Peek at the Week
10/26/15
Calendar
Monday, 10/26- ILT Meeting, Room 10 from 3-4:30pm
Tuesday, 10/27 SST Day #2
Weds, 10/28, Professional Development
Weds, 10/28, 6pm SSC Meeting and Data Event (Anderson, Witte, Toller, Ghazizadeh)
Monday, 11/2- 7:45am Black History Month Planning Committee
Monday, 11/2: SEL Team Meeting (cancelled due to retreat on 11/3)
Thursday, 11/5 Incoming Kindergarten Information Night
11/9-11/19 Ms. Toller in China (Ms. Morgan in Charge)
Weds. 11/11 No School
Upcoming Assemblies and Special Events
11/20- Farewell Mr. Fudge- 8:30-9:30 Assembly
12/1 Mr. Eco, 1:15 K-3, 2pm, 4-5
2/5 Black History Month Assembly
3/3, Bay Area Children's Theater Performance of Aladdin
3/11 Stop Waste Assembly
3/18 Disability Awareness Day
Shout Outs To.....
- The 4th grade, Ms. Plambeck and Ms. Smith, whose unit planning tool (that was shared with all of you, is now being shared by the district math department showcasing the work of Glenview!
-Ms. Shreve, who is designing and developing Glenview's first TK program, have you seen our littlest students, they are already SO ready for school!
- Mr. Miller, our fearless DLT, for leading our first successful Google U. with a full house of Glenview teachers learning the tricks of the Google tools last week.
- Ms. Erica, Ms. Yve, Mr. Wolfe, Ms. Morgan, and Ms. Suthaboon for Implementing our intensive Leveled Literacy Intervention for our twenty 4/5 and 5th grade students!
- GIST Team- Ms. Erica, Ms. Eva, and Ms. Eleni, for jumping in to support Reader's Workshop, the small group "GAP" interventions start soon!
- Coach Cuny who in only her second month at Glenview is now leading three weekly social skills groups and doing regular check ins with multiple students as part of our PBIS Tier II/ Restorative Justice work (when she isn't teaching movement!)
Moving Minds- Instruction and Academics
2015-16 Oakland Unified Big Question of the Year
2015-16 Big Question
How are we aligning strategies for all targeted groups to ensure closing achievement gaps?
Professional Development, 10/28
Cycle of Inquiry Focus: Math
Session Questions:
How can do we do ongoing assessment to inform our instruction?
How can we differentiate in math to ensure that all students have access to our curriculum?
Outcomes:
- Teachers will share best practices for differentiation including quick on the spot assessments, small group instruction, anchor charts, and more.
- Teachers will have time in grade level PLCs to plan and develop grade level assessments and differentiation strategies aligned to their upcoming math unit.
Bring:
-All are invited to bring examples of their best differentiation strategies for math. We will share out and then work in grade levels to plan for differentiation for Unit 3.
- Your chromebook or laptop
- Math Unit that you have been developing with your team
- Purple book and Math TE
Other Folks:
Schenker and Brouhard (continue working on Plan for 5th Grade January-June)
PEC Team- Individual and Team Planning Time
PE Team- Individual and Team Planning Time
Next Cycle of Inquiry: Writing
Mr. Alexander and Mr. Miller will be our leads on this cycle.
Why Bother with Teaching Points and Daily Schedules?
Teaching points are also an indication of whether or not you have planned for the day. We all know that good teaching depends on good planning.
Please make sure you have your teaching point and schedule posted EVERY DAY for EVERY LESSON.
Moving Bodies- Operations & Logistics
Found It!
From Ms. Dana and the Found It Committee.....
Here's the upcoming schedule:
Mr. Witte: October 26-30
Mr. Miller: November 2-6
Ms. Sullivan: November 9-13
Mr. Alexander: November 16-20
Your class can pick up clothing however and whenever they like. You can report back, or not. We will have two random visual inspections during the week (one of which will be at the tail end of the school day on Friday). After four weeks, a winner will be selected and awarded a classroom popsicle party.
Things to do depending on how much time you have:
Pick up clothes in lower yard and hang on garden fence.
Pick up clothes in upper yard and hang in the auditorium
Hang all clothes up in the auditorium.
Put all "little stuff" (lunches, books, headbands, scarves, hats) in the blue bin next to the rack.
Extra - zip/button up sweaters and jackets
More Extra - arrange by color (great for those looking for a "green sweater")
Even More Extra - create a "Labeled" tag(s) that demarks a section on the rack. If your team finds labeled clothes, they can hang them in the labeled area of the rack.
Personnel Committee
Hall Stars
Please try to model what we want for our kids by reinforcing positively without nagging or raising voices!
Parade- Route Change
Halloween
Costumes
Costume Guidelines
- Students should be able to easily put their costumes on and take them off without adult assistance
- Students should be able to safely walk for a few blocks in their costume to participate in the parade
- No weapons (fake or real) of any kind
- No horror-like, violent or bloody costumes (remember we have TK and K students!)
No Candy
We will be upholding our school policy of no candy before, during, and after Halloween. Please do not send candy to school with your child, they will get plenty of candy when they trick or treat! Students should not bring candy in their lunches the weeks after Halloween.
Moving Hearts
Save the Date!
On the afternoon of 11:20 please save the date for the adults on campus to take Mr. Fudge and his family out to lunch (details to come!). This is a shortened day so we will plan to begin celebrating by 2:30 that afternoon off site at a restaurant.