JWL Weekly Update
Volume 6 * Issue 33 * April 2, 2018
Inspire the possibilities!
You are important!
Model confidence & kindness.
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This week . . .
Write this down:
- 4/2 - 4/6: Life Principle--Perseverance (Morgan)
- 4/2:
- STAAR Alt2 Window opens
- Staffing at 4:15pm
- 4/3:
- PLCs
- SALT Meeting @ 4:15pm
- SST @ 4:15pm
- 4/4:
- TELPAS window closes
- 504 @ 1:15pm
- ARD @ 2pm
- Grade level meetings
- 4/5:
- PLCs
- Thursday School until 5:30pm
- 4/6:
- Grades due
- STAAR Modules are due
- 4/7:
- Daddy/Daughter dance, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Heads Up:
STAAR Modules due this week
Staff Dress Code
In an effort to help you from receiving an email or conversation from me regarding this topic, I'm attaching the TISD dress code for staff. Last week's emails and this bulletin are my final warning. We need to be concentrating on academic needs rather than spending time reminding grown people what is and is not appropriate to wear at the work place.
- No more slides
- No more flip flops; if no back strap, it's a flip flop.
- No more extreme hair colors
- No more tight fitting clothes
- Tattoos are to be covered
If you're not sure, don't risk it.
Tutorials & Saturday Academy Updates
- The last week of tutorials will be April 20 - May 4th.
- Tutorial students will need to be released at 3:43pm on their tutorial day to the library where they will receive their snack. They will await pick up from tutorial teacher there. **This is to be sure students that have parent permission do in fact stay instead of sneaking on the bus at 3:45pm.
- The following personnel will be in the library at 3:40pm to receive students, pass out snacks, and check students in (push "button" below for access to tutorial log):
- MONDAY: Nemcek
- TUESDAY: Gray
- THURSDAY: Esquivel & Cathcart
- FRIDAY: Harvey
- **Ladies, if you are going to be out, please secure/arrange to trade days with another so that the kids are not left unattended. Thanks!
- Teachers, you must pick up your students on your tutorial day as close to 4pm as possible.
- Please remember to check the online Google form (button below) to verify attendance and snack consumption has been marked accordingly.
- Tutorial teachers, you cannot leave students unattended at exit doors.
- Each Thursday buses will be provided to take students home after PM tutorials.
Punch Cards
Students must earn 20 punches to earn special event; students should be able to earn 4 to 5 punches per day. Ideas for punches (signatures with dates) include:
- being present (attendance) **This is crucial that students are present to learn.
- turning in assignment (no zeros)
- showing sincere effort on task/assignment; showing growth mindset
- earning an 70% or higher on a test
- earning a 100% can be TWO!
- leveling up on Lexia or Dreambox
This week's reward is a Petting Zoo! The THS FFA is bringing some animals to share with our kiddos.
Schedule is as follows to allow FFA students to pack up animals and return to campus to put them up.
8:15 - 9:00 5th grade
9:15 - 9:45 4th grade
9:45 - 10:15 Kinder
10:15 - 10:45 1st grade
12:30 - 1:00 4th grade
1:30 - 2:00 3rd grade
What are our Cycle 4 goals and strategies?
Cycle 4 Goals
K-2 Reading:
By the end of the cluster cycle, all students will increase their teacher made pre to post test score by at least 20%, using strategies that focus on DRAWING CONCLUSIONS.
Strategies: Question stems & Graphic organizers
Rubric Focus: QU
EOY DRA Goals:
K: 75% at or above DRA 6
1st: 75% at or above DRA 16
2nd: 75% at or above DRA 30
3-5 Reading:
By the end of the cluster cycle, all students will increase their teacher made pre to post test score by 20% using strategies that focus on INFERENCING.
Strategies: Think aloud & Student discussions
Rubric Focus: QU & TH
STAAR Goals: (State Avg)
3rd: 48% at Meets
4th: 43% at Meets
5th: 45% at Meets
By the end of the cluster cycle, all students will increase their teacher made pre to post test score by at least 20%, using strategies that focus on Editing: 4.20A (parts of speech), 4.20B (subject/predicate), and 4.22A (spelling) .
Strategies: DOL Daily & CUPS | ARMS
Rubric Focus: FEED & ACT
2018 WRITING STAAR GOAL: 70% | (63%) at Approaches
K-2 Math:
By the end of the cluster cycle, all students will increase their teacher made pre to post test score by at least 20%, using strategies that focus on PROBLEM SOLVING.
Strategies: VISA/ # & Labels and Multiple-Step Word Problems
Rubric Focus: QU
EOY Benchmark Goal:
K & 1: 90% at Meets Standard
2: 75% at Meets
3-5 Math:
By the end of the cluster cycle, all students will increase their teacher made pre to post test score by 20% using strategies that focus on MULIT STEP PROBLEM SOVLING.
Strategies: VISA
Rubric Focus: Problem Solving
Overall Score Goals by STAAR:
3rd: 50% at Meets
4th: 48% at Meets
5th: 50% at Meets
By the end of the cluster cycle, all students will increase their teacher made pre to post test score by 20% using strategies that focus on COMMUNICATING CONCLUSIONS (5.4E-G).
Strategies: Demonstrate, Communicate & Construct
Rubric Focus: QU
Overall Score Goals by STAAR:
5th: 80% at Meets Standard
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Shared Resources
Upcoming Events
- 4/9 - 4/13: Life Principle--Resiliency (Way)
- Assistant Principal Week
- National Library Week (we're celebrating this next week with Scholastic Book Fair)
- STAAR testing: 4W, 5R, & 5M
- 4/9: STAAR pep rally for 4th and 5th grades
- 4/10: STAAR 4W & 5M
- 4/11: STAAR 5R
- 4/12: Report Cards go home; PLCs; PTO meeting @ 6pm
- 4/14: Saturday Academy
- 4/16 - 4/20: Life Principle--Courage (Yuen); Book Fair; Volunteer Appreciation Week; Scholastic BOOK FAIR!
- 4/17: PLCs
- 4/18: Faculty meeting @ 4:15pm
- 4/19: PLCs; Awards luncheons
- 4/20: Volunteer Appreciation Lunch
- 4/23 - 4/27: Life Principle--Fortitude (Bass); EOY DRA2 for 4th & 5th only
- 4/24: PLCs
- 4/25: Teacher Choice Sessions @ 4:15pm
- 4/26: PLCs
- 4/28: Saturday Academy
- 4/30 - 5/4: Life Principle--Integrity (Huggins); EOY DRA2 for Kinder & 1st
- 4/30: ARDs @ 10:10 & 1:15pm
- 5/1: PLCs; Fire drill
- 5/2: College Day; Progress Reports go home; ARD @ 9:00am; Grade Level Meetings
- 5/3: PLCs; EOY SBDM Committee Meeting
- 5/5: Mother and Son Event
- 5/7 - 5/11: Life Principle--Honesty (Phillips)
- 5/9: Character Wednesday; ARDs @ 12:30 & 2:00pm
- 5/10: STAAR Reading for grades 3, 4, and 5 (2nd round)
- 5/11: Grades due
- 5/13: Mother's day
- 5/14 - 5/18: Last week of school (for students)
- 5/14: K, 1 & 2 EOY Awards Assemblies
- 5/15: 3rd, 4th & 5th (2nd round) Math STAAR
- 5/16: 5th Science STAAR
- 5/17: 3, 4 & 5 EOY Awards Assemblies
- 5/18: Field Day; Last day of school
- 5/21 - 5/25: Staff Development Week
March Tigers of the Month
Congrats to...
Dana Hunt, 3rd Grade
Lyndsey Harvey, Computer Lab
Staff Shout Outs!
At the end of each month, we'll take all the staffers that have been celebrated via shout outs and vote for our staff members of the month.
Thank you to all that have placed your nominations.