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January 14, 2019
Important Dates
Tuesday, January 15th: PL Backward Design in conference room @ 7:10 a.m.
Tuesday, January 15th: Meet with Kim Lochbaum during your planning time in the conference room
Wednesday, January 16th: Faculty Meeting @ 3:30 p.m. (You will need a laptop)
Thursday, January 17th: PL Backward Design in conference room @ 7:10 a.m.
Thursday, January 17th: ELM Award celebration @ 8:30 a.m. in the cafeteria
Friday, January 18th: ARC Coach with K all day
SAFETY TIPS
- Always WEAR your FCSS issued badge.
- Always keep exterior doors closed and secured. (No propping doors)
- Always travel within the building, except to recess and PE.
- Always keep classroom doors locked.
- Please be sure that students are not sent to the outdoor pod alone. They must be escorted by a teacher.
Coach's Corner
Sign me up for...
-helping you plan for balanced literacy
-integrating writing into science and social studies
-modeling a reading lesson
-modeling a writing lesson
-modeling a Quick Write
-joining you for collaborative planning
-team-teaching
-help with reading and writing conferencing
-help with IRLA or F and P data entry
-help with School City
-help with MyON
-help with TKES
*Email me and we will set up a day and time that works for you* :)
School-Wide Goals-Always on our Mind:
Writing, Integrating Science and Social Studies into ELA , Personalized Learning to foster an Academically Challenging Environment, Social Emotional Learning to build a literacy rich culture and climate.
THANK YOU!
Kaitlyn Murphy, Caroline Long, Trisha Flugel, and Rita Kangas for having me in your classroom to work with your kiddos this week!
Technology Tidbits
New Junk Email Directions. Barracuda is no longer being used as our email filter. The Outlook 365 filtering is now being used; however, users will have to use these directions to help teach their accounts which emails are junk and which are real.
We will have a Snowflake 2.0 training during your specials time on Jan 15th. Special others please join us when you can. We will learn how to build engaging interactive lessons that are customized for your students.
I've listed the Nearpod resources again. Please let me know if I can help you get started. Many of you are already trying Nearpod lessons. Thank you!
Resources:
Getting started guide-https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LgKFzIEXPymr3eciAB11LmCSFuipsAHc7xpI5eHNYsA/edit?usp=sharing
Nearpod Cheat Sheet-https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1n9X7cU0qUBhm3nSs5ToQJw_2sFekqS4_LLmfIY5rvGc/edit?usp=sharing
HELP NEEDED....PLEASE SEE TASKS BELOW THAT REQUIRE ACTION THIS WEEK.
** Please complete the Georgia School Personnel Survey (a component of our STAR rating) using this link.
http://gshs.gadoe.org/Lists/Personnel/NewForm.aspx
Let Greg Orr or Jenni Lundstrum know when you have completed it. Please complete by January 22nd.
**TKES Mid-Year Conference Sign-Off
** F & P
Please complete F&P testing and enter the data in the Google spreadsheet by the end of January.
** Reader Engagement Ladder: Please give to LeBlanc as soon as possible.
** Sign up for January and February Professional Learning HERE.
Moments of Mustang Might
Each week we want to highlight staff members who demonstrate the 7 Habits qualities.
When people make an impact on you, please share the moment so we can celebrate each other. Email Daphne or Ashley by Friday at lunch time each week to highlight our teammates.
With Much Appreciation...
SHOUT OUTS!
All Support Staff for your assistance with FAST Bridge testing!
Thank you to Stacie Hodges for your flexibility and willingness to help our Midway kiddos!
Thank you to Suzie, Al, and Marina for all that you do for us!
Shout out to Nurse Kelly for taking care of our sick kiddos with their illnesses and booboos!
Kuddos to the Kindergarten team and Sarah LeBlanc for the blood, sweat, and tears that you have put into ARC!
- - We are ONE Midway! - -
Good to Know...
**How do memory, stamina, and attention impact your own comprehension and book choices? How do those variables impact your students? Check out this blog regarding Jennifer Serravallo's Rethinking “Just Right”: Reader and Text Variables that Impact Comprehension.