PIONEER TRAIL NEWS
READING MAKES YOU BRIGHT!!!!
DECEMBER 9 - DECEMBER 13, 2019
Gray Wolf Mission
Creating a community of learners where students' are actively engaged to reach their full potential and display positive character.
WE are a school that looks out for each other and takes care of each other! Together WE got this!! #GRAYWOLVES
PT STAFF CELEBRATIONS AND CARE CORNER
- Linda Hutchison fell down her basement stairs and fractured her arm. Keep her in your thoughts over the next few days!
- Jen Dampf lost her step-father at the end of the week. Keep her family in your thoughts and prayers.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE NEWS TO SHARE WITH THE STAFF!
2019-2020 PIONEER TRAIL S.M.A.R.T. GOALS
MATH: BY MAY 2020, WE WILL MOVE FROM 66% OF STUDENTS SCORING PROFICIENT OR HIGHER ON THE iREADY MATH DIAGNOSTIC TO 75% OF STUDENTS SCORING PROFICIENT OR HIGHER.
ELA/MATH: BY SPRING 2020, WE WILL HAVE 50% OF STUDENTS SCORING PROFICIENT OR HIGHER ON THE MAP TESTS IN GRADES 3, 4, AND 5.
BEHAVIOR: BY MAY 2020, WE WILL DECREASE THE NUMBER OF MAJOR OFFICE REFERRALS FROM 337 EVENTS TO LESS THAN 250 EVENTS.
POSITIVE OFFICE REFERRALS TO DATE ..... GOAL 1,500 BY THE END OF SECOND QUARTER!
MAJOR OFFICE REFERRAL TRENDS 2015-2016 TO PRESENT
MINOR REFERRAL TRENDS 2015-2016 TO PRESENT
Second Steps Lessons for December 9th.....
First Grade - Unit 2: Empathy - Lesson 6 Identifying Feelings
Second Grade - Lesson 6 Learning More About Feelings
Third Grade - Lesson 6 Understanding Perspectives
Fourth Grade - Lesson 6 Understanding Different Perspectives
Fifth Grade - Lesson 6 Accepting Differences
Review PBS Matrix Lessons as needed
Behavior/Classroom Management Corner: Self-Care for Staff and Strategies for Working with Students
From the Instructional Coach's Desk...........
Math Talk~ Have you ever struggled to follow or stay focused in a full group discussion? Or stopped to think about what was being said only to find the group had moved on and you now had no idea what they were talking about? Whole class discussions position students to co-construct knowledge and provide opportunities for students to engage in sustained reasoning. However students often find full group discussions challenging to follow and hard to sustain, and all too often miss important points or worse yet, check out of the conversation. The Four R’s...repeating, rephrasing, rewording, and recording...help to keep students in the conversation and the discourse productive. Productive math discussions start with ensuring that all students hear the ideas being shared, have the time to process them, and then are able to communicate those ideas with increasing mathematical precision and language. Teachers can use the Four R’s strategy to ensure all their students have access to the mathematical ideas and language shared during full group math discussions.
The Four R's strategy is made up of four distinct talk moves:
Repeat: A student restates the idea shared if not everyone has heard it.
Rephrase: A student restates a classmate’s idea in their own words- often adding onto the initial idea-if order to deepen their and the class’s understanding of the idea.
Reword: Students restate the idea at hand using mathematical language to increase both the precision of the idea and the language with which it is being conveyed.
Record: The teacher publicly records the idea and/or specific language for students to reference.
Taken together the above four moves help students refine ideas and language during full group conversations. (Don’t forget to use turn and talks during some of the Four R’s Strategies!) Kelemanik, G. & Lucenta, A, (2019). Integrating Effective Teaching Practices: Teacher Moves That Engage Students in Discourse and Mathematical Thinking: Ready Classroom Mathematics.
TWW~Our next TWW will be focused on JCSD math digital assessments and scaffolding. Agendas are linked. Please bring your laptop/Chromebook to the meeting.
Pineapple Calendar~Don’t forget to visit your colleagues to see all the wonderful learning that goes on in our building! Second quarter is almost over!! Make sure you visit a colleagues classroom and write a positive note before January 10th!
Come see me if you have any questions or concerns. Let me know how I can further support you and your students in your classroom.
CURRICULUM/ASSESSMENT REVISION & FEEDBACK
Please complete the form below in order to submit a curriculum or assessment revision request:
JCPS Request for Curriculum or Assessment Revision Form
Please complete this form to share suggestions you have for adjustments to the K-Biology science curriculum. Adjustments to the curriculum will be available for next school year.
JCPS K-Biology Science Curriculum Feedback Form
ELA FEEDBACK FORMS
Please complete the form below to share suggestions you have for adjustments to the curriculum.
JCPS K-5 ELA Curriculum Feedback Form
Pineapple Calendar for Observations December 9th - December 13th.....White, Strutton, Smith, Prenger, Lollman, Warren, and Morris
Don’t forget to visit your colleagues to see all the wonderful learning that goes on in our building! PT students rock!
What's New with PBS? (See Team Member for Details)
- Parents will help run monthly spirit store through PTO
- Snack Cart led by 4th grade selling "healthy" snacks to support PBS
- January 2020 Boot Camp - McCollum developed schedule (same as BOY)
- Couple of classrooms are experimenting with Class DOJO - points tied to matrix money, points may NOT be taken away, not connected to parents
- Ways to improve PBS and work with students
- Staff needs to define "consequences" and understand difference between punishment and consequences
- Trauma training continuing through Help for Billy book study
Next Meeting: Monday, December 9th
What's Up with PLC? (SEE TEAM MEMBER FOR DETAILS)
Data Tracking: Standards checklist, located in the Shared Drive, (ELA and Math)
Math Strategies: Three Read strategies, math problem solving, and conversations will be looked at when they are observing math lessons
- Shared effective practices that team are using to help share the load for planning of instruction and assessments
- iReady Diagnostics - revisit reflection plans, goals with kids, and motivation techniques for kids to do their best - January 13 - January 24
- Online math assessments for 2-5
- TWW Agenda items that need to be included
- Ideas for creating some additional planning time for teachers
Next Meeting: Monday, January 6 !
What's up with Climate/Culture? (SEE TEAM MEMBER FOR DETAILS)
- STAFF ACTIVITIES
- WALKING WEDNESDAY - CERTIFIED STAFF - 3:05 - 3:15 - KEEP PARTNER THROUGH DECEMBER
- JANUARY - BOWLING!
- ADDITION OF ADMINISTRATORS TO FACEBOOK PAGE TO POSITIVELY PROMOTE P TRAIL HAPPENINGS
- WE ARE THE FORCE OF CHANGE FOR CLIMATE/CULTURE - FOCUS ON FINDING SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN COMPLAINING, COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS IN DECISION MAKING, GIVE COLLEAGUES THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, CELEBRATE LITTLE VICTORIES, AND KEEP THE FOCUS ON STUDENTS
- BREAKFAST IN CLASSROOM CAN BE A GREAT TIME TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND CONNECT WITH YOUR STUDENTS - STOP SEEING IT AS A JOB AND INSTEAD AN OPPORTUNITY
- PARENT NIGHT IN SPRING COMBINATION OF MENTAL HEALTH PRESENTATIONS AND GAMING
- SECOND QUARTER ASSEMBLY - DEC 20 COMBINED WITH ALL SCHOOL SING ALONG
- K-2 CREATING CARDS/PICTURES FOR CENTRAL BANK TO HAND OUT TO CUSTOMERS - DUE DECEMBER 13
- 3-5 CREATING CARDS/PICTURES FOR PATIENTS AT ST. MARY'S - DUE DECEMBER 13
- DECEMBER 16 - STAFF WRAPPING AND COOKIE DAY!
- DECEMBER 18 - "MERRY AND BRIGHT CHRISTMAS BITES" AND ORNAMENT EXCHANGE - K/1/OFFICE - DESSERTS, 2/3/SPECIALS - APPETIZERS OR FINGER FOODS, AND 4/5/OTHERS BREAKFAST FOODS
- SCOTT CHECKING WITH ST. MARY'S ABOUT SELF-CARE TALK FOR STAFF
Next Meeting: TUESDAY, DEC 10
Pioneer Trail Building Health/Wellness Update for November - Jessica Bax
- Dec 12 "Eat This, Not That - Holiday Edition" talk with Becky Pfenenger
There are lots of points options coming up! Remember to keep logging your points!
WEEK AT A GLANCE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9
- 7:30 AM Newcomb/Siebeneck
- 1:45 PM Roberts/Kampeter
- 3:00 PM Harding/Warren
- 3:05 PM PBS Leadership Meeting
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10
- Salmons/Miller Out ALL
- Kindergarten Literacy Cadre AM
- Second Grade Literacy Cadre PM
- 8:15 AM Villa/Spurgeon
- 9:55 Tellman/Hansen
- 1:45 Culp/Kampeter
- 3:05 Climate/Culture
- 6:00 Kindergarten Concert
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11
- Kampter/Strutton Out ALL
- Intruder Drill
- Teamwork Wednesday
- 2:30 Mahan/Spurgeon
- 3:05 Walking Wednesday
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12
- 7:30 AM Scott/Brauner
- 8:30 AM PSP Treatments begin
- 9:15 AM Davis/Beck
- 9:55 AM Williams/Bopp
- 1:40 PM Leverett/Jolly
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13
- Salmons Out ALL
- White Out PM
- December Birthday Treats - Fourth Grade
- 2:30 Wilding Transition IEP (Todd)
Things to Take Care Of or Keep in Mind......
- Parent newsletters must be posted to your website each week!
- When inviting the media or special guests from the Board/Board Office, make sure you clear with Scott first.
Grades/scores need to be entered into Infinite Campus by Tuesday of each week.
Filter Friday - please make sure you clean your projector filter each Friday. If you need a tutorial on how to do it, please check with Robin.
Kelly Services number is 1-866-535-5998. Calls need to be made before 6:00 AM. Send Scott a text (573-619-2852) if you are getting a sub along with the confirmation number.
HaPpY BiRtHdAy!!!!! (Lounge Duty and Treat Day)
December 6 - Hayley Morris
December 7 - Brittany Prenger
December 8 - Ashley White
December 15 - Erin Barbour
December 17 -Ashlynn Girard and Sara Koenigsfeld (Half Birthday)
December 23 - Heather Ferguson
December 29 - Carrie Husdson-Pacini
December 31 - Natalie Wittenberger
If we missed you, please let us know!
Lounge/Treat Duty: Fourth Grade Team
Treat Day: Friday, Dec 13th