The Road Report
While you are out......
Building Status
For the week of July 17th;
* Building will be open July 17th - 20th, 8am - 4pm. 300 Hall closed Monday & Tuesday for final waxing. Vicki and Kathy are back.
For the week of July 24th:
* Building will be open July 24th - July 28th 8am - 3pm. Main hall may be closed off at times for final waxing. Bonita returns by the end of the week.
Welcome to our new family members!
PAWS Camp - Cathy (Snyder) Gray
Title I Parapro - Kelli West (pending board approval)
Reading Strategies
Think (While You Read the Words)
Level: E-K (Fountas & Pinnell)
Genre: Fiction
Skill: Summarizing
Strategy: When summarizing, remember to tell what's important. Tell it in the order it happened. Tell it in a way that makes sense. Try not to tell too much.
Teaching Tip: A summary is a short recounting of what you just read. When you get ready to summarize, you have to think about what parts of the story you'll tell. Your summary should include enough information to make sense to someone who hasn't read the story before. That means you need to make it clear in your summary how one event led to another. You'll first think about the most important things that happened in the story - probably connecting to the problem in the story, if there is one, or what the character wants most.
Prompts:
* Say the beginning in a shorter way
* Just tell the one most important thing that happened in the beginning
* How does that event connect to the one you just told me?
* Can you say that in a shorter way?
* You told me five things that happened in the middle. Which two or three were the most important?
* Turn to the end. What's the most important thing that happened at the end?
As you meet with your team -
* New pacing guides
* Lesson Plans (first one will need to be turned in by Friday, August 11th -more details to come)
* Common Assessments
* Data Analysis
* Grade level classroom management (what consequences can you give before you write an office referral?)
* Classroom needs (start making your wish list!)
* What do you need from administration? Instructional coach? Counselor?
Important Dates
July 31 - SBLT meets from 9am - 2pm
Aug 1 - First Day of Preplanning (3 days this year)
Aug 3 - Meet the teacher (12- 2pm)
Aug 4- First day of school
Aug 11 - Lesson plans due (1 week only)