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Week of September 21 , 2015
Staying the Course of Success!
Mentor Updates
Needs Assessment
The Energy Bus
Parent's Orientation Night
Teams in Action!
Fifth Grade Team
Teachers Nurture Growth Mindsets in Math - Article from Education Week
September 09, 2015 by Evie Blad
Despite skepticism from some parts of the mathematics field, new strategies are emerging for teachers to help students develop positive learning attitudes toward math.
How to Make Essential Questions Essential? From Educational Leadership - September 2015 | Volume 73 | Number 1
Essential questions rarely arise in a first draft. Here's how to construct good ones.
The well-known aphorism that "writing is revision" applies particularly well to crafting essential questions. With more than 30 years' experience in teaching through questions and helping educators create great unit-framing queries, we've repeatedly seen the wisdom of this saying.
But what makes a question essential in the first place? Essential questions foster the kinds of inquiries, discussions, and reflections that help learners find meaning in their learning and achieve deeper thought and better quality in their work. Essential questions meet the following criteria:
All For One and One for All
Third Grade, Pencils and Squirrels...
2.5 Engages students at all learning levels in rigorous work
Itinerary ~ Week of September 21-26, 2015
Monday 9.21 Announcements this Week 5E
Attendance is due by 9:00am
Coordinated School Health Kickoff Week
Tuesday 9.22
Attendance is due by 9:00am
HIPPY Enrollment
Faculty PLC @ 3:15PM
Wednesday 9.23
Attendance is due by 9:00am
Science Club 3rd & 5th Graders 3:00-4:45pm
Thursday 9.24
Attendance is due by 9:00am
Grade Level PLC
Administrators Two-Way Dual Language PLC
2:00-4:00- Visitors from the District
Friday 9.25
School Spirit Day – Wear School T-shirt or college shirt
Attendance is due by 9:00am
Lesson Plans due on Schoology @ 4:00PM
Saturday 9.26
Bryan Adams Homecoming Parade @ 9:00AM
Everyone is invited!
SLO and PDP are Due Soon!
Mon. Sept. 28 - Last Day to submit your SLO and PDP on SchoolNet. Please submit your draft to your appraiser this week for their review.
Celebrations!
9.21 Ms. Lamb
9.24 Ms. Willis, Ms. Aznar
Committees in Action!
Edwin J. Kiest Elementary
Email: yacruz@dallasisd.org
Location: 2611 Healey Drive, Dallas, TX 75228
Phone: 972.502.5600