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3/18/19
Lori Casavant (2nd)
Greg Otero (29th)
Important MCAS Preparation Dates and Updates
* All staff that are involved in MCAS (or have a chance of being involved in administering MCAS) will need to attend MCAS training with Amy. Please plan to attend one of the trainings listed below:
- March 27 @ 8:15
- March 28 @ 3:20
* Each tested grade will need to run a one hour infrastructure trail (practice test). We will not be pulling the small groups for that as it is mostly an exercise to practice using the test site. Please work as a grade level and plan to do the one hour trial during the week of April 1-5. Please let Amy know when you would like to give it.
* MCAS administration manuals are linked below. If you are involved in the test, you are responsible for reading the manuals well in advance of administering.
Test Administration Manual 2019 (Practice Test- page 31; ELA Session 1- Page 34; ELA Session 2- Page 46; Math/STE Session 1- Page 58; Math/STE Session 2- Page 72; Student Questionnaires- Page 84; HOW to restart Students- Page 116 pages 25 and 26 shows the tools available online (including calculator for STE in grade 5- students could have the option for a hand-held calculator if they do not want the online one...)
panorama survey
If you have not already taken the Panorama Survey, it is available to complete online until March 22, 2019. and should take no longer than 15 -20 minutes to complete. You should have received a link via email on February 25th. The results of the survey will be anonymous.
Reading Standards Mastery assessments
Reading Standards Mastery assessments will appear on student dashboards in iReady on the dates below.
Grade 3: Standards Mastery iReady Assessment May 28th - May 31st, 2019 (focus on 3.2 and 3.9)
Students must complete this assessment prior to continuing any online instruction. Two standards are being assessed in each grade level and iReady expects this should take students approximately 30 minutes.
Here is a resource from iReady that explains standards mastery and provides additional resources for using these results to inform our practice.
CARE & SHARE
Please remind your students to bring in items for Care & Share. Our monthly food collection makes a huge difference in our community, while teaching our students the importance of giving. As an added incentive, the class that brings in the most each month will earn 15 minutes of extra recess on the new playground!
- March: Crackers
- April: Spaghetti
- May: Juice Boxes
- June: Cans of Tuna Fish
DATES FOR THIS WEEK
Monday 3/18:
Tuesday 3/19:
Wednesday 3/20:
- Spring Picture Day
Thursday 3/21:
- Salute to Framingham, 5:00 – 8:30 pm
Friday 3/22:
- Staff Breakfast: Grade 1/ Suzanne/ Kevin/Jen O.
- Panda Paw Celebration, 2:30 pm
panda paw cash-in dates
COMMUNITY MEETING DATES
Thursday, 3/28 at 1:45, Grade 2
Wednesday, 5/15 at 9:30, Grade 4
Thursday, 6/13 at 9:30, Grade 5
STAFF BREAKFASTS
04/05/19 - Grade 3/ Claire/Brett/Deb P.
05/03/19 - Rooms 6, 7,16, & 18
05/17/19 - Grade 5 Cara/Tess
05/31/19 - Kindergarten/Hannah/Daphna
06/14/19 - Specialists/Gary/Michele Klein