Teach, LOVE, Inspire
Cool Cats Update
Week of October 30
Monday Motivation
Teaching is draining. It is hard even on the good days.
Honestly, teaching is ridiculously hard. You face many day-today
pressures, but your students are worth it! Have you ever had
something handed to you without having to work for it? If so,
you might have lost appreciation for it once you achieved it.
The more challenging the task is to earn, the more respect and
reward we give it when we accomplish it. Nothing worthwhile
ever comes easy in life. A little fact to remember: Great
people are really just ordinary people with an extraordinary
amount of determination. Great people don’t know how to
quit. You can do it!
This Week's Reminders
- 2nd grade will be giving DCAs in both Math & Reading this week.
- Cory will be on campus Monday morning to visit with me. We may be in and out of classrooms.
- Our Campus Crisis Team has a short meeting after school on Monday in the library.
- Tuesday is our Storybook Character Parade!
- Wednesday is the Fall Bobcat Jamboree: 2nd - 4th at 9:45 & Kdg-1 at 1:15
- Thursday's after school Bobcat Gathering will be dedicated to you and your team for planning only. Enjoy the time with your team. :)
- Friday is our 2nd 6 weeks Pride Rally. We are scheduled to start at 1:15.
Copy Budget
In order to stay within our copy budget, every teacher, para and shared specialists will now have the following amount budgeted towards copies. You should be able to see your budgeted amount at the top of the screen on the copier. Nothing will happen if you reach zero...just know that anything that is over at the end of the year will have to come out of our campus budget. Please be extra mindful when copying.
Teachers
- November - $14.22
- December -$ 10.30
- January - $ 16.43
- February - $ 13.00
- March - $ 14.56
- April - $ 18.37
- May - $ 15.39
- June - $ 1.37
- July - $ 0.34
- August - $ 15.39
Instructional Paras & Shared Specialists
- November - $ 7.11
- December - $5.15
- January- $8.22
- February - $6.50
- March - $7.28
- April - $9.18
- May - $7.69
- June - $0.69
- July - $0.17
- August - $7.69
Wednesday Meetings
- What conversations have you had with your team about your latest common assessment data?
- Do you have concerns with performance? If so, are they concerns your whole grade level has or are they concerns within your own classroom?
- If you have concerns, what plans do you have in place to address them?
- Are your students’ making progress and meeting individual goals? If not, what plans do you have in place to ensure they do?
- What are you noticing about your students reading levels?
- What is the data telling you?
- How can you create individual reading goals for students based on this information? How can we progress our readers forward?
- What strategies are you implementing for your different levels of readers?
We will NOT be meeting on Wednesday, November 8th. I will be off campus attending a Principal's meeting that day.
Coaching Schedule
- November 7 - Tiffany Neal, Writer's Workshop
- November 14-15 - Kim Wilson, Letterland
- November 28-December 1 - Ashlee Smith, Math
Where in the World are Kristen & Anna?
- Anna will be off campus all day on Thursday and Friday.
Staff Remind
Text @c47d to the number 81010