December
This Week
Monday
* 8:00 Spelling Bee pre-test
* iReady window opens
Tuesday
* 7:30 GT Identification team meeting
Wednesday
* 8:30 - 10:30 - Libby meeting
* SD: Collaborate with SPED around EPRs. See below for more info.
Thursday
* Jenny admin meeting
Friday
* 8:00 - 10:00 Libby meeting
Reminders
* The Spelling Bee pre-test will be on Monday, December 3rd at 8:00 in the Gold Mine room. This is for 4th & 5th graders only.
* As you administer DRA/F & P, please update your Reading data sheets.
* Mark your calendar for our holiday party on Thursday, December 20 at 4:00 hosted by our own Gail Golish. Be there! More info to follow.
iReady
* The iReady Winter diagnostic window is December 3rd - 14th. Please assess all students in Reading and Math. If you have students you want to test in a small group in Reading, please let Libby know.
* If you have students who have instructional seats and you would like them to complete the lessons in RtI on Fridays, please email Jamie Marchese or Stephanie Brown by the Thursday before.
EPRs
* If you have students who receive RtI support, please include a comment in their EPR for parents.
* The next two Wednesdays will be devoted to EPRs during staff development. One Wednesday, we want to give you time to collaborate with SPED and the other Wednesday will be yours to work on EPRs. Click here for the schedule.
* 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.
Happy Birthday
Christy Schwalick - December 5th
Go For the Gold
* Thank you social committee for bringing some fun into our lives!
* Thank you Jessalyn Russell and Jamie Marchese for joining the GT Identification team!
If you have someone you would like to recognize, please let Libby know.
Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Lautenbach
Lounge Duty: Dazzio/Warner
5th Grade Technology CoTeaching
Fifth grade students researched renewable energy sources, created google slides presentations and recorded their learning using Screencastify. After learning about each of the renewable energy resources, students completed a performance task and determined where we could relocate our company Fleet Conserves Energy. When picking our new location, students had to analyze maps of the United States where their chosen renewable energy source is readily available. They then created an animation that demonstrates how the structure of the renewable energy harnesses energy. In addition, they created a written argument defending their renewable energy source and addressing the benefits and limitations.
Please see student samples below:
Renewable Energy Sources Slides & Screencastify
4th Grade Technology CoTeaching
Fourth grade readers completed a performance task that required them to analyze and evaluate evidence in order to make a decision and solve a mystery. These detectives dove right in and analyzed six different digital resources and synthesized the clues from each resource to solve the great mystery: Where on Earth was the fossil discovered? After stating their claim of the fossil’s original habitat and continent, each student created an infographic in Piktochart to outline how each resource provided them a clue that they had to synthesize together to make a decision and solve a mystery.
Fourth grade readers completed a performance task that required them to analyze and evaluate evidence in order to make a decision and solve a mystery. These detectives dove right in and analyzed six different digital resources and synthesized the clues from each resource to solve the great mystery: Where on Earth was the fossil discovered? After stating their claim of the fossil’s original habitat and continent, each student created an infographic in Piktochart to outline how each resource provided them a clue that they had to synthesize together to make a decision and solve a mystery.
