Week of 08/05-09/19

We made it through our first full week of school. The students are starting to get the hang of all the new rules and procedures in our classroom and at Addison. We have been learning about how to come into the classroom, and how to unpack. They still need a few reminders but are getting the hang of it. Students are still getting adjusted to the school day schedule so we have been taking it a little easy on the work load. Starting next week we will introduce a little more, and see how they adjust.

We introduced the behavior chart last week. Students will start on green every day. They will move their clip up or down depending on their behavior. The colors in order from top to bottom are Pink, Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red. We want the students to be on green! They can go up if we notice them going above and beyond in something, but we are happy with them staying on green, green is good! If they move down to yellow it is just a warning/reminder to get on task. You will get a note if they have to move down to orange, and red will be a call. As I mentioned at the open house the students will take ownership of their behaviors in the classroom by putting a dot of the color they are on for the day in their agenda.

Another first we had last week in school was a practice fire drill. We discussed it last week a few times in order to prepare. We explained how when the alarm goes off we stop what we are doing, leave everything, line up with teachers, and walk to designated area outside. We happened to be in the Library Learning Commons when it went off this time. Everyone did a great job!

I am looking forward to our next full week of learning together! Thank you for all of your support at school and home.

     Mrs. Wilkinson