• NEW ITEM: As the afterschool collaboratives,are complete recordings will be added to GPS, under Personal Professional Learning. Here are the recordings for the most recent collaboratives: K-1, 2-3, 4-5.

• Snapshot 3: The 3rd-5th Grade Reading Snapshot 3 will be the Interim Assessment. The 4th Grade Writing Snapshot 3 will be the 2019 released STAAR test. This assessment will be accessible to teachers and students in MasteryConnect. Students will complete the writing snapshot in the same format as the previous writing snapshots this year.

• Feb Learning Fair We are excited to facilitate a Learning Fair during the month of February. It is usually only for first and second year teachers but they have opened it up to any teacher who would like to participate. Learning opportunities can be accessed at: bit.ly/learningfair2021

• Grade levels will receive an ELL accommodation monitoring form tomorrow. Please put an x on accommodations you are providing your ELL students this year so that we can provide those accommodations for interums and STAAR. Small group is for attention and behaviors only
• Keep a look out for calendar invites for this Thursday and Friday for TELPAS tutorials during WIN. The students will need to join the tutorial Zoom and be in a location where they are able to speak while participating in the tutorial. VA teachers will need to share the zoom link with only their EL students
• Updated TELPAS Raters Checklist
• Updated Smith TELPAS Testing Schedule
• Writing window Feb 8th -March 4
• TELPAS writing ideas

• ***Classroom Communication Please fill out this form on how you use communication in the classroom by this Friday the 26th, so I can better support you as a DLC. If you have not filled this out please do so.

• ***BrightBytes- Teachers If you have not done it please do so.

• 4 Cs - The 4 Cs are critical to our future ready learners. They can help with engagement and many other things in the class. Do you need help with one of them? Reach out and I would love to work with you to help you. 5Cs celebrate and support form

Keeping it short and sweet. You can click on the pic or here for the Bite Size PD link