One of our student's dad made it to Mt. Everest Base Camp and gave Gold Rush a shout out!
November
This Week
Monday
* Veteran's Day celebrations. Please see schedule below.
Tuesday
* 2:00 - Fire & Shelter in Place Drills
Wednesday
* Digger's Family Feast
Thursday
* 5th Grade Planning Day
Friday
Reminders
* Last call if you would like to have extra help from an EDGE student on Friday. Please let Libby know if you could use an extra set of hands.
* We will have a fire drill, immediately followed by a shelter in place drill on Tuesday at 2:00.
* On Wednesday, from 10:45-2:00, please use the fourth and second grade hallways to go to specials or extra recess so that we can keep the front vestible open for the Thanksgiving feast.
* Please update your classroom blog and enter your CITE 6 goals into InspriED before Thanksgiving break if you haven't done so already.
* We used the new SeeSaw activities button during our PLC day. If you want more information about how to use this feature please see Becca McMillan.
* If you would like to nominate someone for the Apple Awards, please click here.
* Progress checks must be entered into Alpine for READ plan students. This needs to be done every 6-8 weeks, so now would be a great time! Click here for directions on how to do this or see Libby if you need help. Please remember to progress monitor these students monthy.
* Teacher grades 3-5, please collaborate with your SPED/RtI teachers and compile a list of students who will need accommodations for CMAS. Students must be on a formal plan to receive extra time. Text-to-speech is available for anyone who needs it for Math & Science. Documenting accommodations must begin on December 1st. Please email Libby your list of students who need accommodations by November 29th.
* Jenny and Libby would like to meet with teachers after break to talk further about your goals. Please sign up for a time with Anita prior to break.
* We will provide sub time for classroom teachers to complete DRA/F & P winter testing after break. Sign ups will be in the lounge Tuesday morning.
Schedule for Monday's Veteran's Day Celebration
5th Grade - 9:40-10:20
1st Grade - 11:00-11:40
2nd Grade - 11:55-12:35
3rd Grade - 1:00-1:40
4th Grade - 1:50-2:30
SPED, Specials, and K TBD
Please bring your class to the Gold Mine room. If your time backs up to lunch, we will pick your students up from recess. We are also collecting the following items to send to troops currently overseas. Feel free to contribute as well. There is a collection box in the front vestibule (next to the food drive) for all donations.
Sunflower Seeds * Chapstick * Gum * Dental Floss * Q-Tips * Crossword Puzzles * Playing Cards * Sour Patch Kids * Toothpaste * Magazines
Book Fair
Monday: 7:30 - 4:30
Tuesday: 7:30 - 6:30
Wednesday 7:30 - 4:30
Thursday: 7:30 - 6:30
Friday: 7:30 - 2:00
There will be no Library classes or open library times during this week.
Thanksgiving Feast
Our Celebration of Learning and Feast is this Wednesday. The schedule is as follows:
*Conferring with Readers and Writers
*Strategies That Work
* The Next Steps in Guided Reading
1st Grade Technology CoTeaching
First grade readers used SonicPics to capture their thinking as they read nonfiction texts. After recording their questions, connections, and new learnings they posted their work on Seesaw's blog. By doing so they were able to access a greater audience and share their thinking/teach ALL first graders about their nonfiction topic.
As first graders listened to peer SonicPics projects they left comments for the reader using sentence stems like:
* I am also wondering...
* This fact reminds me of...
* I learned from you that...
* I think I know the answer to one of your questions...
See below for a 1st grade sample project and sample comments in response to his presentation.
Student Comment Sample #1
Student Comment Sample #2
Student Comment Sample #3
Birthdays
Gretchen Imman - November 18
Go For the Gold
* Thank you for an amazing PLC day! We have the best staff, meow and forever more!
* Thank you Jessalyn Russell, Ashley Dalcerri, Jenn Poli, and Michelle Anderson for sharing your wonderful work!
* Thank you Jen Dale for covering extra lunch/recesses!
* Thank you Naomi and Jessalyn for volunteering to serve on the GT identification team!
Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Lautenbach
Lounge Duty: Shepperd/Fleet
