Friday Routine

Learning Target(s):  I can stop, breathe, and refocus myself after meeting a major deadline.

Announcements: 

• Next Monday we will finish typing our "I am the student I am today because..." so make sure you bring it!
• Flash Drivers are here: 16 gigs for $12 [I have 2 left]

Homework: None

ALERT! 

NO HEADPHONES OR ELECTRONICS WITHOUT ASKING

NO STREAMING MEDIA

[ I say this because sometimes kids don't realize 

that we are NOT on DEADLINE anymore! ]

Friday Routine

• Typing TEST 
• Check Grades
• Click on the PowerSchool link in the "Grind" section of the Blog [upper right]
• Log in to PowerSchool
• fyi, these are the grades that will be mailed home today...
• Find your LOWEST grade and click on it
• Figure out WHY you have that grade and move to the next task...
• Open Planner
• Plan for the next 7 days
• Plan out WHEN you are going to take the time to work on your schoolwork (including reading) outside of classtime.
• Check Email
• Email the teacher of your lowest grade explaining how you are going to raise that grade.
• HERE IS THE KIND OF THING YOU SHOULD SAY [Copy and paste this, filling in the blanks, if you wish]
• "Dear Ms/r ______________, I noticed that I have a[n] ___  as a grade in your class.  Here are the things I am going to do to raise that grade ___________________.  Here are/is some/a question[s] I have about my grade _________________________.  Thank you!  YourName
• CC john@envisionacademy.org on this email for credit
• Use the following subject line:  FRIDAY GRADE CHECK - BLOCK ? - FIRST LASTNAME
• If you have all B+ or higher grades you can choose to email the teacher you feel intellectually challenges you most and ask them a question you would like to know the answer to.  Make this serious; don't waste their time.
• CC john@envisionacademy.org on this email for credit
• Bellow are ALL of your teacher's emails - remember you are only sending it to ONE of them...

Agenda: 

• Do some work
• I will be showing and grading keynotes while you work
• The best way to be successful is to use your time wisely.  Take the rest of the period to do what YOU need to do most:
• Improve your Keynote and REsubmit it with this NEW subject line:
• RESubmit - Block ? - Me Keynote - First Lastname
• Do some work to improve your grade in another class
• Read a book
• Play NitroType with a classmate