Friday Focus: April 12, 2019
OES Vision: Building Foundations for Every Students' Success
Shout-outs:
- Second and fourth grade teachers for staying late Thursday night to assist with interviews.
- Mandi Callaway with facilitating the IAR testing.
Need-to-Knows:
- Please make sure any time you are on a bus for a trip that you have a student roster with family contact information in case of an emergency.
- U of I - Extension will be here Monday, April 15th to let students taste-test either honeydew melon or blackberries.
- Please email Kelli if you have not read the Leader in Me book. I will get copies for all.
- Reminder the Easter Bunny from the Park District will be here on Wednesday, April 17th. The bunny will visit pre-k through second grade.
- The last HAWK Academy for the school year will occur on Thursday, April 18th. An email was sent out with resources. Please email Ryan or Kelli your grade-level's time(s).
- Reminder that it is highly encouraged to sign-up for a CPI class. The dates were sent out with last week's Friday Focus.
Professional Development:
Adding Questioning into Lessons:
An OES teacher shared how she started to incoporate student-created questions into her lessons. Below is a picture that shows questions the students came up with for their partner and what their partner asked them during reading. The second picture shows how student-created questions can be used as exit slips.
April Book Studies:
This will be the last book study for the year. I have received some suggestions for new titles.
Midnight Run: 132-144
Teaching w/ Love & Logic: Chapters 9 & 10
Teaching w/ Google Classroom: Chapter 9
Strategies that Work: Chapters 13 & 14
April 15-19:
15: Board meeting at OHS library - 6:45 pm
16: Kelli/Ryan - Central @ 10-12/Staff Meeting - E. Wing Learning Center @ 3:25-4:10
17: Kelli @ Springfield
18: SIP meeting - E. Wing Learning Center @ 7:15-7:45/Noon Dismissal (agenda to come)
19: Good Friday - No School
April Calendar:
APRIL 2019:
April 15, 16 & 17th Earthkeepers - 4/Schultz
April 17th iMom's Breakfast - 7am
April 18th Noon Dismissal
April 19th Good Friday - No School
April 23rd 6th Grade - Baseball Game
April 24, 25 & 26th Earthkeepers - 4/Hauck
April 29th - May 3rd OES Spring Book Fair
April 30th 5th Grade - Midway Village