Jane Ball Happenings
January 18- January 22
Shout outs
Thanks to Val for offering to organize our Flash Mob!
Huge thanks to Marcie on all your work organizing One Book One District. This will be awesome!
Records day and Report Card Reminders
Report cards are due at the end of the day Monday. Reports cards will be printed out on Tuesday and Wednesday. They will go home on Thursday. Remember to put your grades on the google docs.
Also: Grades 4-5 Please send a list to Lori with your honor roll students. We have had errors in the past from powerschool and we want to make sure we are accurate.
10 Classroom Management Strategies That Really Work
The beginning of the year and the second half of the school year are great times to re-evaluate the effectiveness of your classroom management. Here is an article was some ideas to share.
Inquiry-Based Learning
Formative Assessment Is Transformational!
Another article on Formative assessments.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/formative-assessment-is-transformational-andrew-millerRTI and Title
Recess and Specials
One Book One District Update
Marcie is taking sign ups for readers on the podcasts. Mr. Taylor is scheduled to read chapter 1!!!! Please make sure to read your emails from Marcie for the latest on One Book one district!
This is an excellent way to keep your kids excited about learning during the beginnings of testing and cold of the winter.
Testing Updates and Reminders
Reading Benchmarking January 4-14
- Tier 2 & Tier 3 students must be benchmarked using the F & P kit. Benchmark levels should be put in the google doc.
- Please put Tier 1 students' current guided reading level (what they are reading during your reading groups for instruction, not necessarily their Fall Benchmark) in the google doc.
WIDA Assessment - January 11-February 26
STAR 360 - Testing January 19-29
ISTEP Part 1 - February 29-March 11
Textbook Adoption
What's Happening
Monday January 18
No School MLK day
Tuesday January 19
Safety Committee Meeting 8:00 Library
Wednesday January 20
8:00 One Book One District Practice
Deb's Out ALL day
9:00-10:00 ISTEP stress test- Grades 3 and 5. Same locations and same computers as last weeks testing
Thursday January 21
8:00 Technology Committee
9:00 Tornado and Lockdown Drill
Friday January 22
8:00 One Book One District Practice
Data Meetings grades 3 and 4 during prep in conference room with Deb
PTO News
Also she will have a sign up for the fun fair in the faculty lounge on Tuesday. Please consider helping PTO as they are always helping us provide funding for many things at JB!
Operation Lifesaver
February 9, 2016
Grades K-2 10:30-10:55
Grades 3-5th 11:00-11:35
Tornado and Lockdown Drill
We will be doing a tornado and lockdown drill this Thursday at 9. We have to finalize the maps so we need to revisit the areas for the tornado drill. In addition we need to do a lockdown drill. We plan on doing both Thursday. Please be sure to review the procedures with your students. Both drills will be held on Tuesday. Parents will be informed that we held a drill via email. Any questions, please ask.