Hello November, 2021!
new intentions. With each new intention comes new results! I am excited for the potential our students have each and every day. Take a moment to recognize it is indeed a NEW MONTH. Start anew! Thank you for bringing your best. They deserve it. This is also the month we focus on all we are thankful for. We have so much to appreciate as we continue to battle a virus, extreme behaviors, and covid fatigue. Keep up the great work you are doing to address the many needs of our students and our colleagues. We remain in this together!
Clever
Clever has the option for students to log in by scanning a printed QR code, known as a "Clever badge". Please see the Google Doc below for a complete "Getting Started" guide on how to log into Clever as a teacher, print badges, and use this feature with students. You can also touch base with Cris, Rachel, and Kristi who have been using the badges in their classrooms for a couple of weeks.
Clever "Getting Started" Guide
Dreambox
Please be sure to log into your Dreambox dashboard to review student usage, predictive insights, and impact reports. If you need help logging in, please see Kim, Jessica, or myself. We're happy to help! If you have students who require out of grade level placement please let Hansen and Overton know and we will work with the Dreambox consultant to make those changes. The consultant shared that it will take 16-20 lessons to adjust to the proper level.
A message from Alianah Mijares:
It is that time of year again to begin Marshall's annual school spelling bee! I am excited to be coordinating this opportunity for our students once again! Every grade level is invited and highly encouraged to participate!
This week, Education World editors dug down into our archives to bring you some great resources for "evergreen" November teaching themes. Below you will find links to resources for teaching about Thanksgiving, Indigenous Peoples, and Veterans Day. You can scroll through the resources or click a topic to go directly to the specific resource you're looking for!
- Thanksgiving Lessons, Articles, and Resources
- Native American Lessons, Articles, and Resources
- Veterans Day Lessons Articles and Resources
THANKSGIVING LESSONS, ARTICLES, AND RESOURCES
- The "First Thanksgiving" -- A Feast of Activities
Want to cook up a feast of across-the-curriculum fun? The table is set with a plentiful selection of ideas. Dig in! - It's Turkey Time!
"Gobble, gobble, gobble..." Increase your students' knowledge and skills when you use turkeys as a teaching theme. - Pilgrim Projects
Have you had your fill of feathers? Are you tired of gobbling your way through a month of turkey activities? This year, try a Pilgrim project instead. There's not a turkey among them! Included: Activities for students of all ages! - A Thanksgiving Language Lesson!
A middle school teacher stirs persuasive writing into the Thanksgiving feast as students create restaurant menus, advertisements, and presentations designed to attract Thanksgiving Day customers. - Great Sites for Teaching About Thanksgiving
Education World has searched the Web to find ten great sites for Thanksgiving fun. Whether you're looking for games, crafts, coloring pages, recipes, or creative lesson plan ideas, one of these sites is sure to have what you need. - Are You Teaching the Real Story of the "First Thanksgiving"?
Are you teaching the true Thanksgiving story or is the version you're passing on to your students really a blend of fact and myth? Ready to set the record straight? - The Thanksgiving Story: The Pilgrims Revisited
The Internet is full of useful materials for "de-myth-tifying" the Pilgrims, the Indians, the Mayflower, and the First Thanksgiving. Whether you teach kindergarten or college, you'll find valuable information about the hearts and minds of the faceless historical figures behind this traditional American holiday. - Back in the Day: Lessons from Colonial Classrooms
Encourage your students to experience the lives of colonial children by providing some of the same activities children enjoyed -- or endured -- more than 200 years ago. This article includes authentic lessons from colonial times -- plus six great colonial WebQuests!
NATIVE AMERICANS LESSONS, ARTICLES, AND RESOURCES
- Activities to Celebrate Native American Heritage!
November is National American Indian Heritage History Month. Education World offers 12 lessons to help students learn about Native American history and cultures. Included: Activities that involve students in dramatizing folktales, learning new words, preparing traditional foods, and much more! - Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum
Blast stereotypes with these across-the-curriculum activities for students of all ages. - Great Sites for Teaching About Native Americans
These ten sites are among the best on the Web for teaching about Native Americans. Included you will find sites about Indian groups, legends, homes, flags, and much more. - Students Use Technology to Preserve Inuit Heritage
Students in Arviat, Nunavut, Canada, interviewed local elders and studied traditional skills as part of the Arviat Iglu project. In the process, the kids used technology tools of the present to learn about the past and to preserve it for future students.
VETERANS DAY LESSONS, ARTICLES, AND RESOURCES
- Speakers, Projects Bring Veterans' Stories to Classroom
Teachers use a variety of ways to educate students about the historic significance of Veterans Day. Some teachers ask students to interview a veteran, some invite current members of the military to talk to their students, and others use the holiday as a chance to focus on the historical time line that evolved Veterans Day into a national holiday. Included: Classroom activities for teaching about Veterans Day! - Remembering D-Day: Great Sites on the Web
June 6 is the anniversary of the World War II invasion at Normandy. Here you'll find links to a handful of interesting D-Day Web sites. - Great Sites for Teaching About The Forgotten War
Education World looks at five Web sites commemorating the Korean War. - Great Sites for Teaching About Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second bomb fell on Nagasaki. Education World offer links to some of the best sites for learning and teaching about these important historic events. - Great Sites for Teaching About World Wars I and II
These eight Web sites are among the best on the Web for teaching about the World Wars. - America's Freedom Documents!
Education World presents ten lesson plans for teaching about three important freedom documents -- the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Lessons include such activities as creating time lines and posters, writing new amendments, and charting the three branches of government!
BIG shout out to the behavior experts that are *doing magic* with some of our neediest friends! ~R. Swan
Thank you fourth and fifth grade teachers for all your assistance setting up tutoring to meet your classes' current needs each week and for your patience with me as I ask each week what you need. You are amazing! ~ J. Arnold
Thank you Andrea McCauslin, you make an awesome Magnet Monday team teacher!! ~ J. Arnold
I am Thankful for YOU!
I say it all the time. I see you! I don't feel that hearing it is enough. I don't know how I am going to pull this off but I must show you how much I appreciate you. So, during the month of November, I would like to show my appreciation for YOU by teaching your class for 30 minutes so you can grab a breath, get a cup of coffee, or take a quick walk. Please fill out this form with preferred times and dates and I'll put a schedule together. No need to plan a thing- I've got that part covered!
Important Covid Updates
Policy and Procedure:
10/26/2021 vaccine event at CHS
Covid phone number to be used moving forward- (928) 527-6081
CDC school guidance here
9/29/2021-Updated FUSD mitigation plan here
Revised 10/6/2021 Student exposure flow chart
Revised 10/6/2021 Athlete exposure flow chart
Revised 10/6/2021 Employee exposure flow chart
NEW Number: The first step for families or staff is to reach out to the covidhelp@fusd1.org email account but we wanted to provide them with a phone line they could leave messages on as well. The phone number is (928) 527-6081.
2021-2022 school year mitigation plan
FUSD Health Metrics
Bus Duty - 2nd grade
Thank you! 
Friday, November 19 - Deadline for Marshall spelling bee class participation
Friday, December 10 - Marshall Spelling Bee competition
Friday, December 17 - End of 2nd QTR
