Mustang Messenger
February 24th
Important Dates
Feb 24th-Passion Monday (listen for announcement from Martha before dismissing)
Feb 25th-Instructional Extension for 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade students begins in the AM & PM. (PM students will meet in the Music Room at dismissal. More information to follow.)
Feb 25th-Family Connect Night (No Homework)
Feb 26th- Data Teams
Feb 27th- Instructional Extension for 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade students in the AM only
Feb 28th-Levels Checks done grades K, 1, 3
Feb 29th-County Job Fair
**For Planning Ahead:
March 2nd--ASLT Planning Rotations for Kindergarten (7:30-10:00), 1st grade (10:00-12:30), & 2nd grade (1:00-3:30)
March 3rd--ASLT Planning Rotations for 3rd grade (7:30-10:00), 4th grade (10:00-12:30), & 5th grade (1:00-3:30)
March 9th--ASLT Night for Kindergarten & 1st grade
March 10th--ASLT Night for 2nd & 3rd grades
March 11th--ASLT Night for 4th & 5th grades
Instructional Coach's Corner
Instructional Framework Focus: Planning
Thank you grades 2, 4, and 5 for continuing the powerful work with conferring!
Check out Trisha Flugel's Power Goal station!
Trisha Flugel's write on, wipe off Power Goal cards!
Way-to-go, Margaret Shorter, for posting your intentionally planned conference schedule!
Check out Kristina Burt's Strategy Group conference schedule!
Julia Karen's Reader Engagement Student-Created Success Criteria!
Coach's Tid-Bits
- PLC Leaders: Review the behavioral continuums with your teams and let me know your next steps. Volunteer to host Alena Zink for a PLC.
- K, 1, 3: Levels Checks due: Feb 28th
- Be sure to input winter F and P data on the school Google document.
- 2nd Grade: Sign me up in March to model an IRLA initial leveling
School-Wide Goals
1. Social Emotional Learning
2. Personalized Learning
3. Writing
4. Integrating Content into Literacy
*Instructional Framework: Planning
*Building Collective Efficacy through collaboration
Digital Learning Days
Make sure you know after reading the link information:
- Your online office hours
- The name of the plan that will go in your planner
- Who do YOU contact for help?
- What are the expectations for YOU?
Do you know Sojourner Truth, Wilma Rudolph, and Phillis Wheatley?
Technology News
In honor of Read Across America week here is a thinglink with Dr. Seuss activities. Websites with games/read alouds/ bios are linked on the image.
https://www.thinglink.com/fullscreen/357548889919717376
There now a Tech Services How to Video link in Teacher Tools in Classlink. This is a wonderful resource for tech questions.
From county tech dept regarding Junk Email:
Check your Junk Mail folder at least once a week if not more often. Here are directions on Junk Email in Outlook 365.
Midway's First Family Connect Night
Midway Elementary will have their very first Family Connect Night on Tuesday, February 25th. There will be No homework and No Studying assigned this evening! We hope students and their families’ use our Family Connect Nights as a time to reconnect with one another. We encourage you to set aside technology on these evenings and enjoy some fun family time together. Here is a great article to use and to send to parents for age appropriate board games! Please share pictures of your family playing games, etc by using the hashtag #MidwayReads and #OneMidway
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 Jennifer Lundstrum, Sarah LeBlanc, or Admin by Thursday at lunch time each week to highlight our teammates.
- - We are ONE Midway! - -
- Thank you to Jenni Lundstrum and Eric for being so willing and helping to cover Bus Duty last week and this week. Truly appreciate you both!!
- Shout out to Greg Orr for helping serve as a meeting translator "on the fly" on Friday. Mucho gracias!!
- Thank you to Jennifer Brown for always being willing to lend a helping hand....covering several meetings and handling ACCESS testing last week. They were both in great hands!
- Kuddos to Mary Catherine Adam, Margaret Shorter, & Jena Salinas for leading some rich discussions around math instruction on Tuesday including DreamBox and Math Discourse. You all did a great job!!
- Thank you to Greg & JB for helping with coverage in the lunchroom and/or a classroom.
- Shout out to Sarah LeBlanc, Julia Karen, Ben Rivers, Abigail Smith, Jennifer Martin, and Jennifer Lundstrum for helping to facilitate DCD sessions on Tuesday. You are helping us foster our collaborative relationships and grow in our teaching craft!
Great question to start each day....What's your IMPACT going to be today?
Good to Know...
- Midway Meetings Calendar
- Please make sure you are updating your itslearning page consistently. This helps students get acclimated to using the platform before an inclement weather day, fosters communication with parents, and is a county expectation.