Update From THIS I.F.
Be Amazing!
Thought to Ponder...
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
Jimmy Dean
We cannot change Progress Monitoring, Testing, home environments, etc. but we can adjust the way we do things to make the most of it. We love our students and we are all educators because we love it--My spring wish for you all of us---to find the joy in our students successes.
Swiss Cheese
This Week...
Kindergarten Screening is Wednesday and Thursday
Since coverage for specials has been spotty and you have not had as much planning--we will not have PLC this week BUT I need for you to make sure Tier 2 and 3 plans have been updated. If you need me to help with this--email me and we will meet. As a grade level--you need to know what your deficit focus is for ELA and Math for the upcoming 9 weeks. Most grade levels have updated Tier 1 with this information. I will send your Tier 1 paperwork on Monday for you to review and make sure it is up to date. Again, if you need help--ask.
Professional Development at TES
THIS IS OPTIONAL BUT I SURE HOPE YOU ALL CAN ATTEND. If you are willing to share your expertise--let me know!
Curriculum "WOWs" in the Building
- Persistence and consistency with students who were pushing patience
- Annotation of Newsela--please continue to use this resource to push our higher students especially and to differentiate non-fiction text
- Dr. Seuss fun in all areas of the building--context clues, decoding, counting, matching, reading, and rhyming!
- Mrs. Lingle reading to students--adults modeling the love of reading is so important.
- 4th grade data discussions pin pointing the next steps. Keep digging! Progress is there! Thanks for all you do!
- New Pirates boarding---training to fight Edward O. Ghee on the horizon!
- Mrs. Martin--Thank you! WOW!
- 1st grade trying to accommodate their wiggling learners with some new furniture--excited about this venture!
- Thanks to those that attended vocabulary professional development
Weekly Blog
Continue Change
Please look at SRI Lexile levels and adjust the students reading ranges for book check out and Reading Counts.
Celebrate growth and progress! Do not get so bogged down with the deficits. We have made progress. Keep digging.Stay the course with Engage NY--it is making an impact. Reflect and continue to be open to change. If it is NOT working in reading--we need to do something different!
Further Out...
Spring Planning Dates
Resources
Kelly This
Email: kthis@alexander.k12.nc.us
Website: http://www.alexander.k12.nc.us/domain/1123
Location: Taylorsville, NC, United States
Phone: 8282922293
Twitter: @This1This