Buffalo Bulletin
Week of October 9th-13th
Reminders
- Make sure to read The Exchange for district news and information.
- Remember to get those P2P nominations in!
- Please make sure that your sub plans reference the live stream announcements. Please make plans for your students to view them in another class so they don't miss out.
- Several of you have expressed interest in standards-based grading. If this is something that you would like to try, you can begin any time. It is NOT too late! You can get more information by talking to Kindergarten, Lori, Kelly, or visiting Coppell ISD's standards based grading website.
- Remember that the Padlet exercise completed in PLC this week can still be referenced and/or edited to drive conversation with your students. The document containing all of the links is in the staff folder --> PLC.
- Recap of awards discussion: Awards will be twice per year. The only awards given will be the Profile of a Learner award (unique for each child and tied to that child's personal goal) and the P2P Learner Awards will be presented to students who were nominated (we will remove them from the wall). Awards will be in individual classrooms and students will read their certificates, at least in higher grades. We will create a nice template to print awards on cardstock to be signed by teacher and me.
Mrs. Booty's class working on number matching
Mrs. Davis' class practicing word attack skills!
Mrs. Higgins' class making a human circuit
Upcoming Events
PLC This week
- WIN Groups (grouping will be on a Google sheet, however if you prefer to group with note cards first, please come with note cards prepared). Groups will be formed by skills for math and by reading level/comprehension needs for reading (LLI). Whole groups will utilize leveled choice boards, learning stations, or other meaningful work.
This Week's Schedule of Events
Book Fair is this week
Monday 10/9
- 8:30 - Administrator Meeting (Meagan's office)
- 1:30-3:15 - 2nd grade PLC
Tuesday 10/10
- Team shirt Tuesday - wear your team shirt (no jeans)
- 9:20-10:50 - Leadership Team Meeting (SOS 9:20-9:50 by invitation - complete form if you want to attend)
- 1:30-3:15 - 3rd grade PLC
- 6:00-7:30 - Family Literacy Night
Wednesday 10/11
- College Shirt and jeans
- 1:30-3:15 - 4th grade PLC
Thursday 10/12
- Submit house points by noon (Meagan will send form)
- 1:30-3:15 - 5th grade PLC
- 3:20-3:25 - House points winner announced; house dance party
- 4:00-6:00 - Junkin' Gypsies Event
Friday 10/13
- Spirit shirt and jeans
- Parent Conference Day
Looking Ahead
- PLC Next week (10/17-10/20): MAP and Stride Training (Carbery and Wilkey)
- WIN Begins 10/17
- GT Phase 1 Testing: 10/17-11/1
- 10/20: Storybook character parade (check costumes as kids return forms and ensure that they match a book. If not, make parent contact.
- 10/23-10/27: Red Ribbon Week (dress up schedule TBD soon)