Maude Saunders Newsletter
Week of February 10, 2020
At Maude Saunders, we are...
One School
One Team
with One Mission:
EXCELLENCE A+
Goals:
- Have a positive mindset each day toward students, parents, & staff.
- Build team efficacy through collaboration.
- Create a school culture reflecting excellence in ourselves and our students.
- Build cognitive capacity in our students through high expectations.
Mission & Vision:
To be a place where all students succeed and achieve to their maximum potential with a curriculum that is a dynamic response to each student's needs.
Vision:
Maude Saunders Elementary School will create and sustain a school climate that encourages student success.
In the Spotlight - Lauren Geoghagan
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Differentiated Accountability: We are proudly educating 544 future leaders.
From the Desk of Mr. Johnson:
The graph below represents referrals by location: Recess
Let’s dig into our referrals and focus on the locations of where offences are being committed. Out of 236 discipline referrals submitted this year, 29 or 12% of referrals have been written on the playground/at recess. 12% may not sound like much, but wouldn’t you love to have your math learning gains increase by 12%? I can say that from my discipline notes, the majority of the incidents occurring at recess are towards the end of recess or as the classes are beginning to line up. Please be sure that during recess and PE that all adults are spread out and visually monitoring the activity. Be proactive and if your see a situation that looks like it may escalate, go check it out.
Discipline
INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS - Quality Questioning
Quality Questioning Research-Based Practice to Engage Every Learner
Quality Questioning Research – Based Practice to Engage Every Learner, discusses The 6Ps Framework for Quality Questioning. The 6Ps Framework organizes key questioning practices and behaviors associated with higher levels of student engagement and learning. These practices emerge from the broader knowledge base on questions and student-teacher academic interactions. Each core practice influences and, in turn, is influenced by the other five. Taken together, they constitute the quality questioning process. (Adapted from Quality Questioning Research – Based Practice to Engage Every Learner).
This week we will focus on the first step in the process: Prepare the Question
Quality questions are springboards to productive thinking and authentic learning. Quality questioning begins with the preparation of a focus question prior to the lesson. When preparing your focus question consider:
- The content focus
- The instructional purpose
- Desired cognitive rigor or level of thinking
- Appropriate wording and syntax
- Prepare an exemplar answer
Quality focus questions inspire authentic follow-up questions, which scaffold learning or take it to new heights. Focus on quality over quantity in preparation of questions (Walsh & Sattles, p. 11-12).
Math Tips from Mrs. Lathinghouse
Eureka Math Webinars
You can access FREE Eureka Math webinars through www.greatminds.org. These webinars include: Resource Overview Sessions, Preparation and Customization, Grade-Level Access for Students With Gaps in Content Knowledge, and Using Exit Tickets to Inform Instruction. There are numerous webinars to choose from and you can watch them anytime.
To access them, go to www.greatminds.org, Select Math,and then Webinars. Please let me know if you have any questions or need assistance.
Important Information
- Formal Observations: Please go ahead and schedule your formal observation through MS Outlook. If you need a quick review of how to use Outlook, please do not hesitate to let me know.
- Technology Needs: Please let Ms. McKinney know any technology needs you have for next year.
- FOCUS: Please keep your grades updated and make sure your grades are standards-based and you have the correct number of grades per the SPP.
- House Points: Please continue to award points for students.
- Individual Student Goal Setting: Please complete K-12 Lift Student Goal Sheets and make sure you document in your lesson plans.
- Review Proposed Standards: In a Just Read, Florida! presentation yesterday, they boiled the most significant proposed changes in the new standards to the items listed below. Please review the standards and submit feedback through this link: https://www.floridastandardsreview.org/
- Skyward: Anyone that has submitted TDE into Skyward must upload an attachment (agenda, email requesting you attend, etc.). If you did not do this, please go back and upload your attachment. NOTE: You do NOT have to submit TDE into Skyward for trainings we have on our campus. This was just clarified at my Principals' Meeting. So for our Data Chats, you do NOT have to upload an attachment.
- Comp Time: Please do NOT enter comp time for Faculty Meetings. Loveta will enter Faculty Meeting Comp Time into Skyward for all that attend. If you leave early, make sure you write the time you leave by your name. Also, please remember that comp time must be pre-approved. For parent meetings, please upload an attachment to indicate the time-frame in which the conference was held.
- Lesson Plans: Please make sure your lesson plans are on your desk and accessible each day. I may need to refer to them when doing a walk-through.
- Parent Communication: Are we continuing to make positive phone calls home home?
- Safety: Please keep all pod doors closed and locked and any classrooms that have direct access to the hallway.
- Attendance: Attendance should be completed by 8:30 a.m.
- Transportation Notes: Please make sure these are sent to the front office no later than 8:30 a.m. Also, make sure transportation notes are picked up from your box before dismissal.
Calendar Additions:
NOTE: Please let Mrs. Bonnie know if you have events that need to be added to the master calendar. Ms. Bonnie will begin this week entering what we have on the master calendar so far.
ELA Learning Walk-Through
Tuesday, Feb 11, 2020, 01:00 AM
PD Room
Grade Level Chair Meeting
Tuesday, Feb 11, 2020, 03:00 PM
Maude Saunders Elementary School, John Baldwin Road, DeFuniak Springs, FL, USA
Valentine's Day Lunch
Wednesday, Feb 12, 2020, 10:30 AM
MSE Lunchroom/MP Room
PBS Meeting
Wednesday, Feb 12, 2020, 03:00 PM
Media Center
House Meeting
Friday, Feb 14, 2020, 08:15 AM
MSE
Professional Development
Friday, Feb 14, 2020, 12:45 PM
Media Center
From the Desk of Mr. Johnson
The Graph below represents Referrals by Location: Recess
Let’s dig into our referrals and focus on the locations of where offences are being committed. Out of 236 discipline referrals submitted this year, 29 or 12% of referrals have been written on the playground/at recess. 12% may not sound like much, but wouldn’t you love to have your math learning gains increase by 12%? I can say that from my discipline notes, the majority of the incidents occurring at recess are towards the end of recess or as the classes are beginning to line up. Please be sure that during recess and PE that all adults are spread out and visually monitoring the activity. Be proactive and if your see a situation that looks like it may escalate, go check it out.