Lincoln Elementary
Weekly Agenda * Feb. 9-15 & 16-22, 2014
What's Happening This Week?
Sunday, 2/9
Monday, 2/10
- 8:05 Input Grades
- NO Paws Redemption - has been changed to the 14th
- Kim will be out today
Tuesday, 2/11
- Happy Birthday Kelly Ryan!
- 8:05 Balanced Literacy Meeting-Primary
- Melissa at Admin meeting in AM
- Young Rembrandts
- Market Day
- School Board Meeting at 6:00 PM
Wednesday, 2/12
- Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
- 8:05 Hope with Principal
- 9:00 Leading Leopard Celebration
- PTO Meeting
Thursday, 2/13
- 8:05 RTI Meeting
- Winter Celebrations Grades K-5
- Chess Club
Friday, 2/14
- Makeup Day of School
- Happy Valentine's Day!
- PAWS Redemption
- 8:05 Treehuggers/Safety Meeting/Other Meeting
Saturday, 2/15
- Happy Birthday Alicia Darnstaedt!
Looking Forward to Next Week...
Monday, 2/17
- No School/Presidents' Day
Tuesday, 2/18
- 8:05 AdvancEd/SIP
- Curriculum Mapping (Reading in AM, Math in PM)
Wednesday, 2/19
- 8:05 School Improvement Meeting
- Potluck
- 6:00 Kindergarten Parent Meeting at Hanover Central
Thursday, 2/20
- 8:05 RTI Meeting
- Midterm Ends
Friday, 2/21
- 8:05 Grade Level Meeting
- NWEA Window ends
Saturday, 2/22
Links to Peek At...
Take a look at this link - It will take you to a great blog along with a video of a Writing Workshop lesson in kindergarten.
http://onceuponateacher.blogspot.com/2014/01/kindergarteners-use-their-magic-pencil.html
This blog has a link to a great Pinterest board full of non-fiction texts.
Here's a way to focus on opinion writing, which is a shift in the Common Core Standards.
http://soaringthroughsecond.blogspot.com/2012/05/what-was-i-thinking-wednesday.html?m=1
Testing Windows
The State Board of Education has extended the ISTEP+ Applied Skills and IREAD windows for 2014.
ISTEP+: Applied Skills: March 3-14
IREAD-3: March 17-21
Notes:
Schools may begin testing any day within the window.
Members of the State Board of Education may choose to discuss adjustment to the ISTEP+ Multiple Choice testing windows at their March meeting.
Noticing...
The following link was sent to me from a parent. You may have read it before, but it certainly is meaningful. Please read.