Falcon Focus
October 12, 2015
Monday is PD day!!
Have fun!!!
PBIS Update
I found the above quote on twitter and thought it provided great reasoning for morning meetings and preventing bullying patterns. Thanks for keeping up your morning meetings in order to create positive classroom cultures!
PBIS implementation is one of our Campus Improvement Goals this year. We will be discussing progress measures to reach our goals here in the next few weeks. One of those will be how to measure daily implementation of morning meetings at Florence.
Homework: As we continue our journey through the positive discipline book, please have Chapter 4 read by November 3rd. Thanks so much!!!
Thank you!!!
Thanks to Ann Lallande for going to the Open Enrollment meetings, presenting the info., and serving as a resource! We appreciate it!!!
Thanks to the RtI team for their organization and hard work to communicate, collaborate, and make sure that our students are making progress!!!
Thanks to the PBIS team for their leadership and their dedication to teaching us and helping us find a common language and set of expectations at Florence!!! We appreciate your extra time and effort on strengthening our student culture!!
Thanks to everyone who was able to help with the carnival and attend. Your students loved seeing you and our PTA was so appreciative of your work and support! They do so much for us and when we can give back, it is awesome!!! Thanks for helping make this partnership strong!!!
Student Teacher
Calendar of Events
Everything is posted on the Collaboration Site, please check it weekly.
Open Enrollment
Character Quality
"Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence." Thomas Szasz
RTI
- October 22nd and 23rd: Student Intervention Team Meetings
- First Progress Monitoring Week is Oct. 26th - 30th
- Intervention Sheets: First - Fourth will begin documenting interventions this week - click here for a copy of the intervention sheet. Keep in mind to record the interventions that students are receiving daily and how often you are seeing students in small math or reading groups. Most importantly to this documentation are skills you are working on in with the students in small groups and/or tutoring. Blank copies are also in the mailbox area. These intervention sheets should be stored in your data notebook along with your 504 and IEP documentation sheets. (Kinder will begin documentation next week)
- Running Records Training is this week on Thursday during your conference time. Kelly Leach, Kelly Persyn, and Farah will be leading the training and offering support
- Kinder SNAP meetings will be Friday, Oct. 16th in the afternoon. A floater sub will come to your classroom.
Professional Development and Learning - Faculty Meetings, PLC's, and Kelly Leach Visits
- October 15th: Running Records Training - bring your laptops and your students' updated blue literacy folders.
- October 15th: Team Leader Meeting 3:30 Think Tank
- October 19th: Instructional Rounds Team Meeting in the Think Tank at 3:30
- October 20th: Faculty Meeting
- October 28th 3:30: Meet with ELA reps from each team to finalize the Writing Evidence and Guided Reading Support Plan for the year. We will discuss/revise the Writing Evidence Checklist we used last year, Writing Evidence Walkthrough Timeline, Guided Reading Observation Dates by Kelly Leach, and Reading/Response Protocol timeline. We will meet in the Think Tank.
- October 29th: Guided Reading Training and Collaboration - We will discuss record keeping, guided reading data notebooks, and Lesson Planning. Bring your Jan Richardson book, your current Guided Reading Data collection and Lesson Planning system (no worries if you are still developing this), and your students guided reading levels.
October Student ROCK Training
Please follow the link below to access the first installment of the K-6 anti-bullying training. This training should be shared with students during the month of October.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F45YaAonf6Y&feature=youtu.be
After the lesson Activity:
· Compare/Contrast Bullying and a disagreement or teasing using a Double Bubble or Venn Diagram.
· Define Imbalance of Power (use visuals seesaw, balance, uneven teams, age, size, sporting event) and choose one from each of the above and show how it relates.
Additional resources (including definitions and examples): http://www.stopbullying.gov/what-is-bullying/definition/