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Reminder: SCIENCE FAIR PARENT INFO NIGHT THURSDAY 11/17/16 AT 6:00PM IN THE MPR for 4th and 5th grade

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friday grade level competition: Camo Wear

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friday grade level competition: Camo Wear

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PBIS skill of the week:  "mind your own business"

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PBIS skill of the week:  "mind your own business"

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MYOB
(Mind Your Own Business)
1. Focus on your assignment
or task.
2. Ignore all conversations,
gestures and distractions
that are someone else’s
business.
3. Keep working quietly
until you receive further
instructions.

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Tuesday, November 29  Budget Committee Meeting in Conf. Room   3:00
Wednesday, November 30, GLL Meeting  3:00
Flex Wed on November 30 is Grade Level PD/Notify Lorrie what type of PD your grade level wants

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8:00-8:15  PBIS Televised Announcements
3:00-5:30  Leadership Team Meeting in Library
Leadership Focus: Math Plan

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IEP Day
4th Grade Trimester 1 Assembly
2:30 Tier 1 PBIS Meeting

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7:50 AM  ELAC Meeting in Library with new members.  Agenda to be posted Tuesday
12:45 - 2:00  Staff Thanksgiving Potluck in MPR
2:00-3:15 District-wide PD - Integrated ELD in MPR

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SST Day
2:30   100 Mile Club
2:30-3:30 Tier 2 PBIS Meeting to review "repeat offender" ODRs and CICO students

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WEAR CAMO DAY
1:30 School Spirit and Student of the Month Assembly

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never leave your phone unattended in the office, just sayin'

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never leave your phone unattended in the office, just sayin'

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Great Dr. Mendes strategy in action.

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Ms. Patino's book decorating door contest winners

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Ms. Patino's book decorating door contest winners

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Lesson
to enhance the Classroom Survival Skills:
Staying On Task & Mind Your Own Business
Objective: Students will be able to concentrate without getting distracted by
students, adults, and/ or things around them.
Teach: Explain why it is important to be able to concentrate no matter how many
distractions there may be. We need to be able to ignore distracters so we can:
 Complete our work
 Practice and learn what has been taught
 Move on to the next subject
Play:
1. Inform the class they will be playing the Concentration Game.
2. Define the word “Distraction”- something that interferes with concentration or
takes attention away from something else. Ask for examples of things that can be
distracting.
3. Define the word “Concentration”- the direction of all thought or effort toward
one particular task, idea, or subject. Ask students what it looks like to
concentrate.
4. Assign all students to be Concentrators. At a given time, all students will be
asked to open a book and silently read at their desk…they will be concentrating
on their reading.
5. Identify and introduce one or two Distracter(s). Inform students the
Distracters will intentionally attempt to distract the rest of the students from
their work. The Distracters may do this in a variety of ways including: walking
around the room, calling student’s by name, gently tapping them on their
shoulder, running out the door, etc.
6. The Concentrators are not allowed to look up from their work, laugh, talk, giggle,
etc. They are to keep their eyes on their books at all times.
7. Introduce the Timer. This person will be watching the Concentrators and the
clock. Once any one Concentrator becomes distracted the time stops for the
whole class.
8. The goal of the game is to concentrate for as long as possible without becoming
distracted.
9. Ask if anyone has any questions.
Begin the game.
• Timer says, “Start”. Concentrators begin to concentrate and Distracters try to
distract.
• Timer says, “Stop” once any one Concentrator becomes distracted and record
the time
• Play the game daily to improve last recorded time and to grow concentration and
Staying on Task & Minding Your Own Business (MYOB) Classroom Survival
Skills
Check for Understanding
1. Review with the class the reasons why it is important to be able to concentrate
without becoming distracted.
2. Talk about comments / concerns students had during the game.