Wildcat News
May 20-24, 2019
Weekly Updates/ Reminders:
- ACTION: We have made some adjustments to the testing schedule so please ensure you look over the updated email and schedule thoroughly.
- Staff attendance is expected daily throughout the testing season. It is essential that we maintain the instructional day and that teaching and learning continues.
- Morning and afternoon duty is a collective effort. Let's be all in, present and timely in order to support our students and one another.
- ACTION: Updated bulletin boards are due by 9:00 a.m. Monday morning-- this includes current work, rubric and objective. They must also be neat and clean, paper and boarder should look nice.
- Objectives should be highly visible, aligned to current task and posted daily.
- Q4 exit ticket tracker should be continually kept up to date.
Daily Attendance Check
No later then 9:20 am EVERYDAY (Make sure you check your attendance twice a day). Please continue reaching out to families when students are absent, we MUST encourage our parents to bring their kids to school daily! Make sure you are talking to your students about the May Attendance Incentive--- Golden Tickets to the funnel cake truck!
**The first person on Monday Morning to take attendance correctly and email Mrs. Enders and Mrs. Lugrand to let us know its done will receive a gift card!
Vision
Everyone, Everyday! We will foster a safe and all inclusive environment of excellence for our learning community.
Instructional Levers:
- Guided reading instruction should include an accessible text in which students can apply word solving, fluency, and comprehension skills as they read.
- K-2: Using Pathways and Alpha Kids data to inform instruction-- are students on track to meet the grade level phonological and phonemic awards foundational skills by end of year? If not, what interventions in your guided reading groups are you implementing to increase the pace of their achievement?
- 3rd - 6th: After looking at both Mock MAP and Q3 Post Assessment data, what objectives/skills are still needed to ensure students are meeting the demands of the entire standard?
- Student Engagement- We know that it's getting warm and students are getting excited school is almost out, student engagement is the key to ensuring that students stay focused and on task.
- Instruction and learning is still at the forefront of our minds-we continue to hold ourselves and our students to high expectations.
Remember, task alignment predicts performance! Each lesson should follow a trajectory of components;, teacher model, guided work, CFU questions, independent work, and an exit ticket to assess the demands of the daily objective.
Weekly Cultural LOOK-FORS:
- As we move forward in the year, please continue to implement restorative practices(safe seat, conference, buddy room, conference) and flow chart when addressing behavior.
- Expectations set and enforced that are connected to the culture of learning required for academic success.
Upcoming Dates/ Events:
Coming Up....
- Weekly Meetings: PST(Look out for PST agenda action items this week from Mr. Cherry).
- Wednesday, May 22 2019: Flex- COR Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
- Friday, May 24, 2019: Golden Ticket Announcement (Admin visits each classroom)
- Monday, May 20, 2019- Dr. Bedell, Dr. Sheppard, and new board member, Nate Hogan will visit Wheatley.
- Monday, May 20 - Thursday, May 23-- 3rd - 6th iReady Assessments and Achievement Series Assessments (ELA, Math and Science).
- Monday May 27, 2019 No School (Memorial Day)
- Wednesday, May 29-- 6th Grade staff vs. Student basketball game- 2:30 - 3:30-- all 3rd - 6th grade students are invited to watch
- Thursday, May 30- Kindergarten Promotion
- Friday, May 31- 6th Grade Promotion
Kindergarten Phonics Stations
3rd & 4th Grade Counseling Groups
AVID Induction
Shout Outs!
- Wheatley Staff- Enduring through another successful year of MAP testing! Thank you to everyone for their patience, flexibility, and support to ensure all students performed to their highest potential on the State assessment.
- 5th Grade Team- Graciously supporting each others classroom and students to ensure they were still receiving quality instruction in the absence of a team member.
- Mr. Bross- Please Welcome Mr. Bross, he will be in Mr. Hull's Room working as a para for the remainder of the school year. Thanks for coming on board Mr. Bross, we appreciate your support.
- Mr. Cherry and Mr. Robinson- working double duty during testing not only supporting classroom and students, but pitching in where you're needed without hesitation.
- Congrats to Mr. Grant Williams and Ms. Steele for graduating and completing KCTR, what an accomplishment!