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             “Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.”  Edmund Burke

             Weekly Blast!

Monday, October 1^st                                                             

        10:00-2:15             Kristi & Jenny @ Change Agent Class

Tuesday, October 2^nd                                                          

       10:00-2:15            Menk & Hawk’s classes @ Colorado History Museum

Wednesday, October 3^rd

       10:00-2:15            Kramer & Holtzer’s classes @ Colorado History Museum

       4:30-8:30            Conferences

                              No staff development this week.  Thank you for all of your hard            

                               work preparing for conferences!

Thursday, October 4^th

        12:00-3:30           Jenny @ Feeder Mtg

Friday, October 5^th      No students - Teacher Workday

October 6^th- October 21^st Fall Break!

                              Have a wonderful, relaxing fall break!  You deserve it!

Happy Birthday!

October 6^th                            Jennifer Dale & Pam Wolff

October 12^th                          Chelsey Liccardello

October 13^th                   Laura ElHaje

                   

Reminders/ Announcements/Opportunities

** Due Before Break**

•  ILPs

•  Your goals in Halogen. See Jenny if you have not set yours yet.

•  If you need Jenny to attend a conference please let her know.
•  See Jenny if you are interested in serving on the District's Balanced Assessment 
   Committee.  There is a stipend attached to this position.

•  2^nd and 4^th grade teachers: If you are interested in participating on the Social Studies

   and Science interim development teams email Denine Jimmerson. 

•  Emergenetics has offered a wonderful opportunity for 15 teachers to receive STEP

   training.  Click here if you are interested.

•  Halloween Parties 2012 – Parties/Parade will be on Wednesday, October31^st.  More

   information will be available later this week.

           

Go For the GOLD!

•  Thank you for all of your hard work with conferences! 

•  Awesome job with the Digger Dash!  Students, parents, and staff had a

   great time!

•  Thank you, everyone for all of your hard work and smart thinking on our

   PLC day.  You all are amazing!

•  Thank you Mary, Stacie, Lori, and Megan for leading breakout sessions!

•  Have anyone you want to recognize?  Please let Libby know.

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty:  Hayes/Brownley

Friday Treats:  No treats

Morning Announcements & Recycling:  Jones

Morning Supervision:  Brownley, Woolums, Martino, Hawk, Holtzer

Quote:

                             
“Any        "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.  Anyone who keeps

              learning stays young.” - Henry Ford

               Weekly Blast!

Monday, September 24^th         Happy Birthday Jenny Brown & Courtney Menk!

        8:30AM                       Staff Breakfast @ Gold Mine Rm

        9:00AM                       PLC day starts

      

Tuesday, September 25^th                                                 

Wednesday, September 26^th   Happy Birthday Mary Rossi!

                                       No staff development this week  

                                       

Thursday, September 27^th

       4:30-8:30PM                Conferences 

Friday, September 28^th          DIGGER DASH!

Digger Dash Schedule

9:15-9:30 K-1^st Stretching

9:30-10:00 Race

10:00-10:15  2^nd-3^rd Stretching

10:15-10:55  Race

10:55-11:10  4^th-5^th Stretching

11:10-11:55  Race

Reminders/ Announcements/Opportunities

•  If you need Jenny or Libby to attend a conference, please let us know.

•  Please be thoughtful about the reasons you send students to the Health room.  If it     can be managed in your classroom with a little TLC or a band aid, Susie would be       grateful! 

•  How to subscribe to GRE Master Calendar:

       Go to:

       Calendar

       Other Calendar (pull down on right)

       Browse Interesting Calendars

       “More” (on top left of page)

       Resources for dcsdk12.org

       GRE

       GRE-Master Calendar-subscribe

•  A college student would like to observe literacy instruction.  If you would be willing to        share your expertise, please let Libby know.

           

Go For the GOLD!

•  Welcome Cindy Bell, our new 4^th grade EA!

•  Thank you for all of your hard work preparing for conferences!

•  Have anyone you want to recognize?  Please let Libby know.

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty:  Schulte/Woolums

Friday Treats:  Office Staff

Morning Announcements & Recycling:  Dalcerri

Morning Supervision:  Steckler, Hoff, Murray-Close, Simpson, Fleet, Kramer

Wednesday Recap!

 Goals are set!  Great work!

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            “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” –Mead

           Weekly Blast!

Monday, September 17                                                    

       9:30 AM                  Sever weather and shelter drill followed by a lockdown drill 

                                   * Please have your classroom key ready and review 
                                     procedures

Tuesday, September 18                                                  

      8:00AM-12 PM            BRT Meeting - Kristi B 
      6:30-8:00PM              PTO Meeting 

Wednesday, September 19

                                    Staff Development Topic:  Set goals in Halogen

Thursday, September 20    Happy birthday Toby & Brenna Musser!

       8:00AM -12PM           Admin Meeting. - Jenny

Friday, September 21

     

             

Reminders/ Announcements/Opportunities

•  Please see Janice if you have not spent your $50 for your classroom.

•  If parents have their kids tested by an outside person and share results with you
   please pass the information along to SPED.

•  A stipend position for a Gifted & Talented Lead Teacher for our feeder is open. 
   Click here for more information. 

       

Go For the GOLD!

•  Thank you Libby, Kristi and the front office for responding to the traffic incident last 
   week.

•  Nancy for representing teachers on our School Advisory Council!

•  Have anyone you want to recognize?  Please let Libby know.

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty:  Hoff/Murray-Close

Friday Treats:  SPED and SPED EAs

Morning Announcements & Recycling:  Fleet

Morning Supervision:  Schulte, Billings, Castro, Evans, Menk, Willis

Wednesday Recap!

Pin Pointing Issues

       Look at students' miscues on running records for more detailed 

       information

Fluency

       Have students record themselves on the Ipad or Ipod

       Having students self evaluate using a student friendly fluency rubric

       Have students evaluate a peer's fluency  

       Use sentence comprised of high frequency words

       Have students reread shorter text 

       Chart students' rate using shorter text

       Identify shorter texts that students are interested in

Birthday Bliss!

August:

       Annelise Lawrence – 4th

       Sherry Dowling – 5^th

       Corissa Nelson – 7^th

       Becky Woolums – 19^th

       Karen Deal – 27^th

       Kari Lacy – 28^th

       Laura Dickman – 31^st

       Kelsey Heitmann – 31^st

September:

       Rochelle Evans – 3^rd

       Janis Liccardello – 3^rd

       Megan Fleet – 4^th

       Carolyn Alvey – 7^th

       Jamie Marchese – 7^th

       Margaret Brownley – 10th

Quote:

           “     "In fact, when reading takes a back seat to skills instruction, one has to ask the age old                                                    

               question about the cart and the horse."  -Allington

                Weekly Blast!

Monday, September 10^th                                                    

        8:00AM-12:00PM                Change Agent Training - Jenny & Kristi

Tuesday, September 11^th              3^rd grade COGAT testing

        8:00AM-4:00PM                 Admin Mtg - Jenny

Wednesday, September 12^th         3^rd grade Cogat testing

                                            Staff Development Topic: 

                                                 *Case study of a struggling reader / ILPs

    

Thursday, September 13^th            3^rd grade Cogat testing

         8:00AM                          PAC Mtg @ Gold Mine Rm

         5:30PM                          SAC Mtg @ Gold Mine Rm

Friday, September 14^th

     

             

Reminders/ Announcements

•  Fall conferences are September 27^th & October 2^nd.  Please block out your 

   conference times starting Monday. Parents will be able to sign up this Thursday at  
   12:01 AM.

•  Let Kristi know if you want your student to be the case study for Wednesday's 

   meeting.

      

Go For the GOLD!

•  Thank you Karen O’Day for doing car loop duty and for letting us use the gym Friday.

•  We had a great turnout for our speaker Stephanie Harvey! Yeah!

•  Thank you Rochelle, Tammy, Jessica, Kristi and Libby for your help with the assembly!
•  Everyone that dressed up in their running gear. You all rocked it!

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty:  Rossi/Steckler

Friday Treats:  Specials

Morning Announcements & Recycling:  Jones

Morning Supervision:  Graham, Marchese, Nelson, Braden, Hurley

Wednesday Recap!

Ways to assess readers:

·      Individual conferences and observations show how students are applying   

     varying strategies or the purpose of the mini lesson

            * Listen to kids reading and see how they are meeting the identified   

          purpose for reading

          * Capture notes on what is going well and where to push

          * Use a grid for taking anecdotal notes

·      End questionnaire and rubric for measuring thinking strategies

·      QRI & DRA

·      Reader response (oral and written)

·      Website: scratchtrack – virtually keeps track of books

·      Fluency: easycbm.com

·      Running records

Interventions for:

Comprehension:

·      Provide more time for struggling readers to actually read 

·      Provide more time to confer with struggling readers

·       Make sure kids are in the right text

·      “Tease out” which strategies are breaking down meaning

·      Provide Daily small-group instruction

·      Set the purpose for the work you are doing

·      Flood to meet all students' needs

·      Provide before school groups

·      Teach concepts using authentic texts rather than through worksheets

·      Give parents the tools to work with their kids at home

·      Build vocabulary

·      Teach multiple strategies than just “sounding it out”

·      Provide extra modeling and reteaching 

Fluency

·      Tim Rasinski