Student Planners: Setting up Tool to Help You Build Your

Success!!!It is the expectation that ALL students at EWMS use their

Student Planner to keep organized!

1. Please take out your planner and a pen (or pencil, map pencil, colored pens, markers!)

2. Arrange your desk in groups of 4 so that all students can see the board. 3. Adjust your attitude to “Positive and on F.I.R.E.”!!! (Yes, you HAVE to do this! No, you don’t HAVE to

like it…but you will be much happier if you choose to have a positive attitude about getting and staying organized!)

Please open up your student planner that was given to you the first week of school!

• Are your first and last names written next to “Student Name”? • If not, please write it in now!

• Your ID # does not need to be visible to anyone who opens your planner so if you prefer to leave this blank, that is ok. • Is your grade level written next to the word “Grade:”?• If not, please write it in now!

• Is your advisory teacher’s name written next to “Advisory:”?• If not, please write it in now!

Contact Information - turn to “Week of Aug 24”

• Is your planner blank? If you have not been using your planner, you need to begin today! Turn to “Week of Aug 24th” in your planner.

• If you HAVE been using it to write down assignments and information, GOOD FOR YOU! Keep up the great job! You will probably have blank space for the following information where it says “Parent Communication”. If not, turn to any page before Oct 5th that has space available.

• Do you have your teacher’s email addresses listed anywhere? If not, you should!• In the blank space next to “Monday”,list each of your teachers’ email address. • It is the first letter of their first name, last name, and @ems-isd.net

(ex: kmunk@ems-isd.net)

Contact Information: Peer Support

• Do you have the name and number of at least one student in each of your classes that you can call/message from home if you ever have a question on an assignment? If not, you should!• In the blank space next to “Tuesday”, write the name of a classmate in each

class and exchange contact information with him/her at a later time.

Contact Information: Passwords

• Do you have your Office 365 login and password written in your planner? If you don’t, you should!• In the blank space next to “Wednesday” write down your login and password.

• This year each student will have a “Career Cruising” login and password. You should put that information here when you get it.• If you have other electronic accounts that require a password, please

list that information here as well.

Bookmark

• At this time, your teacher will give each student a paperclip. Please paperclip the first 7 pages of your planner together so that you can easily open up to the week of Oct 5th.

(This also keeps your important information from everyone’s eyes when you open your planner, yet you know where to find what you need! ) • Each week on Monday morning when the previous week is over, you

will add a page to the section that have been clipped together.

Important Dates ~ 2nd Six Weeks• Please write the following important information in your planner in

the blank space under the 2nd “Elective” line for that day . Mon-Oct 5th: 2nd Six Weeks BeginsMon-Oct 12th: Columbus Day & Staff Development– Student HolidayTues-Oct 13th: Staff Development – Student HolidayMon- Oct 19th: 7th grade only Recovery Resource Presentation in all 7th grade Science classes

Fri-Oct 23rd: 8th grade only Recovery Resource Presentation in all 8h grade Health/Media classes

Fri-Nov 6th: 7th grade only “J.A. for a Day”-7th grade field trip to TCCWed-Nov 11th: Parent Teacher Conferences-Early ReleaseFri-Nov 13th : End of 2nd Six Weeks

Important Dates ~ 3rd Six Weeks

Mon-Nov 16th: 3rd Six Weeks BeginsWed-Dec 9th : 8th grade only All 8th graders Tour HCTCFri-Dec 18th : Early ReleaseMon-Jan 4th: Return from Holiday BreakFri-Jan 15th : End of 3rd Six Weeks/ End of 1st Semester

Important Dates ~ 4th Six Weeks

Mon-Jan 18th: MLK Day - Staff and Student HolidayTues- Jan 19th: 4th Six Weeks BeginsFri-Feb. 26th : End of 4th Six Weeks & Early Release

Important Dates ~ 5th Six Weeks

Mon-Feb 29th : 5th Six Weeks BeginsFri-March 25th: Bad Weather Make-Up DayTues- March 29th: 7th grade STAAR Writing Test Day 1

8th grade STAAR Math TestWed- March 30th: 7th grade STAAR Writing Test Day 2

8th grade STAAR Reading TestFri-April 15th: End of 5th Six Weeks & Bad Weather Make-Up Day

Important Dates ~ 6th Six WeeksMon- April 18th : 6th Six Weeks BeginsTues- May 3rd: AP Spanish ExamWed- May 4th: Algebra EOC STAAR TestMon- May 9th: 6th & 7th grade STAAR Math Test

8th grade STAAR Math Re-TestTues- May 10th: 6th & 7th grade STAAR Reading Test

8th grade STAAR Reading Re-TestWed- May 11th: 8th grade STAAR Science Test Thurs-May 12th: 8th grade STAAR Social Studies TestMon-May 30th: Memorial Day- Staff and Student HolidayFri-June 2nd : End of 6th Six Weeks

Implementing your Student Planner• Now that you have filled in important dates for this school year, look

back at the week of Oct 5. • You must get in the habit of writing down your homework in every

class, every day! If your homework is to review for a test, then write “review for test” next to that subject. • Reviewing for a test does NOT mean “no homework”! Review means to

reread your notes, quiz yourself on your study guide, make flashcards, etc.• If you REALLY don’t have any homework, then write “none” in your planner!

• Begin to use a system that visually reminds you of when you finish an assignment AND when you turn the assignment in to the teacher. • Ex: place a √ next to an assignment when you finish it, and draw a line

through the assignment in your planner when you have turned it in.

Implementing Your Planner

• If you know you always have math homework due on Wednesdays and Fridays, then each Tuesday and Thursday next to math you should write in “Homework- “• When you sit down in class each period, you should open your

planner, check what the teacher has written on the board for homework, and transfer that information in to your planner.• If you have the space to write the learning target, it will trigger your memory

as you review your day when you get home each night!

• When you get home each day, take your planner out and make a plan of which assignments you are going to work on in what order.

Questions?

• If you (or your parent) has questions for your teachers throughout the week, write those questions in the “Parent Communication” section and show your planner to your teacher the next day. • If you need to have special materials that you don’t normally have

with you for an assignment, write a note to your parent in the “Parent Communication” section to help you/remind you to get that needed item.

If time permits…• If you still have time before your Advisory Teacher moves on to the

next activity today, please start at Oct 5th and start writing the number of the date next to the day of the week for each week in your planner. • Ex: Above the word “Monday” you would write the number 5, above the word “Tuesday” you would write the number 6, above the word “Wednesday” you would write the number 7, above the word “Thursday” you would write the number 8, above the word “Friday” you would write 9. • If you run out of time today, please write in the numbers when you have an

opportunity.

• Write in your birthday, friends birthdays, Spirit Days, game days, ect. Make this planner YOUR planner, customized to you!!!!

Walks of LifeLions Quest Activity (5-10 minutes)

Set the stage for this activity by talking about the ways people and animals move. For example a cat walks slowly and gracefully, a soldier marches with shoulders back and arms straight, and tightrope walked walks carefully one foot in front of the other with arms extended for balance. Ask students to form two parallel lines facing each other. Whisper a kind of walk in a student’s ear. Have the student demonstrate the walk while the other students guess the walker’s identity.

Let’s Review Positive Values

With a partner see how many of the 9 positive values you can

remember from your Lions Quest lesson.

Positive ValuesRespect for yourself

and othersBe thoughtful about the needs, beliefs, and feelings of

yourself and others.

Kindness Show care and concern for others.

Healthy Lifestyle Take care of your body and avoid anything harmful to your mental or physical well-being.

Responsibility Use good judgement, make positive decisions, keep promises, and be dependable.

Honesty Be truthful, fair, and trustworthy.

Courage Be brave, stand up for your beliefs and ideals, and show determination in the face of hardship.

Self-discipline Control yourself, develop your skills and talents, and achieve what you set out to accomplish.

Service Help and serve others.

Commitment Help to build a strong and supportive family life.

The Golden RuleWe want to take the time to acknowledge people

in our lives who have made an impact on our lives. Beginning today students and staff will

have the opportunity to begin showing gratitude to others who have positively impacted their life.

Sometimes the people we have known for a short amount of time have the biggest impact on our lives, even more than those we have

known forever.

Author Unknown

How we are going to show gratitude…

Group students in groups of four. Students will need one sheet of yellow paper with 3 rulers.

Students will write a ruler for each of their group members. After completing their rulers students will cut them apart and give them to

the other group members.

Teachers: Have students select one ruler that they would like displayed in your room.

Gratitude Throughout the Year…

Students will be able to pick up a ruler from their teacher’s throughout the year. When students and staff have completed a ruler(s) they can turn them in to a box in the front office. Throughout the week

we will check the box and place the rulers in the sixth period teachers box of the recipient for

delivery.

How many ways will you find to show gratitude towards another classmate or teacher?

You Rule..._________________________ RULES

(First & Last Name)

You’ve been caught using the Golden Rule! Thank you for using the Golden Rule when you

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Sincerely, __________________