ 


Removing the "next blog" nav bar in Blogger:












1 comment:

  1. Thanks for the tip on removing the "next blog" on the navigation bar. You know it was simple because I was able to do it :)

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