Camp Pioneer Trail Bulletin
"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave"
January 14 - January 18, 2019
Gray Wolf Mission
Creating a community of learners where students' are actively engaged to reach their full potential and display positive character.
New Staff Welcome to Pioneer Trail!!!
Please take time to go by and introduce yourself if you have not had the opportunity!
Candy Treat - Special Education
Robert Turnbow and Brad Plaster - Night Custodians
Jessica Adams - Student Teacher with Ms. Furcinite
Christine Koestner - School Nurse
1,237 Positive Office Referrals as of January 8 !!!!!!
*Goal by the end of Third Quarter = 1,500
Top 5 Staff Members Writing Office Referrals....WAY TO FOCUS ON THE RIGHT!!!
1. Kampeter (112)
2. McCollum (108)
3. Morris (82)
4. Smith (78)
5. Jolly (70)
Discipline Data at a Glance As of January 8th!
August-January 18/19 Major Events to Date (Including bus) = 140
August-January 17/18 Minor Events = 450
August-January 18/19 Minor Events to Date = 347
SECOND STEPS LESSONS FOR JANUARY 14 - 17, 2019
First Grade - Lesson 10: Accidents
Second Grade - Lesson 10: Predicting Feelings
Third Grade - Lesson 10: Making Friends
Fourth Grade - Lesson 10: Introducing Emotion Management
Fifth Grade - Lesson 10: Calming Down
*Please review PBS lessons as needed.
BEHAVIOR AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CORNER: 10 Things About Childhood Trauma Every Teacher Needs to Know
Think about this as you consider the link below and students in your own classroom..."every child is going experience some degree of trauma. Whether or not the trauma is going to have a lasting effect on the child depends on how well fundamental needs of physical safety, emotional connection, and predictability are met for the child. When children are given environments of support, love, and attention, and when needs are met, the impact of traumatic experiences is minimized, and in many cases, avoided." (Forbes, Help for Billy, 2012).
INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES CORNER: HEARING AND RECORDING SOUNDS IN WORDS USING SOUND BOXES
Elkonin boxes can be used to teach phonemic awareness by having students listen for individual sounds and mark where they hear them in the boxes. Each box in an Elkonin box card represents one phoneme, or sound.
Example: ship, which is spelled with four letters, has only three phonemes: /sh/ /i/ /p/.
Example: boy, which is spelled with three letters, has only two phonemes: /b/ /oy/.
Example: chatter, which is spelled with seven letters, has only four phonemes /ch/ /a/ /tt/ /er/.
Here is a step-by-step process for using Elkonin boxes.
Teach the task. Click here to use the practice worksheet (or use your own pictures and make your own practice cards).
Model for the students. Articulate the word very slowly and push counters (I like
pennies the best) into the box, sound by sound. Do not isolate the sounds; say them slowly, stretching the word. But it is also important not to change the sounds by saying the word too slowly.
Now have the students try. Share the task until they can coordinate the saying and pushing together.
Use sound boxes to help students hear sounds in words. After the students are able to say words slowly AND push the counters into the box, begin to use the boxes when students are writing new words.
Draw a box for each sound on a practice page.
Have the students push the pennies into the box. Ask: What can you hear? How would you write it?
Have the students write the letter into the boxes – in any order they hear them. Do NOT insist on a beginning-to-end approach.
Have the students record letters they can hear and know how to write. The teacher should record sounds the students do not hear or know how to write.
Shift your question from What can you hear? to What letters do you expect to see?
Do away with counters. This should happen very quickly after just a few days of learning the task. Have the students push their finger into the box instead of using the counters.
Shift to hearing and recording sounds in sequence. After the students can hear and record most of the sounds, ask them to fill in the boxes in sequence, left to right. If a student struggles with this, you may want to use counters again briefly. You also will want to introduce students to common exceptions, such as the silent e, as well as common sounds that are recorded with two letters, such as ch, sh, and th.
Attend to spelling using boxes. Once students are able to record sounds in order, you can begin to show them how to think about spelling something that may not look the way it sounds. This time, make a box for every letter and not just for the phonemes. Have the students run their fingers under the boxes.
As students become more proficient at hearing sounds and words, you will use the boxes less often. See The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading, page 84, for more information on using sound boxes.
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Week at a Glance
P Trail Fire Drill
Salmons Out All
7:30 Nichols/Jeffries SST
8:15 Tier 2/3 Meeting
2:15 Murphy/Meyerpeter SST
3:30 PBS Meeting
6:00 BOE Meeting
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15
Salmons/Jolly Out All
4th Grade iReady (Math)
North School Lab Classroom Visit
7:30 Welch/Angle SST
11:15 Coleman/Cooper SST
1:20 Edgar/Butler Staffing
3:30 Nokes/Helms SST
7:00 PM Homeowner's Association Meeting in Library
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16
Salmons, Miller, First Grade Team Out PM
Teamwork Wednesday
7:30 Mahan/Sprenger IEP
8:45 Salmons, Miller, Verslues, Haselhorst - SPI Meeting
10:25 Cremer/Sprenger Staffing
3:00 Rackers/Siebeneck Inter-Agency
3:30 Jones/Meyerpeter SST
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17
P Trail Intruder Drill
7:30 Abbett/Jolly Staffing
10:25 Holleman/Lollman Staffing
2:10 Snow/Smith IEP
3:30 Contreras/Jolly RED
FRIDAY, JANUARY 18
Full Day PD - 8:15 - 3:30
YEARBOOK PICTURES NEEDED!
BE SURE TO CHECK FERPA/MEDIA STUDENTS. SEE HEATHER/ERIN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
MORNING GYM DUTY FOR JANUARY 14 - 17, 2019
MILLER, FURCINITE, BOPP, JEFFRIES
*ALL OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WILL PERFORM DAILY DUTY ASSIGNMENT
*TEACHERS WILL PICK STUDENTS UP AT 8:00 AM.
AFTERNOON GYM ROTATION DUTY FOR JANUARY 14 - 17, 2019
WHITE, SMITH, SPRENGER
*ALL OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WILL PERFORM DAILY DUTY ASSIGNMENT
*TEACHERS NOT IN GYM WILL HELP ORCHESTRATE BUS RIDERS
Need to Knows
1. Grades/scores need to be entered into Infinite Campus by Tuesday of each week.
2. Kelly Services number is 1-866-535-5998. Calls need to be made before 6:15 AM. Send Scott a text 9573-619-2852) if you are getting a sub along with the confirmation number.
3. Filter Friday - please make sure you clean your projector filter each Friday. If you need a tutorial on how to do it, please check with Robin.
Happy JANUARY AND JUNE HALF Birthdays!! (Lounge Duty and Treat Day)
JANUARY - None
JUNE
17 - Teri Tillinghast and Sara Koenigsfeld
22 - Amy Sprenger
If we missed you, please let us know!
Lounge Duty: Third Grade
Treat Day: Monday, January 28