Wednesday Words
May 8-16, 2019
Nurture-Personalize-Engage-Succeed
New Prospect Elementary School Staff Notes
Staff Spotlight on Coach McCarthy
Staff Birthdays!
May 18th-Alissa Arco
May 24th-Amy Kraselsky
July 5th-Katti Wong
Action Steps
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 16th-
Book Drive Class Pick Up
May 17th-
Field Day
May 18th-Building Open 10:30-3:30
May 21st-
PreK Graduation @ 8:30
3rd grade party @ 12:00
4th grade party @ 12:30
May 22nd-
K Graduation @ 8:00 Party @ 9:15
1st grade @ 10:30
2nd grade @ 12:30
May 23rd-
5th Grade Graduation & Reception @ 8:30 am
Book Drive!! Book Pick Up for Your Class
This should take about 10 minutes for your kids to be able to come by and select a book for the summer! The schedule is below. If your class is not listed please come stop by when is convenient for you during one of these times- or let me know to bring some select books by to your room for your kids!
8:00-8:10.... King/ Shultz
8:10-8:20.... Hubble
8:10-8:20... Goodhew
8:20-8:30... Johnson
8:30-8:40... Arco
8:40-8:50...
8:50-9:00... Gillman
9:00-9:10.... Tesmer
9:10-9:20... Soluiman/Williams
9:20-9:30....Boegel
9:30-9:40... Beasley
9:40-9:50... Lamaster
9:50-10:00... Flaherty
10:00-10:10... May
10:10-10:20...
10:20-10:30... Estes
10:30-10:40... McCarthy
10:40-10:50... Stryker
10:50-11:00... Pham/Moore
11:00-11:10... Pitman
11:10-11:20... Wells
11:20-11:30... Thoss
11:30-11:40... Turturro
12:30-12:40... Widis
12:40-12:50... Stohr
12:50-1:00... Alterman
1:00-1:10... Smith/Pape
Please let Diana Z know if you have any questions about this!
Updating BAS Scores
Field Day
- Sometime tomorrow, will you let your students play a short game of Field Day Jeopardy, created by the SWAT Team. It runs as a movie, so you don't need to stop it. It's short - under 3 minutes. https://drive.google.com/file/d/122KeUZ4i5up7nmVk9ecUbNu6ArZPcGPp/view
- On Friday morning….. The SWAT Team has created a Field Day "pump up" video for you to show to students on your interactive board right after the announcements. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJjDf8lA2xM It is 1-1/2 minutes long. Make sure your volume is turned up. (You may want to test it Thursday after school to make sure it works.)
- Please remind you class to wear house colors!
- Attached is the field day packet and the rotation schedule. In order for field day to work…you have to read and be prepared…or else you are going to have a long, hard day.
Thank you to Coach McCarthy, Suzie Portnoy, Brandy Davis & Kati Searcy for getting us ready for the best Field day yet!
Grading Timeline
Grading Timeline:
May 23rd: End of 4th 9 weeks
May 15th: HAC is turned off. Teachers can begin loading grades
May 20th : Teachers load from grade book due by 8:00 AM
May 22nd: Grade Verifications Due by 3:00 PM
May 23rd: Report Cards go Home
In case you forgot:
To begin your report cards you must first complete the “Load from Gradebook” function. Press the A+ button beside the subject and then once in that subject you press “L” for load button in the upper right hand corner. Remember you can mass assign grades and comments! This will be great for things like levels. The instructions are on p. 28 in the TAC manual linked below. You DO NOT have to do this, but it can save time in the long run.
A few important reminders:
Use the Comment Codes shown below for Reading and Math!
End of Year Staff Cookout
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044FAAAD2FA2F94-endofyear
Tech Tips from the Vanguard Team
Play Mystery Animal with Google
"20 Questions" has been a tried and true game. In addition to being a fun way to pass time, "20 Questions" actually helps build important skills including making good questions, communicating clearly, and critical thinking to narrow down the possibilities. Now Google has provided a newfangled way to play this age-old game with the launch of their "Mystery Animal" activity.
Google will choose a random animal that you need to guess. You can speak aloud to ask a wide range of "Yes" and "No" questions such as:
· Are you a mammal?
· Do you have feathers?
· Do you live underground?
· Do you eat meat?
· Do you live in North America?
· And such…
For each question you ask, Google will answer aloud. Since no typing or reading is needed, this game can work wonderfully with young children as well.
This is a great opportunity for students to work on creating good questions that will help narrow down the animal. You will have 20 "yes" and "No" questions to try to determine what the mystery animal is. If you don't, Google will let you know what the animal was in the end.
https://mysteryanimal.withgoogle.com/ (then click on "preview it here.")