Wildcat News
April 8, 2019 - April 12, 2019
Weekly Updates/ Reminders:
- All MAP prep calendars must be posted in the lesson plan folder.
- Qtr. 4 Achievement Series pre assessment window opens Monday, April 1
- Grades should all be complete. Report cards have been printed and will be sent home tomorrow.
- 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 be updated w/ up to date student work, the objective and rubric should be posted as well. All boards should look neat, clean and professional. These will be checked at COB tomorrow, Monday, April 8, 2019.
- Objectives should be highly visible and posted daily.
- Q4 exit ticket tracker should be started.
- 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 calls MUST be made daily for all absent students
- Check your PST/PLC agendas prior to each weeks meetings and insure you are prepared.
Building Data:
YTD Enrollment: 412
YTD Attendance: 84.14%--- Please be diligent in accurately recording your student attendance and reaching out to families when students are absent. We MUST encourage our parents to bring their kids to school daily!
YTD Referrals: 43
Ms. Aguilera's class getting the garden ready
100% Attendance Night
Ms. Tillman's class making terrariums to model earths spheres and their interactions!
Vision
Everyone, Everyday! We will foster a safe and all inclusive environment of excellence for our learning community.
Commitment Statements:
We believe that education is a shared responsibility.
We are goal oriented and data driven.
We are a community of strong relationships.
We promote successful lifelong learners
We nurture social emotional and physical well-being
We are AWARE, we ACCEPT, and we ADVOCATE for Culture and Diversity.
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.
- Excitement, enthusiasm and positive energy built around individual and assessment goals.
- Expectations set and enforced that are connected to the culture of learning required for academic success.
Upcoming Dates/ Events:
- Weekly Meetings: PLC
- Monday, April 8: 5th Grade Science Fair
- Tuesday, April 9: Kindergarten Deb Diller @ Troost (8:30 am - 3:30 pm)
- Wednesday, April 10: 1st Grade Deb Diller @ Melcher (8:30 am - 3:30 pm)
- Thursday, April 11: 2nd Grade Deb Diller @ Melcher (8:30 am - 3:30 pm)
- Wednesday, April 10: PLC
Shout Outs!
Attendance Team and Volunteers who made "Getting Eggcited About Attendance Night a Success!" We enjoyed treats and crafts with over 60 students and families! Let's keep encouraging our students to be here all day every day!
- Ms. Schippers: Congratulations on being the Wheatley Teacher of the Year, we are so lucky to have you!!
- Ms. Grossman: Congratulations on getting married!!
Kudos to the following classrooms who met their Achievement Series goals for Quarter 3!
ELA
-Schutte
-Erwood
-Tillman
-Skold
-Wilson
Math
-Berry
-Gandy
-Nelson
-McGrath
-Schutte
-Erwood
-Woodall
-Tillman
Science
-Berry
-Gandy
-Nelson
-Inman
-Mcgrath
-Erwood
-Skold
-Wilson
Cultural & Instructional Articles/Quotes
As we move into the season of assessment and allow our data to continue to drive our instruction, remember:
"Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, let us focus on what to do next. Spend our energies on moving forward to finding solutions." -Denis Waitley