February

This Week
Monday

Tuesday
* Lab visits

Wednesday
* 7:30 Staff meeting - Suicide refresher and values of the district
* 8:00-10:00 Libby SAC meeting

Thursday
* First grade plan day
* 1st/2nd grade performances

Friday

Reminders
* MOY self-eval is due by February 12th.

* 1st/2nd grade performances:
     6:15-6:45 Boutilier, Miller, Graham
     7:15-7:45 Martino & Munson

* Click here for the PLC day agenda. Please come with having read the upcoming lesson identified by your team. Bring student writing determined by your grade level.

* All Valentine parties should be on February 13th. These should be no longer than an hour.

* Wish Week is the week of February 17th - 21st. Please anticipate students bringing in change. More information will follow.

Opportunity
If you are interested in having a practicum teacher observe and help out in your room, let Libby know. This student is looking to spend around 60 hours gaining classroom experience.

Go For the Gold
* Thank you Fat Friday team for the Super Bowl spread!
* Thank you to everyone who helped and attended the Sock Hop! We appreciate your older kids helping out too!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Burggraff
Lounge Duty: Zankey/Boutilier

Welcome

Please welcome Karen's student teacher Josh Stanton. He will be with us until May 15th.

January/February

This Week
Monday
* Jenny & Kristi Lucy training

Tuesday
* 7:30 Leadership team meeting
* Kristi Lucy training

Wednesday
* SD: Organize Digger Dash books or Restorative Practices
* Kristi Lucy training

Thursday
* 3rd grade planning day
* Jenny admin meeting

Friday
* 9:00-2:30 4th Grade Young Ameritowne
* 6:00-8:00 Sock Hop

Reminders
* MOY self eval is due by February 12th.

* We are going to build in time on our PLC day to complete the TLCC survey. Please wait to complete this until then. 

* Click here for the PLC day agenda.

* Pre-orders for Wish Week shirts are due today. Click Here to order.

* Conferences are March 4th & 12. Please block out your schedule in Canyon Creek by February 16th. . Click here for directions on how to do this.

Reading A to Z Plus
Learning A to Z (RAZ Plus) accounts are now created for classroom teachers and students using Clever! Teachers and students should login using this Clever link and their single sign on.

If teachers or students have any technical issues logging in, please use this link to submit a help desk ticket. Use your single sign on --> Choose "Curriculum Resources" --> Choose Learning A to Z (Raz Kids) and write your message. Here is a quick help desk tutorial video.


In addition, periodically visit this CIPG website for information on Learning A to Z and other CIPG supported resources. All information in this email will be on this website. Below is a quick snapshot of helpful resources. Coming soon in Principal Notes, PLS Notes and The Coach, CIPG will be announcing some webinars in February to help get teachers started.

Helpful Resources:


Getting Started with RAZ Plus


10 RAZ Plus Features You Should Be Using


RAZ Plus eTools


Home Page Resources

For schools that had prior access to Learning A to Z resources, some students may have had their work reset if in the previous student account, their information didn't exactly match what was in IC. Teachers can retrieve this information by running a classroom report that shows the reading level and stars and manually key-in the status for those students that were affected back to what it was. Learning A to Z provided this video for help.


Go For the Gold
* Thank you Josh for all of the cleaning that needed to be done last week!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Rayens
Lounge Duty: Padrnos/Redler

I Spy...

A tremendous third grade team!

January

This Week
Monday
* No School

Tuesday
* Libby mid-years

Wednesday
* Jenny mid-years
* SD: Organize Digger Dash books

Thursday
* 4th grade plan day

Friday

Reminders

* Please complete your MOY self-eval by February 12th.

* Please make sure all current READ plans are updated. 

Opportunity

* A DCSD teacher lost her life to cancer in 2016. Her family celebrates her life by paying it forward to employees who have been impacted by cancer.

The award is a $2500 cash gift to any employee of any LPS or DCPS elementary school. The applicant need only complete a simple application with a personal statement describing his or her story, including how he or she has been personally impacted by cancer. This impact can include a personal fight with cancer or a loved one’s fight with cancer. The committee's decision will also be influenced by the feedback from two references provided by the applicant.

The award money can be used in whatever way the recipient would like to use it.
Applications are due March 15, 2020 and the awards will be announced on or before May 15, 2020. Past applicants are encouraged to apply.
Details, application and past award winners can be found at:

www.alegacyfornancy.org

Happy Birthday
Catherine Graham - January 20th
Maya Bethea - January 20th
Stephanie Braden - January 25th

Go For the Gold
* Thank you Karen Petty for a powerful MLK assembly!
* Thank you Karen Warner for sharing your space!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Hagerty
Lounge Duty: Mancini/Marchese

I Spy...

A stupendous second grade team!

January

This Week
Monday
* Jenny mid-year evals

Tuesday
* 7:30 Leadership team meeting
* Libby mid-year evals

Wednesday
* Revise READ plans

Thursday
* 5th grade plan day
* Jenny admin meeting

Friday
* iReady progress monitor
* 2:45 MLK assembly

Reminders
* We are organizing grade level books in the Gold Mine room. These are from our Digger Dash funds. Teams are working hard to organize their books. Please do not touch any books in the Gold Mine room.

* Below are the links to our math PD videos that were shared on Monday.

Jillianne

Kristen

Shelbi

* For the MLK assembly, we will give each grade level a color to designate where to sit. This year, you will not have a specific dot for your class. Libby will let you know your color this week. Please remind students to enter and exit the assembly in silence.

* We are ready to begin our RtI behavior team. If you have any students you would like to bring, please click here for the paperwork.

* We will update READ plans during staff development on January 15th. Please come prepared with the following:
     Prioritized areas of need, ranked 1-6
     New goal based on iReady data if student has met previous goal
     Progress checks entered into Alpine

Click here for directions and cut scores for READ plans.

* Please do not drive on the wrong side of the road to enter the parking lot. Please do not enter the parking lot through the exit.

* Please complete your MOY self evaluation in InspirED by February 12th.

* Please take a peek at your mid year eval prior to your meeting. 

Go For the Gold

* A huge thank you to Shelbi, Jillianne and Kristen for allowing us to video tape you!
* Thank you Maren Bell for subbing on Friday!
* Thank you Shannon Terry for being willing to extend your day!
* Thank you Megan Fleet and Jenny Brown for helping with the Spelling Bee!
* Thank you Karen Petty and Karen Warner for relocating and sharing your space!

Golden Nuggets

Morning Announcements: Broecker

Lounge Duty: Warner/Petty

Congratulations to our GRE Apple award nominees! 

Thank you Tammy & Gail for all you do!

January

This Week
Monday
* PLC Day - Bring your phone with one picture from break.

Tuesday
* iReady probe open

Wednesday
* SD: Supporting Social/Emotional Needs in the Classroom

Thursday
* Kindie plan day

Friday
* 2:00 Spelling Bee in the gym for grades 3-5.

Reminders
* We will begin our RtI behavior team Monday, January 13. Click here for the paperwork.

* Please sign up for your mid-year evaluation. If Jenny is your evaluator, her days are 1/13 & 1/22. If Libby is your evaluator, her days are 1/14 & 1/21. A sub will be provided. Please review your mid-year evaluation two days prior and come with specific questions if you have any.

* Students in grades K-3 who fell below the iReady diagnostic cut score will need to take the probe January 7 - 17.


* January 6 PLC Day Agenda



Happy Birthday
Hays Padrnos - December 25th
Kym Koford - January 1st
Shari Hokanson - January 2nd
Linda Pettinger - January 10th

Go For the Gold
* Thank you everyone for a fabulous first half of the year!
* Thank you Gail for hosting our staff party!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Burggraff
Lounge Duty: Fleet/Dazzio

I Spy...

An amazing Specials Team!

DECEMBER

This Week
Monday
* Wear plaid
* Chick-Fil-A lunch

Tuesday
* Wear green, red or blue
* Mad Greens lunch

Wednesday
* Ugly sweater
* SD: Holiday Cheer

Thursday
* Sparkle, shimmer & shine
* EPRs due
* 4:30 Holiday party

Friday
* Winter break!

Reminders:
* Release EPRs between 2:00-3:00. Click here for GRE expectations.

* Chloe Berge's family will be providing lunch from Chick-Fil-A on Monday.

* We will provide lunch from Mad Greens on Tuesday.

* Please remember to send in your family picture by Monday.

* We are having an influx of students coming to the office for snacks. Please remind your students to bring a snack from home. Please also remind them to not bring personal items out to recess.

* Our Holiday Party is right around the corner at Gail Golish's house - 8235 N. Sunburst Trail. There will be good food and great company!  Don't miss it!  And most importantly - the Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament finale will be at the party.  If you have not been working on your bracket, get going!!  We must be to the final round by next Thursday!  That super cool shirt is waiting for you!

* Our PLC day is the morning of January 6th. Click here for the agenda. The afternoon is your workday.

* Access testing will be January 15-17 and January 21-24th

 9:40-10:45 am

1:20-3:30 pm

Please do not schedule special events during these times.

DISTRICT BOUNDARY SURVEY

The Douglas County School District launched its School Capacity and Boundary Analysis survey on Monday, December 9. The survey will remain open through Friday, January 3.  This survey will provide DCSD with critical community input on potential strategies to optimize school facility space in DCSD.  See additional information below.

Calendar Clarification
* In April, we have students on the 16th. There is no school on the 17th as it is a conference comp day. Our PLC day is Monday, April 20th.

Happy Birthday
* Krista Hardin - December 16
* Amy Fugier - December 17

Go For the Gold
* Thank you Mandy Miller for allowing us to video tape you and share your expertise!
* Thank you Megan Fleet, Maren Bell, Kristi Barta and Jenny Brown for subbing!
* Thank you Kristi Barta for facilitating our Guided Reading class! You are amazing at what you do!
* Thank you Maya Bethea for giving up your sub! It was truly appreciated!
* Thank you Karen Warner for teaching two classes at a time! You saved us!
* Thank you Gail Golish for hosting our staff party!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Rayens
Lounge Duty: Brown/Anderson

Technology Co-Teaching Rotation #2 Intermediate

3rd Grade Rotation #2

Content: Rocks & Informative Writing

Tech Tool: Google Slides & Screencastify

Third graders published their learning of rock content through a Google Slide. While building their slides they learned about organizing nonfiction information with boxes and bullets and how they can use their voice to expand upon a bulleted key idea. Students were introduced to Screencastify as a way to capture their voice and make their teaching movie come to life.





Student Sample #1


Student Sample #2

4th Grade Rotation #2

Content: NonFiction Reading Synthesizing, making a claim & Defending with evidence

Tech Tool: Researching, digital annotating & Google Apps; documents & slides

Fourth graders solved a mystery! They were given a mystery scenario where they could only use six digital resources to make a claim and determine where the mystery fossil was found. They annotated their findings on a google document and then created a google slides presentation that outlined the clues from each resource and defended their claim of the specific continent and habitat the fossil was found in.

Student Sample #1

Student Sample #2

Student Sample #3

5th Grade Rotation #2

Content: Renewable/NonRenewable Energy Sources & Argumentative Essays

Tech Tool: Google Slides, Screencastify, & Abcya Animation

Renewable Energy sources guided our co teaching work together. Students utilized what they were learning in writing argumentative essays to make a claim on where they should place a new company and what renewable energy source would be utilized in that location. Students analyzed all of the energy sources and then created an animation showing the machinery and item requirements to harness and convert renewable energy into power.

Student Sample #1

Student Sample #2

I Spy...

Incredible Kindie teachers!

December

This Week
Monday

Tuesday
* 7:30 - 8:15 Book Study

Wednesday
* 8:00 Spelling Bee practice in the Gold Mine room
* Administer iReady diagnostic
* SD: OYO - EPRs
* 3:45 - 4:30 Book Study

Thursday
* Jenny admin meeting
* Administer iReady diagnostic

Friday
* Administer iReady diagnostic

Reminders
* Please administer the iReady diagnostic between Wednesday, December 11th - Friday December 13th.

* Please enter DRA/F & P data into IC and on your GRE data doc.

* Don't forget to send Kristi your 'family photo' by December 16th at noon!

* Please let Libby or Stephanie Brown know if you are interested in serving on our behavior RtI committee.

* Please release EPRs between 2:00 & 3:00 on Thursday, December 19th. We will make an announcement to remind you! Click here for our EPR expectations.

* The calendar designated a workday on January 6th and a PLC day on February 14th. Leadership agreed to trade our full PLC day in February to half in January. We will meet as a staff half of January 6th and half on February 14th. The other half of those days will be your workday.
Our focus on January 6th will be math. 

Happy Birthday
Danielle Pearson - December 9th

Go For the Gold
* Thank you to Christy Dismang and her wonderful family for helping during Kindergarten Registration!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Hagerty
Lounge Duty: Evans/Fitch

Technology CoTeaching
Below you will find examples and information snippets from the first technology co-teaching rotation in kindie, first and second grades.

Second Grade Rotation #1

Content: Roles, Rights, Responsibilities, and Conflict Resolution in School Communities

Tech Tool: Spark Video

Student Sample #1

Student Sample #2

Second graders analyzed a school community and identified what their Role, Rights, and Responsibilities are within that community. In addition, they brainstormed common conflicts that happen in those specific communities and gave various solutions on how to resolve those conflicts. 

First Grade Rotation #1

Content: Non Fiction Text Learning

Tech Tools: Camera editing tools & Spark Video

Student Sample #1

First Graders became an expert on their non-fiction book. They recorded their learnings on sticky notes in their books. Then using the camera feature on their iPad they cropped pictures to ensure their pictures enhanced what their words were

Kindergarten Rotation #1

Content: Going for the Gold

Tech Tool: ChatterPix

Student Sample #1: Favorite Center

Student Sample #2: Going for the GOLD
Student Sample #3: Spookly Pumpkins

Kindergartners used ChatterPix to take a selfie and describe what it means to Go For The Gold. In addition, they highlighted their favorite centers in their kindergarten class. Students utilized oral rehearsal to organize their thinking and determine what key ideas should be conveyed to connect to their main idea.