Monday Memo
Week of 2/24/20: Central's Newsletter for Teachers & Staff
Hello CES Family,
Hello Team Central,
Read Aloud should be part of everyday !
'A child privileged enough to have heard many stories is like a well watered tree. The roots go deep and the branches reach the sky.' Jim Trelease
Reading is like a box of chocolates! You never know what you are going to get: an adventure, a lesson, a humorous exchange or a memory you will return to often.
We have PLCs on Monday with iReady Support where we will look at Diagnostic #2 Data and determining which standards we are solid on and which need reteaching.
Book Fair will be here all this week in the media center. Book Fair will be open everyday until 4 pm and on Tuesday and Thursday til 5 pm. Please share this out with your parents.
On Wednesday, the 26th and Thursday, the 27th, Anna Falcone from Math Solutions will be here to meet with each team level in grades 2-5 only for 3 hours. Ms. Syples will send the schedule out to you early this week and there will be a list of the materials you will need to bring. You will be working with her to begin a lesson study/coaching cycle that will extend to her next trip. Your time this week will be spent planning with her. She will not be in classrooms this round.
Let's keep teaching strong! No time to waste or let up. Our expectations are high and we teach with these rigorous expectations in mind. Remember what I said last week, "I want to remind you that you are each meant to be here as part of this family of educators and we-together- are going to see great things! We are going to keep working hard, challenging our students and each other with love, do the work that we know we have to do, because we have got this!"
Go Panthers!
GO TEAM!
Cynthia
Together we are Committed. Together we Succeed. Together we are Central. We are #ONECENTRAL
THIS WEEK'S HAPPENINGS
February 24, Monday-
- Pledge/Anthem, Announcements - Principal Kubit Read Aloud
- iReady Support Day PLC *See details below
- Book Fair till 4 pm
- Grade Chair after dismissal
February 25, Tuesday-
- Pledge/Anthem, Announcements - Principal Kubit Read Aloud
- Book Fair till 5 pm
- Tutorials
February 26, Wednesday-
- Pledge/Anthem, Announcements - Principal Kubit Read Aloud
- Math Solutions
- Book Fair till 4 pm
- Tutorials
February 27, Thursday-
- Pledge/Anthem, Announcements - Principal Kubit Read Aloud
- Math Solutions
- Book Fair till 5 pm
- Third Grade Mock Assessment
- Tutorials
February 28, Friday-
- Pledge/Anthem, Announcements - Principal Kubit Read Aloud
- Student of the Week Luncheon for February
- SOW PICS 8:15
- Fourth and Fifth Mock Assessment
- Book Fair till 2:45 pm
Kubit Ka$h for Teachers
You earn them for attending or helping in extra-curricular events at school. Principal Kubit reserves the final say in a Kubit Ka$h transaction.
Enjoy and don't spend it all in one place.
P.S. Watch the video below and look at that Kubit Ka$h! This is the life! lol
TOMORROW'S PLC AGENDA
How to Determine Your Current In-Service Points for Recertification
Action Items and Reminders
- iReady Support Day to review diagnostic #2- Bring what you are already doing based on our past PLC
- Math Solutions will see grades 2-4 for 3 hours each on either the 25th or 26th- Schedule to come from Kim Syples
- Next week's PLC will be a school-wide calibration of our instructional plans.
- Please encourage students to read for AR. Reading is a great homework task to boost reading skills. Set high expectations. Their average should be 85% or higher and they should not have a problem making their goal. Let's get our kids reading! Lead by example and let them see you reading too!
- Reading Certification Test Info Session at OMS on Monday, March 2nd at 4:15-5:15
Please sign in daily.
If you have a time sheet it is very important to come up and sign in each day.
Don't forget to upload your plans in our shared drive. Outstanding job to everyone on getting your plans submitted and on time!
- Thank you for signing in and greeting your students at the door!
- Attendance notes must be checked daily and turned in daily. Attendance must be completed by 9 AM sharp.
- Wear your I.D. Badges at all times! Please send anyone who doesn't have a badge or sticker to the office and notify the office.
- Lesson Plans should be in by Sunday night to the Team Drive.
- #GOPANTHERS
Have you liked our Facebook Page?
Happy Birthday to these special Panthers!
February Birthdays!!
2/5- LaDonna Wooten
2/6-Vickie Enfinger,
2/7-Trish Miller
2/17-Nicole Tribble
2/24-Jenni Turbeville
Let me know if I missed someone!
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Self Paced- WIDA e-Learning https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ScARqrkVBi8p8mE59xG1etr_8Rl9E9F12hOXzCQcRxY
Mrs. Andrea Canaday (Andee) is our Professional Learning Coordinator at the District Office. Her emails often contain professional development opportunities for you that are approved by the district.
The county's Inservice Form is at the link below.
APPRECIATIONS
Our Commitment and Pledge to Central Instruction
Together we commit to working hard to make sure instruction and assignments are both rigorous and engaging. We will continue setting the bar (grade-level standards) high and placing that intellectual lift on our students. This is the key to mastering complex material.
Time and time again, research has shown that when students are given access to four critical classroom level resources, they can and will make BIG academic gains.
- Grade-appropriate assignments (Rigor of the Standards)
- Strong instruction that lets students do most of the thinking in the lesson (facilitate with probing questions- most of the talking should be the students)
- A sense of deep engagement in what they're learning
- Teachers who hold high expectations for ALL students and truly believe they can meet grade-level standards (Set the bar high)
Every student will receive daily access to challenging, engaging, and grade-appropriate work. With each day that passes we will refine our skills to the best of the best in our profession! We will focus daily on what our students are learning and doing, we will strengthen our belief about what students can accomplish.
Together we are committed. Together we are Central. We are #ONECENTRAL