Hackberry Howl
Vol. 3 No. 33
LOVE-SERVE-CARE
PLC WEEK 1
Just a Reminder
This week most of our students will be taking the STAAR test!
The people that created this test don't know our students the way we do. The test does not measure their ability to problem solve, their creativity or their ability collaborate with their peers. It doesn't know what our students deal with before walking through our doors each morning. They don't know the talent of our student, from speaking multiple languages, playing sports, singing, and the other endless talents they possess.
When we receive the scores of the test it will not tell the entire story of our students worth or your ability to teach them. Test or not, I know that we have the most amazing students and teachers and this is why I love being your principal! Keep Howling my friends the best is yet to come!
Keep Howling!
-SR
Our One Thing: Early Literacy
Seven Strategies to Teach Students Text Comprehension
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/seven-strategies-teach-students-text-comprehension
Recommended by Darcie Brodsky & Ashley Measles
AVID-Strategy of the Week
Dialectical Journal
Dialectical Journals allow students to record their thought in preparation or a discussion with a partner, small group or entire class. The following is a list of activities that students may do to interact with lecture notes, text, or video. With each activity students should divide their papers in half and place notes on the right side. They should then be instructed to respond to these notes on the left side in one or more of the following ways:
Create a graphic organizer(s) to visually represent the major ideas.
Write a one-sentence summary to capture the main idea.
Explain the significance of a particular piece of information.
Make an inference in terms of what a fact suggests about the time period, event, etc.
Create an analogy to show similarity between the relationships.
Develop a “what if” statement that speculates what might have happened if an event had not occurred or had occurred differently.
Make a connection to a similar event which may have occurred recently or in the past.
Turn the title, heading, or subheading into questions. Create new titles, headings, and subheadings for each section.
Write a simile or metaphor for an idea, event or person.
By Ruth Morales
Article of the Week
Hackberry Happenings!
PLC SCHEDULE-WEEK 1
Monday, April 9th
ATTIRE: Jeans and College Shirt
Hours: ALL DAY
Tuesday, April 10th
- 4th Writing/5th Math STAAR Test-Closed Campus (See Jill's email for lunch schedule)
Attire: Jeans with STAAR Shirt otherwise Professional Dress
Hours: 7:45-4:00
Wednesday, April 11th
- 5th Reading STAAR Closed Campus (See Jill's email for lunch schedule)
Attire: Jeans with STAAR Shirt otherwise Professional Dress
Hours: 7:45-4:00
Thursday, April 12th
- STAAR Make-ups
- Kinder Field Trip
Attire: Jeans Just Because
Hours: 7:45-4:00
Friday, April 13th
- 4th grade Austin Field Trip
Attire: Jeans and Spirit Shirt
Hours: 7:45-4:00
Howl Outs!
Rogers howls to Whitehead for all the time and effort she has put in to getting ready for the STAAR tests next week. Not an easy task-very appreciative!
Rogers howls to Romig for allowing 4th grade to visit her classroom for our CIR walk!
Rogers howls to Biggs for allowing 4th grade to visit her classroom for our CIR walk! Loved hearing her lesson in Spanish!
Carol Howls:
A Huge "Thank You" howl to Masai, Colon, Crutchfield, Flores, Del Valle, Zuli, Jessica Reyes, Karla, Moya, Vanessa (Nurse), Biggs, Escobedo, T. Martin, Head, Mathews, Torrence, Branch, Jasleen, Mr. Richardson and Mrs. Whitehead for volunteering and helping out for our Pre-K & Kinder roundup!
A Huge "Thank You" howl to Ruth for taking care of the Station signs.
A Huge "Thank You" howl to Juanita for helping us in the cafeteria making sure what was needed was set up.
A Huge "Thank You" howl to Ana for setting up the Chromebooks.
Brodsky howls to Jill for all of her hard work with STAAR prep!
Brodsky howls to Measles & Karla for getting awesome STAAR shirts :)
Brodsky howls to kinder and first grade for being so engaged in our phonics work this semester.
Brodsky howls to Lackey for putting her whole heart into teaching all of our kids even when your mind is elsewhere.
Brodsky howls to Brenda! Thank you for all that you do for all of our kids.
T Martin howls to Whitehead for the STAAR training.
T Martin howls to all the staff who helped Pre-K and Kinder Roundup run so smoothly!
Masai Howls to her team for all that you do everyday :) I am blessed to work with each of you!
Masai Howls to Beerley for your friendship and positivity. You are a blessing!
Masai Howls to everyone who worked Kinder roundup. All the parents were excited to see HB and were amazed after leaving here. HB is the place to be!
Masai Howls to Karla for showing Love, Serve, Care in all that she does
Lackey howls to Measles for being a great friend and always speaking truth and encouraging those around you!
Lackey howls to Stephen for helping set the tone for choir rehearsals!
Lackey howls to everyone praying for my dad! I believe in the power of prayer!
Anderson howls to Ms Lackey and Mrs Thomas for allowing me to switch days to catch up on Fitnessgram
Anderson howls to Ms Thomas for picking up Victoria while I was at the Field Trip.
Anderson howls to Mrs Whitehead for being extremely patient with all my questions while doing the oral admin training.
Anderson howls to Mrs Jackson for organizing an amazing Field Trip for the GT kids.
Beerley howls to all of Hackberry's teachers & staff-I see all of you working so hard, even though we're in the home stretch when some may lose steam. You are all amazing and I'm so thankful I get to be a part of this special family.
Flores howls to Romig for letting us 4th grade crazies in her room for a CIR walk!
Flores howls to Richardson and Whitehead for absolutely EVERYTHING you do. It does not go unnoticed!
Flores howls to Measles for getting us super cute STAAR shirts!
Moya howls to all teachers for been so awesome with the whole TELPAS process, WE DID IT!!!
Moya howls Mrs. Whitehead!! thanks for your support... I really appreciate it.
Moya howls Mrs. Jackson for a great GT field trip.
Richardson HOWLS to Jill for the endless hours of STAAR prep! It is a Daunting task, but you have done a wonderful job!
Stephen HOWLS to Carol for a great Kinder Round up! It was awesome!!!
Stephen HOWLS to everyone the helped make Kinder Round-up a huge success!
Stephen HOWLS to Karla for being Karla! Could not do it without you!
Stephen Howls to Measles for the great STAAR shirts...My favorite STAAR shirt yet! Also for having a heart of gold! You are one of a kind my friend!
Stephen Howls to HEAD for the butterscotch Frap...I heard it was AMAZING!
Stephen HOWLS to Karla, Vanessa L., and Carol for making it work this week with Sylvia out! It takes a village!!!
Stephen HOWLS to Karla for ensuring Coserv Thank You was amazing! You knocked it out of the park!