Don't miss the opportunity to set your kids up for success next year. Transition sheets or notes are a great way to help kids start next year off on the right foot by preparing next year's teachers to help them continue on their path to excellence. A transition sheet/note can have performance data on it, but it can also have strategies and notes about the child to give next year's teachers a headstart on working with them. Examples of useful information on a transition sheet/note include the following:
- What strategies helped the student with problem-solving?
- Is the student a kinesthetic, auditory or visual learner, and how did you address this learning style?
- Does the kid respond well in one-on-one setting, in groups or whole group?
- Does the student benefit from preferential seating?
- What interventions help this kid learn best?
- If the student had behavior issues, what behavior supports helped him/her improve on their behavior?
If you think about it, these are questions that teachers will spend the first 6 weeks of school answering through trial and error, but with transition sheets/notes passed from this year's teacher to next year's teacher, next year's teacher set up for success on the first day of school. If you have students that benefited from your great strategies to help them reach excellence, take a second to write down those strategies and share them with next year's teacher.
GoNoodle
This is a cool site for K-5 teachers to incorporate movement and dance into transitions or learning. Kinesthetic movement recharges the brain for enhanced focus and it gets the wiggle.
May Events
- May 8 - End of 3 Weeks
- May 12 - STAAR 5 & 8 Reading Retest
- May 14 - M&M Program at 6:30 in the Coliseum
- May 15 - Sarah Murphy Races in Henderson
- May 18 - Course Selection Guide Meeting for Parents of 8th - 11th graders at 4 pm & 6 pm in the THS Auditorium
- May 19 - THS Academic Banquet
- May 21- TISD Fine Arts Forum
- May 25 - Memorial Day
- June 4 - Early Release
- June 5 Staff Development Day
College Career
May is certification time, and in Health Science, Principles of Law Enforcement, and the Paxton/Patterson lab classes, students have been working hard and having fun earning their CPR certification. The CPR certification can be earned through the American Heart Association or the Red Cross.
This certification can help kids in lots of ways. Here are a few jobs that require CPR certification:
- Lifeguard,
- Babysitter
- Childcare Worker
- Nurse Aide
Great job to Nicola Hill and Jeff Gibson in preparing our students to save lives.
Tech-Integration
Congrats to Veronica Wilkerson who has been invited to present at the TCEA Region 7 Conference on June 12 in White Oak. Her topic will be Makerspaces. See her Movenote below to learn more about what's happening at TPS. Movenote is a great way for teachers and leaders to flip their instruction or communication. It is very easy to use.
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