Wildcat News
October 8 - October 12
Weekly Updates/ Reminders:
- Email: Please continue to use your KCMSD.net account through Google, even if you are using your kcpublicschools.org.
- Please ensure you are documenting all necessary things in Tyler-- this includes attendance calls, parent calls and conversations and behavior notes that are classroom managed but document worthy. If it is not documented, it did not happen.
- All students should be on their individual iReady path for a minimum of 45 minutes per week. Please make sure you are monitoring and reviewing their results and growth with them.
- iReady Growth Assessment MUST be given for all students for both ELA and Math
- Tardies (T) should only be marked for the hour in which the student is tardy, do not push all day for tardies.
- Keep up the attendance efforts, we earned the Attendance Award for August for being above our goal... as the weather begins to get cooler lets ensure we are not letting up on our efforts.
- Math & ELA Achievement Series must be completed by Wednesday, October 10
- Quarter 2 pre-assessments for ELA and math should be completed prior to October 17 so that you can begin analyzing the data and planning
Wheatley is ALL IN!
Sorry, no pictures this week due to having to print hard copy....but, keep taking pics of the awesome things happening in your room and email them to me.
Vision
Everyone, Everyday! We will foster a safe and all inclusive environment of excellence for our learning community.
Commitment Statements: (Please begin thinking about what our adult behaviors around each one of these commitments should look like.)
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.
Professional Development
- Wednesday, October 10, 2018-- Wednesday PD- Building PD 7:40 - 8:50
- Weekly meetings: PLC-- please make sure you come with updated data and student work
- Please check the district catalog on MLP for upcoming Math, Science and ELA Professional Development opportunities
- iReady Professional Development-- Wednesday and Thursday from 4:15 - 5:30
Instructional Levers:
WEEKLY LOOK-FORS:
- As we continue to look at the focus and rigor happening in our classrooms here are few questions to always be thinking about---
- Is there more student talk than teacher or adult talk?
- Is there ample student work posted throughout the classroom?
- Have you made the lesson relevant to the student's life so that they are able to make connections and feel the relevance/reason for learning the objective?
- How am I checking for the understanding of ALL students?
Upcoming Dates/ Events:
- Thursday, October 18- NO School- Parent Teacher Conferences
- Friday, October 19- Professional Development
- Monday, October 29 1:00 - 3:00 pm - Trunk or Treat
Shout Outs
- Ms. Mei Williams for going above and beyond to put together a school choir and hold practices once a week before school
- Mr. Grant Williams for taking over and doing an extraordinary job of holding down the fort and ensuring that learning continued while Ms. Woodall was out.
- All teachers who helped take on extra kids last Thursday
- Ms. Farrell and Ms. Egli for the graduation mirrors all along the main hallway, it has been great watching our students stop and look at themselves in these mirrors!
Article/ Quote of the Week:
Please take a moment to read the article below, it is a great reminder and has some great ideas:
https://www.edutopia.org/article/aiming-discipline-instead-punishment