Principal Update
Week of November 13, 2017
Let's be elite in our 20 feet!
Good Morning,
I hope you stayed warm this weekend while enjoying our fall weather. Don't forget to post your thankful thoughts on the bulletin board outside of the cafeteria.
Thank each of you for your commitment to our students!
Expectations
Please make sure that you take attendance by 8:15 a.m. each morning.
The F&P Window opens on Monday, November 6th. The window is Nov. 6th-Dec. 15th It is recommended to test 1 student per day (possibly two depending on how many students you have in your class). Remember you should begin with your higher students first since this will allow your lower students more instruction time before being assessed.
Remember students should be greeted at the classroom door each morning We do this because it's not about us. It's about children. Our students need to know we're happy to see them each day. Thank you to everyone who is greeting your students!
Reminders
PDT today will be in the conference room. Lisa Taylor will be sharing information on Fountas and Pinnell Comprehension Calibration. Please report to the conference room 5 minutes after your special begins and we'll end 5 minutes before time to pick up your students.
Naomi Morgan will be here on Tuesday, November 14th to share information about using Enrich for accessing student data. We will begin at 3:00 p.m. in the media center.
The Hornets Bus will be here on Tuesday, November 14th. Thank you Dina for scheduling the visit.
Progress Reports go home Thursday.
Sign-Up Sheet for Tech Lab Opportunities is in the Workroom.
F & P Instructional Level Data is due by November 30th, 2017.
PLC Update
Please remember to upload PLC minutes into Canvas each week. This should be the highlights from your PLC time each week. If you have questions, please see me.
Family Night
I appreciate the work that teams have put into planning our family night this coming Thursday, November 16th. If you are unable to attend, you will be expected to attend our next Family Night.
Professional Development
Naomi Morgan will be here on Tuesday, November 14th to share information about using Enrich for accessing student data.
Every teacher will be attending the district Math Quarter at a Glance training in December. Please go in to MyLearningPlan and register and secure a substitute through Kelly Services. Math at a Glance training will be held on the following dates:
December 5th - 1st Grade- AM
K5- PM
December 7th - 3rd Grade - AM
2nd Grade - PM
December 12th - 5th Grade - PM
4th Grade - AM
Please secure a substitute asap.
SIX-POINT LESSON PLAN
1. Focus and Review
- The teacher restates the learning mind-set from the previous instruction, linking it to the new lesson. "You'll remember that yesterday we. . ."
2. Objectives
- Part of the planning; a statement of what the students will be able to do following the lesson which they could not do before it.
- may or may not be stated to students; can be used as a key to student learning and the basis of Hunter's "checks for understanding"
- Incorporate the five higher order thinking skills in your sub-objectives: recall, analysis, comparison, inference, evaluation.
- Check the state's computer literacy curriculum strand for activities that support your content area objectives.
- Include resource materials and special preparations
3. Teacher Input
- The direct instruction by the teacher; the new data which are given to the student
- This step normally involves modeling or demonstrating by the teacher
- New teachers need to plan this part very carefully
4. Guided Practice
- The chance for the students to try to do what the teacher has tried to teach, as doing math problems after the teacher has taught how to do them
- During this step the teacher monitors and circulates, checking student understanding and answering individual questions
5. Independent Practice
- Students demonstrate independent mastery of the skill; ability to do the work without help
- This step is frequently done as homework
- A test or quiz may be a form of independent practice
6. Closure
- The ending of the lesson, restating or practicing what was supposed to be learned in the lesson
- Often tied to the objectives as a final check for understanding
- Determine the success of the lesson and your teaching.
- Good lesson plans take time to develop, but they are essential to success in teaching. There is a common misconception that all six steps in the lesson plan must be included in each daily lesson, but this is simply not the case. In planning, think of the best way to involve students in the lesson and in the sequence of learning something new, then use the above steps as they aid the outlining of a learning plan.
Please make sure that your lesson plans adhere to the above guidelines.
Quote of the Week
"Collaborative Cultures, which by definition have close relationships, are indeed powerful, but unless they are focusing on the right things, they may end up being powerfully wrong."
Michael Fullan
"Our school values learning, achievement, collaboration, and responsibility as cornerstones of our learning community."