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PBSES Newsletter

November 20th, 2020

PBSESNewsletter November 20th, 2020

Happy Friday!



This newsletter will cover:


  • Engagement Strategies: Building Community
  • NEW Turkey Art Lesson Video (19min)
  • Spirit Day ALERT: December 1st- Crazy Hat Day
  • SEL: Second Step Pre-Made Virtual Classroom
  • Teacher Humor

Engagement Strategies: Building Community Engagement Strategies: Building Community

A strong classroom community helps students feel valued and connected with the teacher and other students in class. Creating a cohesive, loving environment can be difficult in the virtual platform, but please check out these ideas that could help foster this nurturing environment. Taking the time to create this type of environment can help students feel included, can help them learn important social skills, and can teach them about responsibility.
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Rose/Thorn

  • Time: About 1 minute per person
  • How-to:
    Start your Morning Meeting by having everyone share their rose (any positive that makes them feel grateful, happy, etc.) and also their thorn (a challenge). A rose can be school or non-school related along with their thorn.
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Open Mic

  • Time: About 10-15 minutes
  • How-to:
    -Give everyone a heads up that they will have about a minute at the beginning of the meeting to take the virtual stage.
    -Ask them to find or write an ice breaker joke, read a poem, sing a song, play the mandolin—anything they want!
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Dance Party

  • Time: About 5 minutes (or the length of your chosen song).
    Consider having a "DJ" as a job each day.
  • How-to:
    -Tell everyone about the awesomeness that’s about to happen.
    -Do a quick sound check to make sure everyone can hear the host’s music.
    -Start your jam.
    -Dance and open it up for learning new dance moves!

NEW: SEL Turkey Art Lesson NEW: SEL Turkey Art Lesson

Please let me know if you would like to schedule a LIVE lesson!

Creative Corner: Thank You Turkey Drawing

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1f4fXq6qmg

Spirit Day Alert Spirit Day Alert

Please encourage students to post their photos on the Briarwood Padlet!

Link: https://padlet.com/mcdonoughh/yagyjra2qjg3vqlp

SEL Learning: Second Step Bitmoji Classrooms SEL Learning: Second Step Bitmoji Classrooms

Boost excitement and engagement around Second Step with these FREE pre-made
Second Step classrooms!


Second Step Bitmoji Classrooms:


5th Grade:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OY-t9aV8xyQIYF8dU8gGzF9FUcONF6mR17kvfk-varg/edit?usp=sharing


4th Grade:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Twe_edJKiMb2p5HI-Sxa1aftF8Z_00nyG73IAuc3glM/edit?usp=sharing


3rd Grade: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xc1vrin5QxXdssmRo30TVTv1b3l7kO16xn_kZL0PXuI/edit?usp=sharing


2nd Grade:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13Ou1PxKLEueSnsa3mKua-jj8Xw_Kw-Tf0MP2b7_XaWg/edit?usp=sharing


1st Grade:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_0_eujzgmTBKrXPSSsv5lDNRpkt9VE-TH4DYbBmqZ7M/edit?usp=sharing


Kinder: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qIDecP09nUV9RIm8ytBiGkfnpkaC692hl0XXY3nt6uA/edit#slide=id.g8faec6c8a0_1_123

Teacher Humor Teacher Humor

The newest intervention system - VC-RTI......does your state need it?

Keep a hold of the light! We can do hard things. Keep a hold of the light! We can do hard things.

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