Staff Bulletin
April 12, 2019
Keith Staff Purpose Statement:
Coming Events
April 16
Room 124
April 18
April 19
Announcements
Save the Date - Lucy Calkins Summer Training for the first 50 teachers
Aug 20 for K-2
Aug 21 for 3-5
The district is still working on the details of this opportunity, but I wanted you to be aware that Michelle Black and Lori Burke will be sending an email with KALPA information for a one day training from the Teachers College this summer. (capped at 50 teachers per day)
The Teacher's College website states:
Our Quick-Start day-long conferences are designed for schools (or school districts) that are new(ish) to this work. The conference will include a brisk overview of the foundations of either the reading or the writing workshop, and a quick overview of the key methods and the important structures that teachers will need to be acquainted with in order to teach this curriculum. For example, portions of the day will focus on: planning a year long curriculum, teaching brisk, engaging minilessons, leading small group work, assessment-based instruction, and managing workshop instruction.
Please save the date if you are interested and be on the look out from more information from Michelle and Lori!
IReady and IRIP Dates:
- iReady Window 1: 9/19/18-10/24/18
- IRIP Window 1: through 12/10/18
- Ready Window 2: 1/3/19-2/15/19
- IRIP Window 2: through 3/22/19
- iReady Window 3: 5/6/19-6/7/19
- IRIP Window 3: through the last day of school
Here is a link to the IRIP information - reporting is the same as last year! Please let me know what questions you have!
Student Growth Data
Here is the link to the Student Growth Chart. Please remember to MAKE A COPY and share with me in the google drive. Thank you!]
Please click here if you would like additional information about Student Growth.
Keith Committee Work
ELA Committee
Professional Learning Corner - April
Instructional Framework Information
Effective daily instruction involves complex and strategic processes working in concert to ensure successful learning for all students. The framework is informed by research-based strategies, teacher feedback, and classroom application. The instructional framework is a product of iCouncil and more information can be found on the WLCSD Instructional Framework Website.
Making Thinking Visible - Tug for Truth: A routine for exploring tensions of truth
Identify a question of truth -- a controversial claim that something is true or false -- where you know there is some evidence on both sides that students can bring forward.
Ask students if they have an opinion about it (it's okay not to have one).
Draw a tug of war diagram on the board (or tape a piece of rope on the wall and use Postits to make it more dramatic). Explain that students can add two kinds of things. One is evidence -- tugs in the Yes, True direction or the No, False direction. The other thing to add is a question about the tug of war itself, a question that asks for more information or about "what if" we tried this or we tried that, what would the results be?
Finish the lesson by asking students what new ideas they have about the question of truth. Can we decide now? Do some people lean one way and some the other? Is the best answer in a "gray area" -- most of the time true but not always, or half the time? How could we settle it if we had to?
Purpose: What kind of thinking does this routine encourage?
It encourages students to reason carefully about the "pull" of various factors that are relevant to a question of truth. It also helps them appreciate the deeper complexity of matters of truth that can appear black and white on the surface.
Application: When and Where can it be used?
It can be used in any situation in which questions of truth come up, and there is evidence to be considered, evidence from common knowledge or from information resources like newspapers or encyclopedias or the Internet. Questions of truth can come from school subjects or everyday life. Newspaper headlines are full of claims from politicians and others that can be evaluated. Science brings many issues like whether genetically engineered foods are dangerous or how old the universe is. History comes with endless controversies, for instance about who really started a particular war or what everyday life was like at various times in the past. Many works of literature create suspense by offering only bits and pieces of information until the end: Before the end, can you the reader figure out who the culprit really is or what secret from the past the heroine is hiding?
Launch: What are some tips for starting and using this routine?
This is a routine that builds on children's familiarity with the game of Tug of War to help them understand the complex forces that "tug" at either side of a question of truth (there is also a Tug of War for fairness dilemmas with the same basic structure). The routine uses a rope or a diagram to represent pulls toward true or false in evaluating a claim. The tug of war is between True and False. Help students think about the various factors that tug at one side of the rope orthe other, as well as other considerations related to the issue. A natural follow- up to the activity is to have students investigate facts related to the questions written above the Tug of War.
Professional Development/Staff Meeting Dates
2018-2019 Professional Learning Dates - Please note changes below!
Monday, 8/27 - 9am-11am - Keith Media Center - KALPA #948195
Tuesday, 9/18 - 1-4pm - Keith Media Center - KALPA #948199
Thursday, 10/11 - 7:45-8:45am - Keith Media Center #963533
Wednesday, 10/31 - 1-4pm - District PD - Keith Media Center #966357
Thursday, 11/15 - 7:45-8:45am - Keith Media Center #971113
Thursday, 1/10 - 7:45-8:45am - Keith Media Center #972650
Thursday, 2/7 - 1-4pm - Keith Media Center #979214
Thursday, 2/28 - 7:45-8:45am - Keith Media Center ***Non DPPD Meeting (no June meeting this year) A cabinet member will attend and provide us with a presentation about the upcoming bond. Mr. Hester will also present!
Friday, 3/22 - 1-4pm - District PD - Location: Keith Media Center KALPA #985534
Thursday, 3/28 - 7:45-8:45am - Keith Media Center #980138
Thursday, 4/11- 7:45-8:45am - Keith Media Center #990244
Thursday, 5/9 - 7:45-8:45am - Keith Media Center
Remaining 2018-2019 Leadership Team Dates (with Marty Chaffee and Julie McDaniels)
Tuesday, March 26 - 7:45-8:45am - Keith Media Center
Wednesday, April 24 - 7:45-8:45am - Keith Media Center
Remaining School Improvement Team Dates
Tuesday, April 16 - 7:45am-8:45 - Media Center
Remaining ELA Team Dates
Tuesday, April 9 - 7:45-8:45am - Nashella's Room - 121
Tuesday, April 23 - 7:45-8:45am - Nashella's Room - 121
Tuesday, May 21 - 7:45-8:45am - Nashella's Room - 121
Remaining PBS Team Dates
Meeting Dates: All meetings will be held at 7:45 AM in Room 116
May 21st
Remaining Math Team Dates
Meeting Dates: All meetings will be held at 8:00 AM in room 116
April 18
May 16
Parking Lot Duty Schedule
Staff Responsible for Dragon Pick Up
Job Responsibilities for Parking Lot Duty
Gym Door - Taking dragon pick up cards from parents who walk up to the door
MC - Announces names in the gym
Supervisor in Gym - Helps keep kids quiet for MC to announce
Supervisor in Gym - Helps keep kids quiet for MC to announce
Hallway near gym doors and main entrance - helps flow of traffic between gym and students going to bus
Outside Dragon Pickup - Help Bob and supervise students and flow of traffic
Outside Dragon Pickup - Help Bob and supervise students and flow of traffic
Staff Birthdays!
Lorena Hawkins - 4/16
Kathy Dobis - 4/18
Keith Elementary School
Email: MarciAugenstein@wlcsd.org
Website: http://wlcsd.org/schools/elementary/keith/
Location: West Bloomfield Township, MI, United States
Phone: 248-956-3700
Twitter: @KeithElementary