January 25 - January 29

January 25 - January 29

Our Mission:  “Educate students for lifelong learning and responsible living.”
Our Vision:  “Provide a learning environment that promotes and develops academic and
social growth.”

Classroom Management Techniques:  

Monday:  MyOn Kickoff  Grades 3 - 6 in the gym after Rise N Shine.  
              Math Night Planning 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday:  PLC Meetings. G.E. Walk Thru/Pop N Post.  No faculty meeting.
Wednesday: Regular School Day
Thursday:  100th Day of School.  
Friday:  Book Fair Begins
Looking ahead.... Parent Teacher Conferences are next week. Please be sure to schedule and have APP forms ready to be signed. 

Ms. Cramer and Mrs. Brett will continue conducting pre-conference meetings with teachers, classroom observations, and post conferences.  

Think Thru Math:  Be sure to have students in grades 3 - 6 complete the winter Benchmark.  This is part of our agreement with the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

Lexia:
In the last 30 days there have been 791 student logins.  There have been 34 staff logins in the last 30 days.

72% of Coolidge students are meeting their Lexia goals.  Shout Out to the 3rd grade team for printing and posting Lexia certificates with students.

Positive Classroom Discipline

According to Fred Jones' Positive Classroom Discipline, "The most widespread management technique at home and in the classroom is nag, nag, nag." "It's also probably the least effective."
How can you avoid making that technique your own and create a "climate for learning"? This week, Education World looks to the experts -- teachers who've "been there, done that" and found a better way -- for answers.
Howard Miller, Associate Professor of Education at Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Missouri) suggests 12 steps teachers can take at the beginning of the year to promote effective classroom management.

1. Develop a set of written expectations you can live with and enforce.

1. Be consistent. Be consistent. Be consistent.

1. Be patient with yourself and with your students.

1. Make parents your allies. Call early and often. Use the word "concerned." When communicating a concern, be specific and descriptive.

1. Don't talk too much. Use the first 15 minutes of class for lectures or presentations, then get the kids working.

1. Break the class period into two or three different activities. Be sure each activity segues smoothly into the next.

1. Begin at the very beginning of each class period and end at the very end.

1. Don't roll call. Take the roll with your seating chart while students are working.

1. Keep all students actively involved. For example, while a student does a presentation, involve the other students in evaluating it.

1. Discipline individual students quietly and privately. Never engage in a disciplinary conversation across the room.

1. Keep your sense of perspective and your sense of humor.

1. Know when to ask for help.

- See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr155.shtml#sthash.aKESYC5n.dpuf

Coolidge Elementary Academic Goals for 2015-2016

• All Students WILL achieve academically.
• Reading:  Increase reading proficiency by at least one grade level.
• Math:  Increase math achievement by 10% with 80% mastery of math facts on grade level.  
• Writing:  Increase writing proficiency by 15%
• Student Attendance:  Increase student attendance to 98%.
• Increase Faculty Attendance to 98%
• Decrease suspensions by 25%.

STAR:  https://hosted58.renlearn.com/217454/

Oklahoma State Blueprints:

http://ok.gov/sde/oklahoma-academic-standards

Melissa Brett | Principal

Coolidge Elementary School | Oklahoma City Public Schools

5212 S. Villa, Oklahoma City, OK 73119

(405) 587-2800