Wildcat News
December 17- December 21, 2018
Weekly Updates/ Reminders:
- ACTION: Optional homework must go home with students on a weekly basis.
- Great job with iReady last week-- testing environments looked great and students were invested!
- Make sure you are making up any students who miss assessments, if you need assistance it is imperative you talk with myself or Ms. Harnage.
- Review Achievement Series post test goals with students and ensure they understand the importance in them doing their best. Please make sure these charts are posted in your classrooms.
- Continue to make sure that bulletin boards are update with evidence of student work.
- Lesson plans must be posted and available upon request to any visitor.
- Students should be on iReady for 45 minutes per week in both ELA and Math, please be reminded that the usage of this program is first priority. If you are using any other programs they should only be utilized supplementary.
Vision
Everyone, Everyday! We will foster a safe and all inclusive environment of excellence for our learning community.
Commitment Statements:
We believe that education is a shared responsibility.
We are goal oriented and data driven.
We are a community of strong relationships.
We promote successful lifelong learners
We nurture social emotional and physical well-being
We are AWARE, we ACCEPT, and we ADVOCATE for Culture and Diversity.
iReady Celebration
Ugly Christmas Sweater Winner!
Relationship Builder (1st Grade)
Instructional Levers:
- How am I checking for the understanding of ALL students? Exit Tickets?
- During classroom visits we will be looking for the use of Exit Tickets and observing Guided Reading Groups.
- Ensure guided reading groups are planned out for each group in order to meet the individual needs of your students. In order to close the gaps we must ensure we are intentional planning and using data to guide our decisions daily.
- Exit tickets should be logged into master trackers for ELA and Math.
Weekly Behavioral LOOK-FORS:
As Winter Break Approaches we must continue to ensure that we are utilizing every instructional minute through highly engaging lessons. Make sure you take the time to reteach expectations as necessary and continue to hold students accountable for meeting both classroom and school wide expectations.
- Morning Restorative Community Circles implemented with fidelity and as a means to build relationships and classroom community.
- Review over School-wide and Classroom expectations
- Monitor Student behavior by circulating and scanning the classroom
- Catch small behaviors and utilize the Safe Seat set up in our classrooms as a Tier I positive and restorative behavioral lever.
- Provide positive and corrective feedback through restorative conversations with our students.
Upcoming Dates/ Events:
Last Week of School, until 2 full weeks of Relaxation!
- Weekly PLC (Please check your Action Agenda for Items to bring to PLC).
- Achievement Series and Pathways December 17-20th 2018 (Review and sign up on Testing Schedule)
- Brief Staff Meeting, Tuesday, December 18, 2018 @ 8:40 am
- Tuesday, December 18, 2018 Jeans & Holiday Wear!
- Friday, December 21- Holiday Performance 2pm-3pm
Shout Outs!
- Ms. Inman: Holding down the fort and being willing to do whatever it takes to educate 2nd grade students as a whole
- 1st Grade Team: Creating a Greeting and dismissal transition that creates and builds relationships with your students
- Classroom Teachers- Working hard to make sure that testing has been completed and working together sharing headphones.
- Ms. Quigley/ Ms. Grossman- Fantastic ELL presentation and PD for our classroom teachers