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Birmingham Elementary School  Welcome to Mrs. Poland's Wiki A Note from Mrs. Poland. . . While much of what I put on this wiki is self-created, there are MANY documents, ideas and presentations that have been borrowed and possibly altered or manipulated to fit the needs of my classroom. This site has become a collaboration of great teaching ideas and tools from a great many resources. Please read, borrow, utilize, and share any information that you find useful. We are all in this educational journey together.

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WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR CLASSROOM. ..

Thanks to the UT Girls BBall Team for some OAA Motivation!

2012 OAA Testing Schedule: Tue. 4/24= Reading Wed. 4/25= Math Thur. 4/26= Science

7th & 8th Graders: Dont miss the 21 Day Challenge!

Birmingham 6th, 7th & 8th Graders Organize a Donation Drive for FAMILY HOUSE

NOVEMBER Complete the following E-mail & Internet Assignment

OCTOBER End of 1st Quarter (10/28) Halloween Dance (Pictures to come) Congrats to Adriana --> October STUDENT of the MONTH

Thank you for welcoming me into Birmingham Elementary! I look forward to working with each of you throughout the school year. Please take this quick technology survey so that I can get an idea of your technology comfort level and access. []

Welcome to the 2011-2012 School Year!! I can't wait to get started!

EBMS OPEN HOUSE: WELCOME PARENTS! Parents: Please take a moment to write a positive idea or comment on the my blog using the link listed below. [] Feel free to explore this wiki and ask questions at ANY time. We hope that EBMS meets ALL of your expectations and needs:)

April A big Congrats to to the UT Rockets on their WNIT win!! In support of our EBMS students- Krisit Zeller, Courtney Ingersol, Brianna Jones, HaylieLinn, and Janalle Reed-Lewis took time to come speak with the EBMS 8th graders. Ladies- you sure live the B3R way!

- 21 Day Challenge Continues! See the "March" section below for details. -EBMS has also challenged its students to reduced the amount of Office Disciplinary Referrals by 25%. Earn a 3 minute early dismissal, Good Luck!

- Exciting Opportunity! Click on the document below to see how you can help create a permanent art display at Imagination Station using bottle caps collected by our GREEN TEAM!



MARCH

8th Graders: Dont miss the 21 Day Challenge! Begins Mon. March 21st Fri. Mar. 25th: All 8th Grade Shining Stars --> Going to UT Rec Center for Reward EBMS is splotlighted on WTOL for our B3R's Program:) Watch below. media type="custom" key="8673338"

Please see Language Arts OAA Review tab for more students videos:) Thanks National Honor Society and Mrs. Kregel! media type="file" key="OAA Verb Cause and Effect.wmv" width="300" height="300"

FEBURARY NEWS

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Wed. Feb 9th - 11th --> Buy a Candy-Gram to send to a sweetheart or a friend. $.50 each and fundraiser supports 8th grade rewards.

Friday Feb. 11th --> Valentine's Day Dance ($2)

Mon. Feb. 14th --> School Wide Field Trip to the Toleo Peristyle: Sweet Thunder (make sure your permission slip and emergency medical forms are on file)

Fri. Feb. 18th --> 8th Grade Shining Star Reward: Ice Cream Social 8th Hour

Mon. Feb. 21st--> NO SCHOOL (Presidents Day)

PENNY WARS: 7th vs. 8th Grade to Support the Lukemia Foundation

JANUARY NEWS Welcome Back from break:) No School Jan 17th for MLK Day  1/10 - 1/14 Semester Exams and Quarterly Assessments! Make sure to get lots of rest this week:) 1/18 Wisdom Warriors will be attending a Bowling Reward for all students who followed the B3R's throughout 2nd quarter. I can't wait to bowl with you all! 1/ 21 Wisdom Warriors are sponsoring a Student vs. Staff Floor Hockey Game. Lets go staff!!!

Cupcake Wars: Collect Box Tops to earn a cupcake for your cluster! Lets go Wisdom Warriors!!!

DECEMBER NEWS

GREEN TEAM: Be sure to check out the new pics posted under the "Green Team" Tab!

Holiday Break Dec. 20th - Jan. 3rd

Box Top Challenge Continues- Bring in 25 Box Tops to earn a Jeans Pass

Wisdom Warriors enjoyed a mid quarter reward on Fri. 12/3: Congratulations to all of our Shining Stars! Continue working hard to earn your 2nd Quarter Reward!

Novemeber News: No school for students on 11/8 (Teacher Inservices) Iowa Testing: 11/9, 11/10, 11/15, & 11/16 Parent/Teacher Conferences: 11/11 & 11/12 Thanksgiving Break: 11/25 & 11/26

Student Council is sponsoring the annual EBMS Food Drive - Please consider supporting these efforts by sending in non-parishable foods.

Box Tops Collection Continues - Students are competeing to gain either OSU or U of M points by returning completed Box Top Sheets.

Novemeber Newsletter

October News: Wisdom Warriors / United Way Fundraiser Wisdom Warriors Challenge the Knowledge Keepers to "Link Yourself" Students are able to purchase links during their homebase for $.10/each. The cluster with the longest chain will recieve a "Jeans Pass". The profits from this fundraiser will be split 50/50 between Wisdom Warriors and the United Way.

Please support 2 great causes and "Link Yourself"

Congratulations on raising over $400!!! What a great display of links in our main hallway! Thank you to all who participated, many will be benefitted! EBMS CARES!

B3r September Challenge :

No Referral Days. . . if either the 7th or 8th grade cluster goes the entire day without a single referral, the entire grade level will be dissmissed from school 3 min. early. Will run everyday throughout the month of September. LETS GO 8th GRADERS!!!!!! Good Luck:)

Submit an application to room 706 for GREEN TEAM. Green Team Reward Mrs. Poland would like to send out a huge thank you to our **Green Team,** who has selflessly devoted their “before school” time to collect paper recyclable material. The kinks have finally been worked out and all 3 collection teams circulate throughout the building 4 days each week. As a thank you for their hard work and dedication to the program, the following students are cordially invited to attend a movie/popcorn and reward drawing event during **6th - 7th hour on Friday Oct. 29th**. Each of these students has logged at least __three weeks__ into the program and should be commended:

Madeline Jackson, Deserae Hieber Alan Elkins, Patrick Ridley Steven Dukeman, Mark Perry Ondrea Spaulding, Arianna Stults Zelphia Rometski

Green Team Members: Click on this link to access Movie Invite.

Link to Classroom blogs:

Click on the computer link below to check out what we did in class as well as the days __Learning Target__ and __Question of the Day__ .

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
 * Wiliam Butler Yeats**

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