K-2 Team Newsletter
August 3-7
Principal's Message
Well it’s almost here...Week One of Virtual School at EEP! Thank you all for your transparency and vulnerability in advocating for what you need as educators. We appreciate each and every one of you for your dedication to getting virtual learning up and running for our K-2 scholars. This is a new frontier for us and we acknowledge the additional load of being self-contained teachers in K-1 is not easy and all of K-2 with new content. Please know that you are not alone, your admin is here to support in any way possible so don’t hesitate to reach out. I know the stress of virtual learning and COVID-19 has been difficult for me to navigate through so I wanted to share some resources to support you when things feel too overwhelming. Please check the link below. #weareinthistogether
LINK: MNPS Supports
Deans of Academics
General Academic Deliverables
Zoom: Finish creating your recurring Zoom meetings for your 6 live small groups in your Zoom account and post links to Google Classroom by 5 pm Sunday, August 2nd. See directions from Stacey Neal’s PD on Thursday, July 30th or reach out to an admin prior to Sunday for help.
First Day of School: Monday, August 3rd- Rock out the first day of school with your amazing kiddos!
Starting the week of August 10th: The only grades K-2 teachers will be responsible for giving their students through Labor Day are the 2 small group rubric grades (1 ELA, 1 Math) and the Friday Exit Ticket grade (1 ELA, 1 Math) per student. Please do not worry about creating and administering additional assessments- we will skip any other official assessments for now in CKLA Knowledge, Skills and Math Participation Rubric Link
Starting on Monday, August 10th: Record 1 Skills lesson per classroom per day to post to your Google Classroom by 5 pm for students who were absent. How To Guide to Recording Zoom Meetings The students listed below are the only students without a media release so please do not record their small groups to post.
K - Eleanor Renfro, K- Milah Watkins, K- Kynleigh Johnson, K- Christian Leavell, 1- Robert Etter Jr., 2- Walter Martinez- Herrera, 2- Kayli Munoz Herrera
ELA
ELA Deliverables, Updates, and Reminders
Week of Friday, July 31st to Friday, August 7th
Grade Level Group IPP Meetings - No pre work this week! (Zoom and calendar invite sent by AFT on Monday, July 27th)
Monday, August 3rd 2-3 pm: First Grade
Tuesday, August 4th 2-3 pm: 2nd Grade
Wednesday, August 5th 2-3 pm: Kindergarten
All videos and Exit Tickets for the week of August 10th are due in Google Classroom by 5 pm on Friday, August 7th.
Each lead uploads their Knowledge lesson video as designated in the Course Blueprint.
Knowledge Content leads will also submit the Exit Ticket that students will complete on Friday, August 14th.
AT responsible for the Skills lesson video for the week of August 10th as designated in the Course Blueprint will upload video to all google classrooms.
Directions for accessing the CKLA Digital Materials: CKLA Digital Materials Directions
For materials you will be writing on with the scholars, please ensure that you have 3 copies for each of your 3 groups. For example, if your scholars have an Individual Code Chart at home, you should have 3 copies of your grade level’s Individual Code Chart. All materials are available to print on the website.
Clarification for Blending and Segmenting with CKLA (see image)
Due by Friday, August 7th EOD
Complete the IPP Process for Skills Lessons 1 and 2 using the Skills IPP Template to guide you.
Skills and Knowledge Content leads: Complete your Course Blueprint section.
Kindergarten: K ELA Course Blueprint
First Grade: 1st ELA Course Blueprint
Second Grade: 2nd ELA Course Blueprint (Completed!)
All CKLA Videos and Exit Tickets
MATH
Math Deliverables, Updates, and Reminders
Week of Friday, July 31st to Friday, August 7th.
Week of August 3rd-10th
Group IPP Meetings (Kinder Monday, 2nd Grade Tuesday, 1st Grade Wednesday- MJ sent invites on 7/29):
Agenda:
-Practice opening Nearpod in the One Stop Shop Nearpod Document
-IPP Process of Lessons 1-4 with Independent IPP Checklist
Weekly Check-In (2nd Grade Tuesday, Kindergarten/1st Grade Friday- MJ sent invites on 7/29)
Agenda:
-2nd Grade- Group IPP of Lesson 1
-K/1- Finish Unit Unpacking
Due by Friday, August 7th EOD
Complete the IPP Process using the Independent IPP Checklist for all lessons 1-4
Email Molly Lesson 4 annotated using the Independent IPP Checklist (You can annotate on Kami or annotate hard copy and send pictures)
Dean of Culture
DeansList is still being uploaded with scholars and we should have most scholars rostered in the next two weeks. Please continue to email those names so I can email those validation codes out as the DeansList roster is updated. A gentle reminder, we are not using DeansList for behaviors until Week 3 of school.
Attendance
K-2: ELA and Math teachers take Class Attendance on ELA and Math Rosters in DeansList
Take attendance throughout the day as you teach your small groups. All attendance should be entered by 1:45 pm each day.
For the first week of school, I recommend giving a lot of leeway for when you take attendance (maybe give kids 10-15 min to get to class before marking them absent). As kids get more accustomed, I recommend moving to take attendance earlier in the class, say after 5 minutes of class goes by.
Dean of SEL
As you reach out to families, please remember that you can begin referring any scholars to me that may need to be on my radar! A new tab will be added to the EEP website for SEL, and you can link your Google Classroom to it so that families have access to even more resources. All of my YouTube videos and a book/website resource list that I created will be on the tab!
SEL lessons will not be posted until at least the second week of classes to ensure that I am there to support you through the first week!
Limitless Library
Updates
Technology
Ops Team has 350+ new requests for Chromebooks that were not included on the original survey from July and are currently out of stock. We are expecting a new shipment some time next week via Computer Pros. Additionally, we don't have an update from MNPS on their technology timeline but it doesn't appear to be immediate.
They will be contacting the 350+ families who have requested laptops but haven't received them yet to poll who absolutely needs a device to be able to start school. When we have that information, we will disseminate the desktops for families in greatest need first and then contact the rest when the new shipment arrives.
Teacher Leader Cohort
There will be a meet and greet for all the K-8 teacher leaders in the 20-21 cohort in August (more details to come). The official program will kick-off after Labor Day. If you have any questions please reach out to your coach or Dr. P!
Related Arts Support
Our fabulous Art Teacher Ms. Gamble has volunteered to help make calls to K families, Rhodes will take 1st grade, and Coach Harris will take 2nd grade for Week 1 of school contacting scholars that haven't been logging into class and problem-solving tech issues etc.. so it's very important to regularly take your attendance. They will be utilizing that fall communication log that is why it's linked in our quick find docs.
Ms. Gamble has volunteered to have Tech Office Hours - Week 2 from 2:00-3:00 pm (Mon-Thurs) on Zoom for families who are struggling with technology (more details to come in the next newsletter).
Coach Harris has volunteered to support four (K-2) and four (3-5) scholars who are in dire need due to extreme circumstances to his day camp to help them with virtual learning. The scholars with the most need based on the initial communication log have been selected and we are in the process of getting them squared with Coach Harris.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO COACH HARRIS, GAMBLE, AND RHODES!!
PD Schedule (subject to change)
August 7th - Academics PD
August 14th - SEL PD
August 21st - DEI PD
August 28th - Professional Development Day
September 4th - Mental Health Day (No PD before Labor Day)
Upcoming Events
August 3rd
First Day of School
Kindergarten Math Group IPP 2:00-3:00 pm
1st Grade ELA Group IPP 2:00-3:00 pm
August 4th
2nd Grade Math Group IPP 2:00-3:00 pm
2nd Grade ELA Group IPP 2:00-3:00 pm
2nd Grade Check-In 3:00-3:30 pm
August 5th
1st Grade Math Group IPP 2:00-3:00 pm
Kindergarten ELA Group IPP 2:00-3:00 pm
August 7th
Kindergarten Lead Check-In 10:00-10:30 am
Kindergarten AT Check-In 10:50-11:20 am
1st Grade Lead Check-In 11:40-12:10 pm
1st Grade AT Check-In 12:30-1:00 pm
K-2 PD 2:30-4:00 pm
August 10th
Rokicki’s Support PD for Families 6:00-7:00 pm
Quick Find Docs
Class Rosters click here
Groups List Virtual Learning click here
K-8 Staff Contact Info click here
Rubric for Virtual Learning click here
Scholar Communication Log click here
School Calendar click here
Sunshine Survey click here