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“S                   "Most books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and thoroughly."                                                                                       -Cornelia Funke

Weekly Blast                  

Monday, September 3^rd          No School – Labor Day!

Tuesday, September 4^th                                                           

Wednesday, September 5th

                                               Staff Development Topic: 

                                               How do we best support struggling readers & eILPs

Thursday, September 6^th

       4:00-5:00                         Stephanie Harvey Introduces Comprehension Toolkits

Friday, September 7^th

       10:30-11:00                      K-3  Digger Dash Assembly

       3:00-3:30                          K, 4-5

Reminders/ Announcements

•  Please remember to leave your emergency folder out when you have a substitute.         

•  Payroll Alpha Split Employees with the last name that begins with 

A - D  Judy Danford  extension 31082

E - K  Kathy Kaber extension 31094

L - Q Cheryl Seling extension 31088

R - Z Stacy Malmgren extension 31096

Go For the GOLD!

•  Congrats Jessica on moving into your new home in Denver! We are really excited for you!

•  Great job Kayla Schulte!  You are the first person in the building to fill out a work order.

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty:  Martino/McMillan

Friday Treats:  Fifth & Childcare

Morning Announcements & Recycling:  Jones

Morning Supervision: Rossi, McMillan, Hayes, Jones, Dalcerri, Conrad

Digger Dash

RACE DAY SCHEDULE

RACE 1          - K– 1^st                      Stretch from    9:15am – 9:30am

Race from        9:30am – 10:00am

RACE 2          - 2^nd – 3^rd                  Stretch from    10:00am – 10:15am

Race from        10:15am – 10:55am

RACE 3          - 4^th – 5^th                   Stretch from    11:00am – 11:15am

Race from        11:15am – 11:55am

CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION

·      FLAIR - Each classroom can choose to decide how they want to distinguish their team from others by adding a little flair to their wardrobe on race day – maybe everyone wears a funny hat, socks, crazy hair, plaid shorts, or something that lets everyone know what team you are on – be creative!

              BANNER – Each class will have the opportunity to come up with a banner concept for their team.  Banners will 

              include Team Name and something that represents each student.  Room parents will create the banners for each 

              class.

Classroom Connection

Kayla and Megan's second grade students use story gloves to help them include all of the story elements into their retell (characters, problem, solution, setting, moral).

Wednesday Recap!

Learning to be a good reader is a lifetime of work.

Expose kids to different purposes for reading.

Smart power vs. control power

Explicitly teach strategies as they’re reading.

Text that is too hard creates “reading blisters!”

Students see themselves as readers

Make thinking strategies concrete.

Use mentor text to show think aloud.

Give students choice to increase engagement.

Integrate reading and writing.

Let students into your head.

Reading is about making meaning and thinking deeply.

We all end up in the same place, but for some, it takes a little longer.

Reading is deep and we need to find meaning.

Teach kids to love it.  It is a form of entertainment.

Give time to really understand.  Should not be rushed.

Match text to reader