Magers Memo
March 14, 2019
CONGRATULATIONS TO AMBER HOWARD & MARGO GRIFFITH FOR BEING ACCEPTED INTO THE MIZZOU DOCTORAL PROGRAM!!
PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE BANQUET SO I CAN ENSURE WE HAVE ENOUGH SEATS!
Updates:
This picture demonstrates how much better I feel after Thursday/Friday. I'm sorry I didn't do a good job communicating...I went home throwing up Thursday and continued until 2 a.m. I am feeling MUCH better-I apologize for the lack of clear communication on Friday. I hope you are all enjoying your Spring Break and feel rested and ready to hit the ground running! I know February is hard and I need you to know how much I appreciate each of you. You are all doing a wonderful job and I know you will rock the final two and a half months of school!
Thank you for providing input on Meet the Teacher and Open House Dates! The following have been added to the calendar:
Meet the Teacher: Monday, August 12th 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Open House: Tuesday, September 17th 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Monday:
- GLTM's in conference room: We will be revisiting Conscious Discipline
- Misty @ Bingham
- Science Funds are swept today so PLEASE get your orders to BRI by the end of the day if you have not already.
- Crystal out/Misty Here
Wednesday:
- Storm drill 9:05 a.m.
- K-2 Shine Assembly 9:30 a.m.
- 3-5 Shine Assembly 1:30 p.m.
- Misty @ Bingham
Thursday:
- Crystal @ Innovative School Discipline Conference/Misty here
Friday:
- Sherwood Fun Night 6-8:30 p.m.
- Crystal @ Innovative School Discipline Conference/Misty here
Curriculum Updates from Amber Howard:
Activate SPS
· August 7, 8:00 – 11:30
· Return to a half day model where we are divided by feeder patterns. All elementary will still be all at the same school (school TBA), but all of our sessions will be with divided by feeder patterns.
· 8:00 – 8:30 Keynote from Dr. Anderson and Dr. Methvin
· 8:30 – 11:30 ELA curriculum training delivered by 3 to 5 teachers from CDC and one principal in each session.
· All afternoon of August 7 is supposed to be reserved for “process time” at Sherwood to use what we learn in the training about ELA curriculum in the morning to prepare for the school year.
ELA
· Fountas & Pinnell curriculum will be adopted. A sample of this is in the teacher’s lounge. If you are curious and want to explore, you can access the online PD resources here. Use demo account springfield.rfp@heinemann.com, Password welcomespmo
o Includes: 120 books for interactive read alouds, 120 lesson folders, 25 Inquiry Cards, Minilessons Book with over 200 minilessons
§ Those of you who departmentalize, come see me tomorrow about how many resources you actually need/want to be ordered.
§ 1 set of each grade level will be ordered for SPED.
o All resources will be delivered shortly before August 7.
o I have a Literacy Quick Guide that explains all of the components of the new curriculum if you want to borrow it. Every teacher will receive this quick guide at Activate.
o 1 set of each grade level of resources will be ordered for SPED.
· Writing – year long writing curriculum has been written by SPS teachers.
o Curriculum HERE
o Units aligned with integrated units.
o Canvas modules created for each writing unit.
· No change in using the following for next year: Lexia, Reading Plus, Raz Kids
· Reading Plus has a really cool new interface next year that will be trained on at Activate.
· 1 more DRA Kit will be ordered for every building along with a progress monitoring tool. This comes with digital access to the whole kit!
· Trainings for DRA’s will be provided over the summer for those interested.
· Reps from Reading A-Z will be here this summer to go deeper into resources for Reading A-Z. There are a ton of underutilized tools on here.
· Keep all the books from Making Meaning and Being a Writer if you have them. Send back any teachers manuals at the end of the year.
Math
· The following resources are for open ended math tasks. They are working to create Canvas modules for these that will be launched by beginning of next year.
o 3 Act Math & Problem Based Learning Aligned to Standards
o Jo Boaler Task and Share Aligned to Standards
· The Standards Committee is working to align assessments and creating common assessments for each grade level for every math standard and are hoping to have these ready by the beginning of next year.
· Math Fact Fluency is the next Twitter chat book for #SPSMathChat. Sign up here and you get the book.
Phew! That was a lot! Come see me if you have questions!
Additional Info About Cardinal Game Lunch
Cardinals Field Trip Information for 3rd-5th Grade:
Important information
Trip dates are as follows:
- April 17 - 5th grade
- April 24 - 4th grade
- April 29 - 3rd grade
DEADLINE – MARCH 29: All of your ticket totals, lunch totals, bus notes, etc. will be collected in THIS FORM. More info found at the link.
- All students and teachers will receive 1 free ticket. The Cardinals are also providing 3 additional tickets per classroom for chaperones.
- Please refrain from scheduling other field trips on these days due to limitations with bus availability.
- Please use the district field trip form found HERE to secure parent permission.
- Please ask students/parents to dress appropriately as the Cardinals expect all games to be played despite cool temperatures or rain.
- SPS starts MAP testing April 22nd so you will need to be flexible with your testing schedule to accommodate these trip dates.
Food service
- Students will once again have the following lunch options to choose from:
B) SPS sack lunch
C) bring a sack lunch from home
- Free/reduced students can get ballpark lunch for same cost as SPS lunch
- Volunteers do not receive a food voucher, they must pay for own lunch at concession stand
- Food service will print rosters for teachers with student lunch selections
- Remember to pick up cooler from kitchen with SPS sack lunches prior to loading the bus... Coolers should be secured in bus seats or undercarriage compartments (where available).
Transportation
- Site secretaries should submit bus requests through Trip Tracker ASAP
- Teachers should be aware of announcements during the game about when their school is preparing to leave the ballpark
Cardinals
- They will do their best to accommodate chaperones in sitting in the vicinity of their child, but there are no guarantees they will be able to seat them directly together.
- Educational presenters by date:
o April 17 (5th grade) - MO Dept. of Conservation
o April 24 (4th grade) - Cox Health
o April 29 (3rd grade) - KY3
TST DAY: Please have all paperwork updated prior to the meeting!
Tuesday, Mar 26, 2019, 09:00 AM
Sherwood Elementary School, South Golden Avenue, Springfield, MO, USA
MAP TOOLS-ALL 3-5 TEACHERS SHOULD BE USING THESE!!
3rd-5th Grade Teachers,
MAP Resources in Canvas for you to utilize in your classroom! You can access these resources in Canvas>CIA>Assessment>K-5>MAP Resources.
We are excited to introduce you to a new resource, Edcite. This resource has taken the MAP 2017-2018 released items and made them available online and ready for your students to take. While this does not provide all released sessions, it does provide Session 1 for ELA, Math, and Science. You can use the Edcite Directions to begin using this tool with your Google account. Additional sessions can be found as assignments in modules in your Canvas course or as pdf files under teacher resources. You will need to publish these assignments for students to gain access or provide them with the link.
From Catherine:
You and your students will find the links below on the MAP Resources tab in the Integrated Units Canvas course.
· Edcite (Student Login)
· Teacher Resources (This is only accessible to you and is not published for students.)
Edulastic.com has all of the MAP Released items for math from last year available as assignments. I am including
Instructions for Setting Up Edulastic and assigning this to students. Both teachers and students can access Edulastic via Google Sign In.
We have also linked the iReady lessons, Bridges Intervention Modules and additional resources that support these items here for reteaching.
Please let me know if you have any questionsJ
Elementary School MAP Math Released Items 2017-18 as Assignments in Edulastic
Reteaching Resources