No matter what is going on in the larger world as a whole, we the teachers and the students at elementary schools across the country persist on doing our jobs to the best of our ability with whatever tools we have at our disposal. What it boils down to is the relationships between the teacher and his/her students. Regardless of how I feel about government, laws, standards, and leaders, what I say and how I act with each student each and every day will have an infinite impact on that student's life. Teaching is a hard and stressfull job because the responsibility is huge. Let us be reminded of why we went into teaching.
The February TDS Library Newsletter will go home this week. Hopefully, the flu/strep/stomach bug illnesses will die down and things will get back on schedule.
Earn dress down passes for reading at least one hour on myOn during Presidents Day weekend. Accessing myOn has to be done through Clever.com. To use the myOn app, students need to bring the device to school so I can get them through all of the additional steps it takes. MyOn.com will NOT work for Dickson County students. Go to http://Clever.com then choose Log In. Select Student. Type in The Discovery School in Dickson Tennessee. The student will type in their 7 digit iReady/MobyMax/Clever number in both the username and password fields. Kindergarten students passwords are 1234.
5th graders are about 1/3 of the way through Financial Fitness. Ask your 5th grader about what he/she has learned. They can access Vault on Everfi.net using their student number and the password !abc123tds! Students who had passed at least 2 quizzes on Vault were allowed to get a prize out of my prize drawer last week. They can access Vault at home as well as at school.
Read Across America Week is February 27 through March 3. We plan to celebrate on March 2. Look for details to come home next week (February 21.)
