Wildcat News
May 6-10, 2019
Weekly Updates/ Reminders:
- Testing season-- you've been teaching and preparing your students all year, let's show off all the hard work that you and your students have put in!!
- Staff attendance is expected daily throughout the testing season. It is essential that we maintain the instructional day and use every minute to help prepare our students.
- Morning and afternoon duty is a collective effort. Let's be all in, present and timely in order to support our students and one another.
- ACTION: Bulletin boards MUST continuously be updated, with work that is no more than 2-3 weeks old with rigorous content and examples of student work.
- Objectives should be highly visible and posted daily.
- Q4 exit ticket tracker should be continually kept up to date.
- ACTION: Evidence of standards review and MAP "like" questions being implemented.
- ACTION: MAP prep should be intentionally planned, included in lesson plans and evident in all 3rd - 6th grade classrooms-- we will be observing this throughout the week.
- Attendance MUST be taken and calls made daily by 9:20 am for all absent students. Check your attendance twice a day for accuracy.
- Check your PLC agendas prior to each weeks meetings and insure you are prepared.
National Principal's Day!
National Principal's Day!
Dress Like a BOSS!
Daily Attendance Check
No later then 9:20 am EVERYDAY (Make sure you check your attendance twice a day). Please continue reaching out to families when students are absent, we MUST encourage our parents to bring their kids to school daily! Make sure you are talking to your students about the May Attendance Incentive--- golden tickets to the funnel cake truck!
Vision
Everyone, Everyday! We will foster a safe and all inclusive environment of excellence for our learning community.
Silva's Kinder Reading Awards
Pennies for Patients
Dress like a BOSS!
Instructional Levers:
- Guided reading instruction should include an accessible text in which students can apply word solving, fluency, and comprehension skills as they read.
- Guided reading instruction should include an accessible text in which students can apply word solving, fluency, and comprehension skills as they read.
- K-2: Using Pathways and Alpha Kids data to inform instruction-- are students on track to meet the grade level phonological and phonemic awards foundational skills by end of year? If not, what interventions in your guided reading groups are you implementing to increase the pace of their achievement?
- 3rd - 6th: After looking at both Mock MAP and Q3 Post Assessment data, what objectives/skills are still needed to ensure students are meeting the demands of the entire standard?
Remember, task alignment predicts performance! Each lesson should follow a trajectory of components;, teacher model, guided work, CFU questions, independent work, and an exit ticket to assess the demands of the daily objective.
Weekly Cultural LOOK-FORS:
- As we move forward in the year, please continue to implement restorative practice (safe seat, conference, buddy room, conference) and flow chart when addressing behavior.
- "Test Like a Boss, by showing up and showing out!"-- Ensure excitement, enthusiasm and positive energy built around all assessments!!
- Expectations set and enforced that are connected to the culture of learning required for academic success.
Upcoming Dates/ Events:
Test Like a Boss Spirit Week:
- Monday, May 6, 2019- Dress Like A Boss
- Tuesday, May 7, 2019- Inspirational Treat: a treat connected to words of inspiration.
- Friday, May 10, 2019- Who's the Boss (Battle of the Grade Levels ) Game show at schedule recess times. (See schedule sent our by Harnage).
Coming Up....
- Weekly Meetings: PST Meeting (Look out for Agenda from Mr. Cherry).
- Wednesday, May 8, 2019: Building PLC
- Wednesday, May 20, 2019: Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
Pennies for Patients
Teachers leaving positive notes for our testing students
1st Grade Field Trip to the Zoo
Shout Outs!
- Wheatley Staff: for enduring through their first week of MAP testing with high energy and flexibility.
- Mrs. Berry, Ms. Egli, and Ms. Miller: for pitching in after dismissal to make sure all students got home safely.
- Mr. Robinson and Mr. Cherry: for your flexibility and continuing practice to Restore Justice with our students.. You guys rock as a team!
- Ms. Silva, Mrs. Mei Williams, and Ms. Schippers: Coming together as team to assist in improving a students school day.
- Encore Team: Practicing patience and flexibility through the ever changing schedule.
- Mei Williams: Organizing the choir trip to the nursing home and creating such wonderful opportunities for our students.
Teacher's Appreciation Newletter!
We want to show you how much we appreciate you here at Wheatley Elementary School. Check out this weeks fun and tasty activities for Teacher Appreciation Week: