January
This Week
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Wednesday
* SD: Data review, CITE rubric
Thursday
* Jenny admin meeting
* Fifth grade plan day
Friday
* 9:00 5th grade transition meetings
* 10:00-11:00 Open enrollment presentation
* 2:15 Spelling Bee
* 2:15 Spelling Bee
Reminders
* READ Plans must be updated in Alpine by Friday. Click here to see directions on how to do this. If you have students who fell below the cut score for Winter, we will write these new plans together the first week in February. Please send Libby the names of the students who need to be put on a plan by Friday. See Libby if you have any questions.
* For staff development this week, please bring your mid year reading data. We will also discuss the CITE rubric.
* We are excited that Kristi will continue to work her 110 next year. This requires her to modify her schedule this spring. Please note the days she will be here on the calendar.
* The Spelling Bee will be Friday at 2:15 in the gym for grades 3-5. This date was changed from Thursday.
Kindness Week
Kindness week is quickly approaching! This year Kindness Week will be February 12th-15th.
• On Thursday, February 15th, we will have our door decorating contest. This is an optional activity for teachers - you do not have to participate! If you would like to, have your class decorate your classroom door in a way that represents kindness. We will have a few judges walk around in the afternoon on the 15th, and pick a winner for K-2, and a winner for 3-5. Remember the door can be decorated any day that week leading up to the contest.
• Also, each teacher will have a class set of the Kindness Checklist to pass out to students on Monday, February 12th. (These will be in your copy box in the workroom.) Students will be challenged to complete as many of these acts as they can throughout the week.
• Please let Bev or Kylee know if you have any questions!
Kindness week is quickly approaching! This year Kindness Week will be February 12th-15th.
• On Thursday, February 15th, we will have our door decorating contest. This is an optional activity for teachers - you do not have to participate! If you would like to, have your class decorate your classroom door in a way that represents kindness. We will have a few judges walk around in the afternoon on the 15th, and pick a winner for K-2, and a winner for 3-5. Remember the door can be decorated any day that week leading up to the contest.
• Also, each teacher will have a class set of the Kindness Checklist to pass out to students on Monday, February 12th. (These will be in your copy box in the workroom.) Students will be challenged to complete as many of these acts as they can throughout the week.
• Please let Bev or Kylee know if you have any questions!
Happy Birthday
Catherine Graham - January 20th
Welcome
Please help us welcome Kym Koford. Kym will be supporting classrooms, supervising lunch/recess, and performing copy room duties.
2nd Grade Technology CoTeaching
Second graders researched severe storms using the app, Epic Books, and focused on the important idea of, "in my own words". They used the thinking strategy of determining importance to select and read meaningful digital resources that would provide information matching their reading purpose. In their own words, students synthesized their research about what the storm looks like, how it impacts people, animals, and the environment using Spark Video. As the last slide of their Spark Video presentations, students reflected and self assessed their ability to explain and share important ideas in their own words using a Critical Thinking rubric.
Student sample #1
Student Sample #2
Go For the Gold
• Thank you Karen Petty for the amazing assembly! What a powerful way to teach students history through images and music!
• Thank you teachers for an incredible work ethic during our PLC day. We appreciate your willingness to grow and learn together!
• Thank you Catherine Graham, Jamie Marchese, and Ashley Dalcerri for sharing your experiences!
• Thank you Allison Hawk for sharing the activity!
• Thank you Stephanie Brown and Jamie Marchese for helping with interviews!
Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Broecker
Lounge Duty: Holtzer/Kramer
Catherine Graham - January 20th
Welcome
Please help us welcome Kym Koford. Kym will be supporting classrooms, supervising lunch/recess, and performing copy room duties.
2nd Grade Technology CoTeaching
Second graders researched severe storms using the app, Epic Books, and focused on the important idea of, "in my own words". They used the thinking strategy of determining importance to select and read meaningful digital resources that would provide information matching their reading purpose. In their own words, students synthesized their research about what the storm looks like, how it impacts people, animals, and the environment using Spark Video. As the last slide of their Spark Video presentations, students reflected and self assessed their ability to explain and share important ideas in their own words using a Critical Thinking rubric.
Student sample #1
Student Sample #2
Go For the Gold
• Thank you Karen Petty for the amazing assembly! What a powerful way to teach students history through images and music!
• Thank you teachers for an incredible work ethic during our PLC day. We appreciate your willingness to grow and learn together!
• Thank you Catherine Graham, Jamie Marchese, and Ashley Dalcerri for sharing your experiences!
• Thank you Allison Hawk for sharing the activity!
• Thank you Stephanie Brown and Jamie Marchese for helping with interviews!
Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Broecker
Lounge Duty: Holtzer/Kramer
