Monday Mail
Mashburn Elementary
March Planning Days
Monday, March 2nd
7:40-11:15- 3rd grade
11:15-11:45- sub lunch
11:45-3:30- 1st grade
Wednesday, March 4th
7:40-11:15- 4th grade
11:15-11:45- sub lunch
11:45-3:30- 5th grade
Thursday, March 5th
7:40-11:15- Kindergarten
11:15-11:45- sub lunch
11:45-3:30- 2nd grade
Action Item:
Please let Jennifer Swaim know if there are any issues with this schedule.
Talk About It Tuesday Schedule
(MONDAY) Feb. 24th-Promotion/Retention Data Dig
All teacher attend
March 3rd-IST Meetings
All teachers attend
March 19th-SIOP with Michelle Slaton
All teachers attend
Dreambox Student Usage
Now that students are in Dreambox and using it on a regular basis, please make sure you are checking student activity weekly. In the reports section of Dreambox, you can view how many "in progress" lessons a student has. If you notice a lot of in-progress lessons, please conference with that student and remind them that they need to have at least 5 COMPLETED lessons each
week. An idea would be to take the first 5 minutes of each grade level minutes to look at your students' progress in Dreambox.
How to View Student Usage in Dreambox
Action Item:
Check-in with students on your dashboard to see how many "in progress" lessons there are. Remind students that they must complete 5 lessons a week.
Blue Bear Notes
Action Item:
Send Carol Ann pics/blurbs to add to Blue Bear Notes by Wednesday, March 4th.
Georgia Milestones Message-Geometry Practice
Attention 3rd, 4th, & 5th-grade teachers:
Since Geometry is on the county pacing guide for the 4th quarter, students will not get much exposure to these types of questions before the Georgia Milestones. Dr. Lack thought of a great idea to use Dreambox to assign Geometry lessons to students. By doing this, students will have some practice with Geometry before the Georgia Milestones.
Here are directions for using the Assign Focus tab to assign lessons to your class:
Other Resources shared last week:
Georgia Milestones Scoring Samples
Please send Blue Bear Award winners to the Cafe on Thursday @ 8:30 to get their picture taken. Thank you!!!
Itslearning Standards
https://drive.google.com/open?id=16XenoA6aB_9oDwyfw__6fzn6aPla8B9vZtxJ27imLOk
Please let Carol Ann know if you need help with this!
Action Item:
Use the directions to delete and relink standards if needed.
Outlook Update
An update will be pushed out for Microsoft Office. After the update, you may see this pop up when you launch Outlook. Use the @forsythk12.org version of your username, not the forsyth.k12.ga.us version.
Junk Email
Junk mail is the primary ingress point for phishing/malware emails so compliance with filtering is a crucial piece of our defenses. With that being said, some emails from parents get tagged as junk and end up in this folder. Please make sure you are checking your junk email folder at least once a week if not more often.
Here are directions on Junk Email in Outlook 365.
Action Item:
Check the junk email folder in Outlook at least once a week.
Six Flags Read to Succeed
Please remind your students to record the books they are reading to earn a free Six Flags ticket. They need to record online this year and use your class code that was on the flyer that was sent home. You can also look up your class code through your Six Flags account and send it home in your newsletter in case they have misplaced the flyer.
International Day
- If your students would like to dress up in their culture garb , it will earn their houses 5 points. I will send out a link in Friday’s Blue Bear Bites.
- I will place a copy of your afternoon sessions in your box.
- For the morning sessions:
- Please be on time.
- Please encourage your students to Show PAWS at all times.
- Please stay with your students.
- In the afternoon, our Special Area, EIP, and ESOL teachers will come to your class to give you a 20 minute break. Please be back on time.
- For the afternoon session in the Gym, please stay with your students.
PBIS School Store
School Store is this week! School Store Times: 7:45-8:15
- Monday- 5th Grade
- Tuesday- 4th Grade
- Wednesday-3rd Grade
- Thursday- 2nd Grade
- Friday- 1st Grade
- Monday- Kindergarten
- You have specified times
Spanish Speaking Parents
Spring conference day is Thursday, March 12, 2020. If you have Spanish speaking parents that need an interpreter, please put their name on the Spring Conference Sign Up document. Martha and I will work to create a schedule.
Action Item:
Sign up for an interpreter if needed
SIOP: Q&A Match Up
- Create a set of questions and answers based on the topic your class is studying. Each question will be placed on a separate card and each answer will be placed on a separate card. I made all of my answer cards pink and all of my question cards green; this makes it easier for students to “match-up” during the activity. If you are covering a vast topic (for instance a chapter in a social studies or science text) then you could easily make enough questions and answers cards so that each student has a unique card. However, you can also make several copies of just a few questions and answers so that some students have duplicate cards; this works best when your topic is more focused (e.g. a lesson within a chapter).
- Randomly distribute the question and answer cards to your students. Give them a few minutes to read their cards and think about what might be the corresponding answer or question that would match their assigned card.
- Then allow the students to “mingle” as they try to “match-up” with their correct question or answer.
- Once students start matching up, I have them stand shoulder-to-sholder with their corresponding card/partner along the perimeter of the room. Unmatched students are still floating around the center looking for their counterpart.
- Once all students have been matched up, each student can read his/her question and matching answer to the group. If the group feels that the match is incorrect, then the students can do a little reshuffling to find a better fit.
Verify Rosters
This is a great time to give our Specials Teachers an updated roster so they have this information. After you verify your roster, please print a copy of your conduct roster and place it in Jeremy Anderson’s box. He will then make copies for the other specials teachers so they can use this information to verify their rosters. This will be a huge help for our Specials Teachers! Thanks so much!!!
Action Item:
Verify all rosters and email Jennifer Swaim by WEDNESDAY
Place a copy of your roster for Specials in Jeremy Anderson's box
Spring Pictures Sign-Up
Please sign up for Spring Pictures. This will include your class pictures.
Thanks,
Trudie
Action Item
Sign up for spring pictures