This Week
Monday

Tuesday
* 7:30-8:15 Leadership Team meeting
* 1:00-3:00 Jenny admin meeting

Wednesday
* 3rd Grade in-house field trip
* SD: EPRs & Student work

Thursday
* 9:00-10:00 Open Enrollment presentation
* 3rd Grade in-house field trip
* Libby admin meeting
* 2nd Grade plan day

Friday

Reminders
* Teachers grades 3-5, please give Libby the names of students who need extra time and/or text-to-speech if you have not done so yet. Students who get extra time must be on a formal plan. This accommodation must be documented beginning December 1st. You do not need to document text-to-speech.

* The iReady MOY diagnostic window is December 3rd - 14th. All students will take the assessment. Students will not need to take the growth monitoring assessment until January.

* As you administer your DRA/F & P assessments, please update your reading data sheets.

* If you are taking your class out for extra recess, please make sure you are actively supervising them.

EPRs
* Click here for expectations for comments and basic navigation strategies. All students should receive a personal comment and comments when they are not meeting standards. Please remember that report cards should not be a surprise.
* Report cards need to be shared with specials, sped, Kristi, Jamie, and Stephanie Brown.

Happy Birthday
Anita Rudman - November 27th

Go For the Gold
* Thank you Gail for an amazing Book Fair!
* Thank you Fat Friday team for the pumpkin spice feast! It was delicious!
* Thank you Angel Zayas for all the work you did for the Parker Task Force!
* Thank you Social Committee for the Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Leuschner
Lounge Duty: Westra/Fleet

Thankful for our Incredible Staff!

November 2018

This Week

Monday
* Book Fair - 7:30-4:30

Tuesday
* Book Fair - 7:30-6:30
* 9:00-10:00 Opening Enrollment Building Tours

Wednesday
* Book Fair - 7:30-4:30
* Digger's Family Feast and Celebration of Learning

Thursday
* Book Fair - 7:30-6:30
* Data Discussions for READ Plan students
* Plan Day 3rd Grade

Friday
* Book Fair - 7:30-2:00
* Data Discussions for READ Plan students
* Fat Friday - Pumpkin spice and everything nice!

Reminders

iReady
* Click here for READ Plan Template Guidelines and Progress Check Updates.
Please update the progress check for READ plan students every 6 weeks in Alpine.

* Students will take the Winter diagnostic within the December 3 - 14 window. Since they will be taking the diagnostic in December, our next Progress Monitoring check will be January 11th.

* Click here on how to view Growth Monitoring results.

* Click here for directions on how to view Instructional Groupings. 

* Please sign up for your DRA/F&P day in the lounge if you have not done this yet.

* If you would like to talk to your students about Veteran's Day, here are some titles:

Pepper's Purple Heart by Heather French Henry

Granddad Bud: A veterans Day Story by SHaron Ferry

Veterans: Heroes In Our Neighborhood by Pfundstein

Hero Dad by Melinda Hardin

Veterans Day by Ansary

The Wall by Eve Bunting

We would love to capture any work you are doing around Veteran's Day. Please let Libby or Jenny know if you plan to do an activity. Thank you Gail for pulling these titles!

Data Discussions for READ Students - November 15 & 16
We are excited to hold data discussions and planning sessions for all READ students on November 15 and 16.  A sub will cover your classroom while we review READ students' data and additional interventions.  Click here for your specific day and time.  Please plan on sharing students' current READ goals and the interventions you have tried.  We will collaboratively review progress monitoring data and provide additional resources.

CITE 6  -Due in INSPIRED by November 15 
Please make sure that your initial CITE 6 data and student targets are inputted into InspirED by Thursday, November 15.  Please see Jenny, Libby or Kristi for help.

Celebrations of Learning & Thanksgiving Feast Schedule
Celebrations of Learning is an opportunity for your students to showcase their learning and great work with their parents.  Please plan for activities for the full 30 minutes prior to your time for the grade level feast (see the schedule below).

Save the Date
Our GRE staff holiday party will be held this year on Thursday, December 20 (our last day before break!) The party will be at Gail Golish's home (thanks for hosting us Gail) and will begin at 4:00. You definitely don't want to miss this!

Opportunity
Kristi is is need of teachers to be part of a Gifted and Talented Identification team.  This team meets 3 or 4 times between now and January to evaluate student data and determine services.  This is an unpaid but totally super cool and fascinating opportunity!!  Please let Kristi know if you are interested.

Happy Birthday
Gretchen Immen - November 18th
Kim Layton - November 20th
Kristi Barta - November 24th

Go For the Gold
Thank you teachers and aides an incredible PLC day!
Thank you Christy Schwalick for organizing mindfulness training for classified staff!
Thank you Meuli family for all of your work on behalf of students and teachers!
Thank you Anita for ordering delicious heart cookies!
Thank you Michelle Wright for the goodies at our PLC day!
Do you ever wonder who unloads the dishwasher every day and makes delicious coffee for you every morning?  That would be our own Karen Petty.  Please thank her when you get a chance!!

If you have anyone you would like to recognize, please let Libby know.

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Hagerty
Lounge Duty: Kramer/Poli

November 2018

This Week

Monday


Tuesday
* PLC Day @ 8:15-3:15 in the Gold Mine Room

Wednesday
* Stand Up Staff Mtg @ 8:00 AM

Thursday
* Jenny admin meeting
* 4th Grade Plan Day

Friday
* Progress monitor all students in Reading

Reminders
PLC Day
* We are excited to have a trainer from Teachers' College share Lucy Calkins' strategies with us.  We will plan on meeting from 8:15-3:15 in the Gold Mine room.  You will have 1 hour for lunch. Please bring the following to our PLC day Tuesday: Your full set of Lucy Calkins' reading materials including student texts and a notebook.  You will need your computer in the afternoon only.

Progress Monitoring in I READY
* We are going to progress monitor all students in Reading every three weeks in iReady. There will be a reminder in the Barker. Our next date is this Friday, November 9th. Please progress monitor all students on Friday.

* iReady uses the term growth monitoring, which is the same as progress monitoring. In Alpine, it is progress monitoring. Please enter progress monitor dates in Alpine for READ Act students every 6 weeks.

* Click here to learn how to view growth monitoring data.

* Please give Libby the list of what you want to report on for EPRs if you have not done so yet.

Data Discussions for READ Students - November 15 & 16
We are excited to hold data discussions and planning sessions for all READ students on November 15 and 16.  A sub will cover your classroom while we review READ students' data and additional interventions.  You will receive your specific day and time by the end of next week.  Please plan on sharing students' current READ goals and the interventions you have tried.  We will collaboratively review progress monitoring data and provide additional resources.

CITE 6  -Due in INSPIRED by November 15 
Please make sure that your initial CITE 6 data and student targets are inputted into InspirED by Thursday, November 15.  Please see Jenny, Libby or Kristi for help.

Celebrations of Learning & Thanksgiving Feast Schedule
Celebrations of Learning is an opportunity for your students to showcase their learning and great work with their parents.  Please plan for activities for the full 30 minutes prior to your time for the grade level feast (see the schedule below).

Save the Date
Our GRE staff holiday party will be held this year on Thursday, December 20 (our last day before break!) The party will be at Gail Golish's home (thanks for hosting us Gail) and will begin at 4:00. You definitely don't want to miss this!

Kindergarten Technology CoTeaching
Kindergartners explored the app ChatterPix this week in LOTS of engaging ways. With each task they took a picture, planned out their thinking using their Story Map strategy with five fingers, and then communicated by recording their voice. Kindergartners taught others how they go for the GOLD in Kindergarten, explained their favorite center and the activities they complete while there, described a favorite part of a book they are currently reading, and practiced their fluency by reciting Five Little Pumpkins in thirty seconds or less. Our youngest learners showed mastery of the app ChatterPix.



Happy Birthday
Cindy Bell - November 7th
Linda Dziura - November 7th
Kylee Lautenbach - November 11th
Michelle Sweet - November 11th

Go For the Gold
Thank you for all of the amazing Halloween parties and surviving the day!
Thank you Leadership team for your time and contributions!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Broecker
Lounge Duty: Wright/Hegyi