Weekly Update
January 12, 2020
Mr. Jim did well in surgery and is recovering. Debby said he is laughing and doing well. Continue to pray for him as he heals.
WOW!
Cajole
definition: to deceive by flattery; coax
We want to celebrate our writers! Please send published writing to me so that I can display it on our new board in the front hallway. We will invite families in at the end of the nine weeks for a writer's breakfast. Let's fill our board!
Fire Fridays
Who's brought the FIRE in your class?!? We want to highlight students for their hard work more often. To do this, we are implementing Fire Fridays. Twice a month, we will be visiting your classes to recognize students who have been bringing the fire! Rebecca will be sharing a google doc with you where you will select up to four students who deserve this recognition each time. Please make sure you have entered your student's names prior to each Fire Friday.
The first Fire Friday will be January 31st.
Schedule For Friday
I am excited that we have a day this Friday to look at data and make plans for the upcoming months. We will meet together by grade level. For the remainder of the day, please plan to work with your teams looking at your long range plans ensuring you will cover what is needed by testing, creating CFAs, etc. We don't get that much time for planning together, so spend some time this week thinking about what is needed most for your grade level.
FYI...
Testing Dates:
May 7th: ELA Day 1
May 13th: ELA Day 2
May 14th: Math
Meeting Times for Friday: (We will meet in the data room.)
8:00-9:00: K4, K5
9:00-10:00: 1st
10:00-11:00: 2nd, Patty
11:00-12:00: 3rd
12:00-1:00: Lunch
1:00-2:00: 4th, Judith
2:00-3:00: 5th, Miranda
Related: Use this time for planning and house related plans
Upcoming Dates:
January 14th: End of 2nd nine weeks
January 15th: Mimeo board training for those receiving new boards at 3:10 in Lindsay's room.
January 16th: Goalpost monitoring visit
January 17th: PD Day
January 20th: No School
January 23rd: Group Pics and student hair cut day
January 27th: ESL student party to prepare for their testing
January 29th: Faculty Meeting
January 31st: Fire Friday