Wildcat News
December 10-December 14, 2018
Weekly Updates/ Reminders:
- Great job with iReady last week-- testing environments looked great and students were invested!
- Make sure you are making up any students who miss assessments, if you need assistance it is imperative you talk with myself or Ms. Harnage.
- Review Achievement Series post test goals with students and ensure they understand the importance in them doing their best. Please make sure these charts are posted in your classrooms.
- Lesson plans must be posted and available upon request to any visitor.
- Homework must go home with students on a weekly basis, please make sure that you are sending home ample opportunities for practice and review
- Secret Santa Rules have been sent out please check your email and your mailbox.
- Students should be on iReady for 45 minutes per week in both ELA and Math, please be reminded that the usage of this program is first priority. If you are using any other programs they should only be utilized supplementary.
Attendance Night
Student Mentoring
Mindfulness (Inman)
Vision
Everyone, Everyday! We will foster a safe and all inclusive environment of excellence for our learning community.
Commitment Statements:
We believe that education is a shared responsibility.
We are goal oriented and data driven.
We are a community of strong relationships.
We promote successful lifelong learners
We nurture social emotional and physical well-being
We are AWARE, we ACCEPT, and we ADVOCATE for Culture and Diversity.
Instructional Levers:
- How am I checking for the understanding of ALL students? Exit Tickets?
- During classroom visits we will be looking for the use of Exit Tickets and observing Guided Reading Groups.
- Ensure guided reading groups are planned out for each group in order to meet the individual needs of your students. In order to close the gaps we must ensure we are intentional planning and using data to guide our decisions daily.
- Exit tickets should be logged into master trackers for ELA and Math.
Weekly Behavioral LOOK-FORS:
As Winter Break Approaches we must continue to ensure that we are utilizing every instructional minute through highly engaging lessons. Make sure you take the time to reteach expectations as necessary and continue to hold students accountable for meeting both classroom and school wide expectations.
- Morning Restorative Community Circles implemented with fidelity and as a means to build relationships and classroom community.
- Review over School-wide and Classroom expectations
- Monitor Student behavior by circulating and scanning the classroom
- Catch small behaviors and utilize the Safe Seat set up in our classrooms as a Tier I positive and restorative behavioral lever.
- Provide positive and corrective feedback through restorative conversations with our students.
Upcoming Dates/ Events:
- Weekly PST (Please Send Mr. Cherry your names of any new students)
- Achievement Series and Pathways December 13-19, 2018 (Review and sign up on Testing Schedule)
- Wednesday, December 12, 2018 @7:40 am Building PD
- Wednesday, December 12, 2018, Ugly "Christmas" Sweater Contest/ Jean Day
- Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Picture Retake Day
- Friday, December 14- JOY parties hosted by COR (see email)
Shout Outs!
- Mr. Winston- Always lending a helping hand.
- Ms. Mei Williams, Mrs. Grossman, Mrs. Quigley, and Mrs. Mulhern- Supporting our students and Teachers during testing.
- Mrs. Tillman- Spreading kindness with your POSITIVE PRANKS
- Mrs. Schippers- For Implementing the PAW parties this week, the kids had a blast.
- Mrs. Serrano- For always helping out during lunch and wiping down tables and assisting students.
- Mr. Grant Williams- Lending a helping hand with students and teachers throughout the building.