Mustang Musings
January 26, 2020
If you are looking to create daily magic in your classroom, read aloud to your students. Reading aloud is one of the best ways to lead kids to a life of reading, and my dream is that all kids are read aloud to each and every day.- Colby Sharp
Still not convinced that reading aloud is a good use of time?
ARC Focus of the Week
- We will use equitable conferences to meet the needs of all of our students.
- Our equitable conference schedules will be posted in the classroom.
- Our emergency students must be conferenced with 3 times in a 10 day period.
- At-risk must be conferenced with 2 times in a 10 day period.
- Proficient students must be conferenced with once in a 10 day period.
- Log home and school steps daily
- We will continue to focus on entering quality evidence into School Pace.
IWCS Reading Goals
I keep including this information in all of the newsletters because we do not want to lose focus on the goal of closing the gaps for our striving students. Our goal is that for ALL learners to receive the differentiated support needed to ensure 1 year of reading growth.
AND we are striving for GREATER with this added part of our goal...
Proficient learners will make at least 1.0 (1 year) of reading growth.
At-risk learners will make at least 1.25 (1 year and 2 and half months) of reading growth.
Emergency learners will make at least 1.50 (1 year and 5 months) of reading growth.
On Target for IRLA Reading Level
K- .50
1st- 1.50
2nd- 2.50
3rd- 3.50
4th-4.50
Reading =GROWTH
On Target for Reading Practice
Teach the Teacher
Do you have great writers in your classroom?
STEPS calendar
I can be booked online! Click below for access to my calendar.
What can I do for you?
- Modeling
- Side-by-side coaching
- Coaching and modeling of using the IRLA
- Round up resources
- Assist with differentiating lessons or materials
- Cover your class so that you can observe a colleague's class
- Cooperatively plan a lesson or series of lessons that meet best practices
- Serve as another pair of hands for a lesson
- Offer strategies for classroom management
- Help you connect with other teachers in the district
- Lend an open ear for a topic of your choice
- Reflect on student learning in your classroom through conversation and observation
- Work collaboratively to bounce ideas off one another to address a concern
- Evaluate new students to guide instruction
Hardy Elementary School
Email: lhenk@iwcs.k12.va.us
Website: http://hes.iwcs.k12.va.us/
Location: 9311 Hardy Circle, Smithfield, VA, United States
Phone: 757-357-3204
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hardy-Elementary-School-205065852892284/
Twitter: @Mrs_Henk