Welcome Bears! - Week 12

Recognition Wall

1st Grade Team!

Thank you for adapting to changes and for supporting each other every day. Thank you for always aiming to do better, to innovate and to find the best way to support our students!

Upcoming Events

VISITS NEXT WEEK

METACOGNITION EXPERTS FROM HARVARD AND NORD ANGLIA
IMG

Make sure your classrooms are in the best shape!
There will be observations happening, so get ready to shine!
There will be changes in the schedule, please be flexible!
- PE will have subs all day on Monday, 14th
- Vale C, Dani Meza, Paty Torres and Merce
  - Thursday 20th
  - Class will finish at 14h00 instead of at 14h15.

Conscious Discipline Book Club- Deep Dive on Building Resilient Classrooms

November 26th
Book Leads will send you an invite
Pages:
- 197, 198, 199. 207,208,209,210
Link to the book HERE

IMG Academy Visit

November 17th, 18th, and 19th

What is IMG?

*The World Leader in Sports Education!

Monday November 17th:

All School Meeting

*Attendance for PG/PK Core Teachers is optional.

Metacognition Team Visit

November 18th November 21st

Nov. 19th Observations in Early Years!

Please get ready to shine!
Make sure your classrooms are tidy and safe.
Let's get ready to show how we are embedding metacognition and the Learner Ambitions in our lessons.

PD DAY

November 21st

PAC

Children's Rights Day

November 20th

PG/PK: HOPE LESSON (CT)
KINDER:
- HOPE LESSON (CT)
- Middle School students will send letters to your students. Once they deliver the letters, please proof read them and then give each child one.
1st GRADE:
- HOPE LESSON (CT)
- Book Read Aloud
  - Each class should sign up here.

EY Thanksgiving Cookie Bags Assembly

November 27th
HALF DAY
9h30 am

PG: Decorate paper bags. Giova will give them out to PG

PK: Create thank you poster. Maca will share more details soon.

Kinder: Decorate the cards. Ten per class

First Grade: 1st grade classes will write the letters for every member. (about 10 people per class)

*Maria Belen Alban will get the list of people and send it to us soon.

Every teacher brings a set of 12 cookies, and each grade level needs to fill up the bags.

TGIF: Holidays

November 28th
15h00
Vale S' restaurant 😻

Reminders

Peer Observations

- Please find the schedule here.
- The logistics and process to follow is included within the document. Please read it thoroughly.
- If you need/prefer to change the times, lessons or day, please write to me and/or Maca to reschedule.
- Also, please write to us if you need duty coverage.

Nice to Know Emails

- WHY:
  - The impact on parent-teacher relationships
  - The impact on student behavior through positive reinforcement.
- Please remember to send these often. These could be:
  - Pictures
  - Nice to know cards
  - Emails

MIT Home Challenge

LINK here

- Kids bring projects to school by November 17th
- Teachers score projects by November 25th using this rubric.
- Bring the projects to the office by November 25th
- Awards Assembly
  - November 26th
  - 11am
  - Bears Arena

Community Time
- This is the time to do the Learner Ambitions lessons included in Atlas and in our scope and sequence (Here).
- These lessons contribute to the holistic development of our children. They also build character.
- Use the Learner Ambitions poster to develop awareness!

- Seesaw
  - Weekly:
    - Beyond the classroom:
      - 5 pictures per week
    - Individual pictures
      - 1 picture of each child
    - Monthly
      - 5 pictures of every child in different subject areas