RoadRunner Express
February 17-21,2020
From the Principal's Desk
Faculty & Staff,
THANK YOU. When I reflect on what you are accomplishing in your classrooms, I am overcome with gratitude for all that you are doing to ensure growth in our scholars. This week represents an opportunity for our 3rd thru 5th grade scholars to demonstrate the growth they have experienced in your classrooms. Let us ensure they have as perfect testing environment as possible. This includes active monitoring, countdown of time remaining, and mental breaks as appropriate. Please remember to leave devices out of the testing environment. Also, please encourage our scholars to do their very best on any assessment administered to them. Finally, let us support them with our kind words and motivating speeches.
#grit #passion #commitment #excellence
Remember...
- The success of OUR SCHOOL begins and ends with all faculty and staff members working together to ensure our scholars are giving the best opportunities to demonstrate success in school.
- The quality of instruction should strive to achieve "First Good Instruction" where 80% of our scholars master the concepts/skills the first time.
- Teachers should work to build our scholars capacity & academic achievement.
Gerald B Bennett
CAMPUS KEY ACTIONS
- key Action #1:Increase student achievement using the Data Driven Instruction Framework
Key Action #2:Improve the quality of instruction by focusing on building teacher’s content knowledge and curriculum alignment
- Key Action #3:Continue to build a positive culture that sustains and drives excellence by focusing on the development of strong teams, positive behavioral expectations of scholars and professional accountability
MISSION STATEMENT
Transforming mind-set through scholarship, character and self discipline. Equipping our scholars with the knowledge and skills to become academically successful and socially responsible Middle schoolers.
Morning Announcements
02/18-02/21 Monday - Friday KA CANTWELL
02/24-02/28 Monday - Friday KB FLORES
STAFF BIRTHDAYS
Please join me in wishing a Happy Birthday to our following team members:
February Birthdays
10 Ashly Wright
19 Andrew Hull
29 Priscilla Delgado
UPCOMING DATES & REMINDERS
- TELPAS Calibration Training Feb. 18-20
- 5th Six Weeks SWAG Feb. 20 Cedar Crest Elementary
- K-2 Literacy Continuum April 21
- Generation to Generation Feb. 24
- Saturday School Reconvenes Feb. 22
- African American Read In Feb. 22
- Polling Location Mar. 3
WEEK-AT-A-GLANCE
February 17
~Monday
- Presidents Day
February 18
~Tuesday
- BIC 7:45- 8:00
- A/R Quizzes
- CA4 Assessment (5th Math & 4th Writing)
- K-2 Istation Computer Lab 2
- Climate & Culture Recess
February 19
~Wednesday
- BIC 7:45- 8:00
- Pre-K Grade level meeting at 11:15 am
- A/R Quizzes
- K-2 Istation Computer Lab
- CA4 Assessment 3rd-5th Reading
- C.I.L.T. Meeting 3:15-4:15
~Thursday
- BIC 7:45- 8:00
- CA4 Assessment 3rd-4th Math; 5th Science
- A/R Quizzes
- K-2 Istation Computer Lab 2
- Content Meeting 3:15-4:15
- 4th grade level meeting room 211 @ 9:20
- 5th grade level meeting room 106 @ 10:00
- Specials grade level meeting in the auditorium @7:50
- 1st grade level meeting @11:30 am
- 2nd grade level meeting in Abrego's room @ 2:15
~Friday
- BIC 7:45-8:00
- A/R Quizzes
- K-2 Istation Computer Lab 2
- CA4 Assessment Make Ups
February 22
~Saturday School 8:30-11:30
CPR Celebrating Black History Month
Accelerated Reading Why It Is Important?
It is imperative that our scholars are given the opportunity to read for both scholarly and enjoyment purposes. The more scholars read, the more they enjoy it and become lifelong learners. We have implemented Accelerated Reader on our campus to support and monitor our scholars reading across all grade levels. Furthermore, Central Network has put forth a goal to reach 50,000 books read by the end of this school year. Remember reading occurs across all content areas and we were all trained on how to use Accelerated Reader. Please allow your scholars an opportunity to take quizzes in the classroom. Thank you in advance for allowing our scholars to develop a love for reading!
Principal, Gerald B. Bennett
SOC8 50,000 Book Challenge!
Going for the Gold: 50,000 Book Challenge
50,000 Book Challenge:
Our goal for the Spring Semester is to reach 50,000 books read for the SOC8 Cluster!
How do we reach our goal?
Every student in Grades PK-5th will be asked to read at least 4 books a month for 4 months.
Teachers must ensure students are reading grade-appropriate level books. For PK-1st grade students, teacher and parent read-alouds are permitted.
What is the timeline to reach our goal?
JANUARY 2020 - APRIL 2020
How will we track our cluster, school, teacher, student goals?
We will be creating a school, teacher and student trackers.
Our plan is to have monthly progress updates, to ensure we are on track to reach our goal of 50,000 books read.
When will we send out the official information?
You can find all of the trackers in our Google Drive or HERE
Incentives, Incentives, Incentives:
We are working on both monthly and end of challenge incentives. More details to come...
If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, etc, please call me!
Grade Level Leaders
- Third Grade-Hull 20/22 students
- Fourth Grade-Mata 21/23 students
- Fifth Grade-Esparza 18/22 students
STEM: MATH AND SCIENCE
4th Six Weeks Math Focus
The Fourth Six Weeks is over this week! Common assessment week has arrived.
The main topic that was covered this six weeks for Math Grades 3 - 5 was Geometry and Measurement.
As we walk the Math Classrooms this week we will be looking for:
-Students engaged in meaning review (if there is still time)
-Students being allowed time for Mathematical Discourse
-Use of manipulatives with the lesson
This week's Science focus
As we walk the Science Classrooms this week we will be looking for:
- Review Activities (if there is still time)
Interactive Journals
- Positive testing environments
LITERACY: READING AND WRITING
Writing Audit
As we embark on 4th-grade Writing STAAR Countdown, please ensure we are reviewing our 4th Grade Writing Compositions on a weekly basis. During our campus visit, we will ask to view these folders, too.
- Teachers should have a tracker for both their Compositions and Revising & Editing
- Students should have a folder and/or portfolio for his/her writing compositions
- Students should have a tracker for both their Compositions and Revising & Editing
- Compositions should be taken through the writing process, scored with the rubric and should have teacher feedback on it
- Students should be writing one prompt per week [Please see SL Lesson Plan and/or Writing Plan Template]
- Instructional Time should be structured around Grammar Spotlight & Mentor Text, Passage Work, Composition [Please see SL Lesson Plans and/or Writing Plan Teamplate]
- Hallway and or Classroom display of student’s published work (4th grade - 26 lined essays and STAAR formatted prompts)
Testing
~Principal Bennet
Leadership Quote of the Week
~Malcolm X
Clinton P. Russell
Email: gbennett@dallasisd.org
Website: dallasisd.org/russell
Location: 3031 South Beckley Avenue, Dallas, TX, USA
Phone: 9729258300