The Grass Valley WAG
Week at a Glance: 9/30-10/4
The Instructional Core: Content
During Wednesday's PLC, each of us selected a Literacy Instructional Strategy that we will begin a deep dive into over the next few weeks. These are:
- Vertically Aligned Content Language with Anchor Charts to Support
- Close Reading/Graphic Organizers
- Routine to Focus on Theme
- Character Studies
Each of these will call for continued exposure to complex texts, and will support in building students' understanding of the following anchor standards in ALL grades:
- CCRA.R.2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
CCRA.R.3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
We will continued to look for use of complex texts, specifically in Literacy, but also in other subject areas. Consider: In what ways are you implementing your PLC work in your daily instruction? How is it supporting your students in accessing complex texts?
College Messaging!
Grass Valley Spirit Award!
COST and SST
Week at a Glance (WAG)
Monday
- ILT (3-4p, Casey's office)
- Emergency Sub Plans DUE
Tuesday
- COST (8:45-10:15a, Casey's office)
Wednesday
Minimum Day for PD & PLC/Collab- Staff Potluck (1:40-2:00)
- PD (2:00-2:45p): Cycle 1 - SEL (PBIS & Toolbox)
- PLC/Collab (2:45-3:45p): SBAC Analysis and Vertical Alignment of Instructional Strategies
- PTA Meeting (6-7p, Cafeteria)
Thursday
Friday
- College Gear Day!
Saturday
- PTA $1 Pancake Brunch
*Community Circle, daily, at 8:30a on the Yard
Nuts & Bolts
- Mandated Reporter Training This is due annually for ALL staff members. It is due ASAP. You can access it HERE.
- Wednesday PD PD begins at 1:45p on Wednesdays. Please arrive promptly! If you need to miss any part of it, please notify Casey before.
- No Dance with Subs Teachers - please be sure that your sub plans reflect that there is NO dance when you are out and there is a sub.
- Emergency Sub Plans These are due by Sept 30. If you are NOT turning them in to the office (to Casey), please be sure to email Casey/Tahira with their location in your classroom.
Notification When Absent
2. If you determine you need to take a sick day, I ask, as a professional courtesy, that you text (804-922-7728) and/or email ASAP...even if it is 5 in the morning! Our goal is to limit the need to split classes this year, but in order to do so, we need advanced notice about absences in order to do our best to find coverage.
STIP Calendar This Google Calendar will reflect Alexa's Schedule. If you'd like to schedule time with her, please reach out to Casey.
Morning Yard Duty Voluntary sign up sheet is in the Staff Room! Safety vests have been ordered!
Instruction & Assessments
Assessments:
- Grades 3-5: Post-IAB Literacy is coming up next week! Be sure you are focusing on RL .2 and RL .3 with your students!
Instruction
Our current focus is on complex texts. We have been vertically aligning strategies to support with assuring our students are able to access these texts during PLC and will continue that work this week. I have shifted my schedule to assure time for classroom observations on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. After each visit, you will receive feedback around students' opportunities to engage with complex texts. I look forward to seeing our work in action!
SEL Corner
- Be Safe
- Be Respectful
- Be Responsible
We are a PBIS school. All staff are expected to use the Grass Valley Way with students. Be sure that you are communicating in a preventative manner, and not a reactionary one, including using an appropriate tone of voice with all students.
Behavior Flow Chart for Referrals Staff members who send a student to the office should do so based on the normed behaviro flow chart. All students sent to the office should be sent with a URF.
Universal Referral Forms For any student sent to the office, we should receive a URF. This is how we will communicate with families about the incident and track data on students' needs.
Pre-Referral Intervention Guide This guide shares information and examples about each of the pre-intervention techniques listed on the URF.
Upcoming Dates
- September 30 ILT
- October 2 PTA Meeting
- October 5 PTA $1 Pancake Brunch
- October 9 Shoo the Flu!
- October 10 Staff Meeting
- October 14 No School
- October 18 Coffee with the Principal
- October 21 ILT
- October 23 SSC Meeting
- October 24 Committee Meetings
- October 25 Minimum Day for Grade Level Planning
- October 28 ILT
- October 31 Halloween (Parade & Harvest Festival, details TBD)
Appreciations!
Olivia for working for me while I was gone and for all the planning and prep work she does for our class to make it run smoothly! Thank you for all you do!
Mrs. Walters for being available daily to give advice, support, information for resources, and letting me borrow any supplies that I have needed thus far.
Mrs. Pierson for going above and beyond to help organize books in my classroom, being a resourceful, and welcoming person during my first 2 weeks.
Tahira for being back! We missed you and were reminded of how amazing you are and how much you do for us:)
All of our amazing staff for making it through Picture Day!
Paula and Julie for all of their work on the Student of the Month Assembly!
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