September/October
This Week
Monday
Tuesday
* 1:00-3:00 Jenny admin meeting
Wednesday
* SD - On your own
* Kindie field trip to the Pumpkin Patch
Thursday
* Parent/teacher conferences
* 2nd Grade plan day
* Libby admin meeting
* Jenny out
Friday
* 8:00-10:00 Libby SAC meeting
* Progress monitor i- Ready
* Jenny out
* Fat Friday Soup & Potato Bar
Reminders
* We will progress monitor all READ plan students the last Friday of every month. Feel free to progress monitor any students you think would benefit from more practice.
* Click here for how to edit READ plans, including where to enter progress monitoring data, parent communication and how to print the report. See Libby if you need help.
* Conferences: The leadership team determined we would all share the following information with parents during conferences:
* Students DRA level
* The DRA range for the grade level
* The characteristics of the different DRA levels
* A current writing sample
* A celebration and goal for reading, writing and math
We were not going to share I READY reports for math or reading as this is a new assessment for us. We decided we would refer to this for certain students and situations.
Please let Jenny or Libby know if you would like them to attend a conference.
October Count
The process is simplified this year:
- Official Count Day: Tuesday, September 25
- Eleven Day Window: Tuesday, September 18 - Tuesday, October 2
- Make sure you are taking attendance in IC in your class during the eleven day window. If you are having problems with IC during that time, please let Christi Dismang know.
- If you have a substitute during the eleven day window, we will give your sub a Sub Attendance Roster for them to take attendance on. They need to sign the bottom of the form, and we will keep it for our records.
If you are interested in being our Spelling Bee coordinator, please let Libby know.
Happy Birthday
Justin Brakefield - September 23rd
Jenny Brown - September 24th
Jillianne Mancini - September 24th
Go For the Gold
* Thank you Justin Brakefield and Karen Warner for helping set up/clean up Digger Dash! It is greatly appreciated!
* Thank you Kelly Broecker for helping with the banners!
* Thank you Bree Roon, Stacie Martino, and Michelle Anderson for allowing others observe your amazing teaching!
* Thank you Stephanie Brown and Bree Roon for allowing us to video tape you!
* Thank you all for an amazing PLC day! It is amazing to be a part of such a talented, reflective staff who are always wanting to learn!
Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Lautenbach
Lounge Duty: Roon/Wilson
4th Grade Technology CoTeaching
4th Graders used Seesaw to communicate their understanding of numerical patterns. Students created posters that had factor pairs listed and built as an array for a given number. To communicate their understanding, students reflected on the strategies they used to determine each factor pair and explained how they would know when all factor pairs had been found. After recording their videos, students listened to other videos and created a list of qualities for great videos. They then reflected on their use of Seesaw as a way to communicate the critical thinking they used to find factor pairs. Please see a few samples of student work below.
