PATRIOT POST
November 6, 2017 Volume III. Issue XVIIII.
Mr. Borders assists fifth graders as they create menus for their math project.
Our Student Council works together to beautify the campus at Liberty Point! Great job!
LPES will Celebrate Red Ribbon Week This Week! Please see the schedule below.
Tune In To Patriots 9 News Each Day!
New Month, New Student Work! Due November 7, 2017
New student work should be updated in the hallway by the close of business on Tuesday, November 7.
-The amount of student work should reflect the # of students in class.
4th - 5th grade teachers, a mix of 20 samples will be fine.
-Any subject area can be reflected in the hallway. However, some sort of written response must be added to the student work.
-Student Reflection Sheets should accompany all student work, regardless of the subject. Therefore, teacher feedback is not needed for work displayed in the hallway. Colored copies of the Student Reflection Sheets can be found in the Teacher Workroom.
-Please have students reference checklists / rubrics when providing self reflections and peer feedback.
3 -5 Unit 3 UBD Plans are due on November 8.
Post Unit 2 Assessment Results Due November 8.
All scored assessments are due in Ms. Elikwu's mailbox by November 8 at 4pm. Submissions should be placed in a folder labeled with the homeroom teacher's name.
*Please be sure the student work is attached to the appropriate rubric for the unit. All areas on the rubric will need to be scored.
Dynamic Word Detectives Celebration!
Growing & Taking Risks Together!
Spreading Literacy Love!
AVID Focus of the Month: Collaboration
Greetings Patriots! Our AVID Focus for the month of November will be centered around the work of Collaboration! We are already headed in the right direction with collaboration with RUOS and WUOS, let’s ramp it up! Collaborative learning involves intentionally designed student groups engaged in “co-laboring” toward meaningful learning outcomes, using active engagement activities planned to maximize learning, and facilitating the sharing of the workload Barkley, Cross and Major (2005). AVID’s high engagement learning strategies involve collaborative activities through which individual students help each other learn, thereby strengthen their own learning. Students are responsible for their own learning; faculty serve as facilitators in a learning community working together for the success of the group. Happy Collaboration Liberty Point!
-Ms. Hodges
AVID Updates
Our First AVID Parent Night is this Thursday November 9th from 6:00-7:30 p.m....Come out for a Night of Family, Food, and AVID Fun!
Keep Calm and Collaborate!
Accountable Talk!
They learn so much from each other!
Math Updates
Assessments
All Unit 2 Post Assessment Data will be reflected on the data board Wednesday afternoon, November 8th. Please ensure that all assessments have been turned in for scanning.
Shouts-Out 5th Grade Math Team for Unit 2 data
Grades 3rd-5th Benchmark Assessments, November 13th-17th, 2017
What Strategies and Tools are your students using?
Below are suggested manipulatives and the standards that they support
Suggested Manipulatives Grades K-2nd
Suggested Manipulatives Grades 3rd-5thInstructional Updates-Math Prep
- Prioritized Standards will guide our math instruction
- Keep our Mini-Lessons short and sweet (10-15 minutes)
- Mini-Lessons will determine your immediate Strategy Groups
- Use Fastbridge data to help create Guided Groups based on their needs
- Fulton Connect Reports will support with Unit data and student performance
Real-Life Connections
2nd Grade uses objects to make estimates about length. Hands-On and keeping the students engaged in the learning. How many cubes long is your pencil?
SMP #2 Reason Abstractly & Quantitatively
Small-Group Action
SMP #1 Make Sense of Problem & Persevere in Solving Them
Hand-Made Reference Tools
SMP #4 Model with Mathematics
Professional Development Rubric
Friendly Reminders
- Please be prepared to receive students at your doors from 7:15am - 7:25am. After 7:25am, please use your time wisely inside of your classroom.
- Please take attendance in TAC by 9:00pm each day.
- TKES Walkthroughs will continue this week. We will focus on standards 2-Instructional Planning, 3-Instructional Strategies, and 8-Academically Challenging Environment.
Calendar of Events: Please review this document to keep yourself abreast of the upcoming events at Liberty Point
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTERESTS:
Tuesday, November 7 - DRA Norming Meeting during planning
Wednesday, November 8- South Learning Community Site Visit @10:30
Thursday, November 9- Shelter Drill, iReady Training (3-5), AVID Parent Night