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Belmont Mission Statement

Belmont Elementary will help students learn to be respectful, responsible, cooperative, and courteous by providing a safe environment with opportunities to learn and succeed.

WE ARE BELMONT
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Vision Statement
Every Student will learn and achieve.

FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION


Week of December 17th 21st, 2012

Principals Pen: Welcome to the start of week 17 for our Belmont Bees!
We will be engaging in many activities this week. Lets maintain an academic focus when we are not engaged in our planned activities which begin Monday with our annual sing-a-along. We must progress monitor students who need progress monitoring before we begin Christmas Break. When we return from the Christmas break we will begin our Middle of the Year Assessment. Happy Holidays to All!

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Belmonts definition of High Quality Teaching and Learning We are looking for Purpose, Engagement, Rigor, and Results (PERR) in every lesson.

WEEK AT A GLANCE Magnificent Monday, December 17th, 2012 Christmas Sing-Along Admin Meeting Terrific Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 4th Grade PLC 2nd Grade PLC PBIS Team Mtg Disbursement of Tuesday Folders Wonderful Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 EC PLC SLT/SIT Meeting (Media Ctr) Thrilling Thursday, December 20 , 2012 Early Release Day
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Bold Goal: 80% Proficiency in Reading & Math ******************************************************* Reading Corner: (Provided by Reading Coaches)
Every students should be progress monitored on their key skill and TRC before Christmas break. The key skill(s) at BOY and MOY for each grade level are listed below: K: FSF 1st: NWF, PSF 2nd: NWF, ORF 3rd: ORF

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******************************************************* Eight Things Skilled Teachers Think, Say, and Do


Larry Ferlazzo What Skilled Teachers Can Do

Fabulous Friday, December 21 , 2012 HAPPY HOLIDAYS! ******************************************************

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6. Be flexible. Being flexible might be the most important thing teachers can "do" to help students who challenge usin fact all studentsto get past whatever challenges of their own they confront. BELMONT SHOUT-OUTS! Help them get started. Psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik identified the Shout-Outs To Zeigarnik Effect: Once people start doing something, they tend to want to th n 5 grade students for good behavior in the cafeteria last finish it (Dean, 2011). If we get a disengaged or anxious student started, week! that's half the battle. For a task that's likely to challenge some students, T n The entire Belmont staff for your support and prayers present a variety of ways to get started: a menu of questions, the option to h to work with a during the past few weeks following the passing of my create a visual representation of a concept, a chance e grandmother I am grateful to work with such amazing partner. H elp p ostpone t empting d istractions . M aking a c onscious decision to people every single day! (from Sheri Chang) 5 postpone g iving i n t o t emptation c an r educe a d esire that's getting in the n Skylar Finney, Dakota Allen, John Skeens, Fernando way o f a g oal ( Society f or P ersonality a nd S ocial Psychology, 2012). My Velazquez, Sky Wheeler, and Lily Mitchell for earning d student M ai w as f requently u sing h er c ell p hone t o text message during Academy of Reading certificates last week! i ade a deal with hershe class. I didn't want to take her phone away, so I m n Jenny Shives for purchasing copies of The Best Christmas could text in my classroom during two specific ts imes: from the moment Pageant Ever for each of her studentsmany of the kids she entered the room until the bell rang and as s toon as the lunch bell rang. are so excited to have a book of their very own to keep! Since we made that deal, Mai hardly ever uses hr er cell phone during class.. n Mrs. Faulcon for working with Tyler in her classroomhe Acknowledge stress. As most of us know from experience, people tend to i has been using the iPod with his classmates! have less self-control when they're under stress c (Szalavitz, 2012). When a nd student is demonstrating self-control issues in m n 2 grade students for working hard to support their t y class, I often learn through a conversation with him or her that this student is going through answers using evidence from the text! th family disruptions or similar problems. Sometimes, n 5 grade team for the wonderful elp t heyve been to the n just providing students CASA meeting focusedhon student writing Tuesday, March 27, 2012 an o pportunity t o v ent w orries c an h ave a p ositive new teacherswe appreciate it!! (from Tony Coley) o effect.

Taken from Educational Leadership October 2012

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