May 29. Memorial Day. No School
June 1. PTA Mtg. Board Members Training Session. No Public Mtg.
June 12. 7:00 pm. Board of Education Mtg. HS-LGI
June 13. 1/2 Day Students. Dismiss at 11:40 am.
June 14. 1/2 Day Students. Dismiss at 11:40 am.
June 15. 1/2 Day Students. Dismiss at 11:40 am. – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
Congratulations to Erin and Colleen for being recognized by the Board of Education for their hard work in organizing many guest readers at all three elementary schools during March is Reading Month! Many of our classes enjoyed a guest reader from the AP community and we appreciate the efforts of Erin and Colleen to invite and coordinate the readers!
SAFE SCHOOLS
Mike Dawson has indicated that the Safe Schools training window will open on July 1 with a due date of October 31. Please let me know if you need any assistance accessing your Safe Schools account when the window opens.
PD LOGS
Now that PD has concluded for the year, please print and submit your PD log from the MOECS system and turn it in to my mailbox no later than May 31. A list of this year’s PD was included in a previous blog post if you need to reference it. If you have a certificate that does not need continuing ed credits to renew, you will enter your PD log on the RESA website.
FREE ONLINE RESOURCES
MTSS Survey Link
Please take the time to respond to the MTSS survey for our building. We will use the district data to improve our approach both at the building level and at the district level of support.
Math Survey Link
Please take the time to respond to the MTSS survey for our building. We will use the district data to improve our approach both at the building level and at the district level of support.
From the District:
- Kiwanis Club of AP – Kids Day! June 3 – Arts & Crafts, Face Painting… see attached!
- AP Citizens Civic Fund – Community Build Days – Get involved – we need YOU! Come help build a new playscape June 7-10! See attached for details.
- AP Citizens Civic Fund – Annual Pizza, Wine & Beer Tasting – Raising funds for Parks & Historical Home in AP – June 15 – See attached and enjoy this fun event!
- Classic Cars & Custom Bike Show, Raffles, Music & More – Downtown AP – June 28 – see attached!
- Downtown AP Farmer’s Market Coming Soon! – Dates & Coupon attached!
- Allen Park Jaguars YOUTH FOOTBALL CAMP – July 25, 26 & 27 – Registration form & details attached.
- Allen Park CHEER TEAM GOLF OUTING – August 27 – Consider playing, attending the dinner or sponsoring the event in various ways! (see attached)
HEADBANDS GAME
A Twist on the Headband Game!
1. Cut a piece of construction paper into a six by 18 inch strip.
– Words: put flash cards with pictures and have the children write the whole word, such as CVC words, or any other words (CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC, etc.) You can find CVC flash cards here or here.
– Colors: put a colored piece of paper in the pocket and have the children write the color word. I think it’s okay that kids write a word more than once!
– Shapes: put a flash card with a picture of a shape on the hat, and have kids try to draw it. If children are old enough to spell it, they can do that, or even write how many sides or vertices it has. You can find pictures of the shapes here.
– Phonics: put flash cards with pictures in the hats and have the children write the chunks (diphthongs and digraphs.) You can find pictures here or here.
– Subitizing: put dot cards or large dominoes in the hats and have the kids write the numeral.
– Number Recognition: put a flash card of a number in the hat, and have kids draw that many dots or items.
– Equations: put a flash card of a simple equation in the hat and have kids write the answer.
– Spelling: if you can come up with a clue for a word (or even a picture!), then kids can spell it. I taught my kids to spell the days of the week and the months, and wrote, “Month 2” and “Day 5” on index cards to give them a clue. (These were my second graders. See the photo below!)
– Here are some more ideas that are especially good for older kids such as my second graders: synonyms, antonyms, vocabulary, true and false questions, opinion or fact questions, homophones, identify the suffix, prefix, or base word, write the plural spelling, name the greater or lesser number or fraction, what time is it on the clock, etc., etc., ETC.!!!!
Some Tips to Make The Headband Game Go Smoothly
1. Establish rules first! Of course, you’ll want to remind your kids that there will be no running inside, right? Also, they needed to keep their voices low, etc. I also told my “lively” group that if they didn’t follow the rules that we would not do this game again for a while; it was up to them. My students this year definitely do best with structure, and I want them to do well.
2. Establish a minimum amount of questions that they need to finish. That may be all of them or just some of them; it’s up to you!
3. If some of your students tend to finish assignments quite rapidly (but others not so much,) make sure you tell them NOT to remove their headbands until EVERYONE is finished! Otherwise, the children that are finishing up will not be able to continue because they won’t know what to write next to someone’s name if they have removed their headband and put it back in the tub, etc.
4. Tell them not to rip their headbands! None of my kids did, but I reminded them that if they wanted to play again, we wouldn’t be able to play if several headbands were ruined.
June 14. 5th Grade Brunch & Celebration
June 15. 5th Grade Field Day. Last day of school (students)
June 16. Last day of school (Teachers).
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
June 7 – Morning / 1st Grade
June 8 – Afternoon / 4th Grade
June 12 – Afternoon / 2nd Grade
June 13 – 3rd Grade (1/2 Day)
June 14 – Kindergarten (1/2 Day)
June 15 – 5th Grade (1/2 Day) LAST DAY OF SCHOOL