Team Meadow Update
July 24, 2020
Dear Team Meadow,
Have a great weekend,
Tom
Upcoming Events
July 28- New Family Welcome Event, 4:30-6:45
August 3-6- Teacher Professional Development Days (at Boone Meadow)
August 6- Meet the Teacher Night (3:00-6:30) - Timeline to be sent to families
August 10- First Day of School
Year at a Glance - Curriculum Overviews
As you may already know, this year will require alignment with instruction across the district. As students could potentially move in or out of remote learning, it is imperative that students receive an equitable opportunity to learn. Anticipated need for many students to receive remote instruction from teachers of different ZCS campuses requires that students receive content instruction along a similar timeline. With the help of teachers and administrators across the district, we developed a curriculum overview assist all K-4 teachers with content pacing throughout the district.
I’ve attached the entire K-4 map for all certified staff, as it may assist supporting teachers (Related Arts, SpEd, etc…) the opportunity to see what students are learning in order to make connections and integrate.
A note for teachers of advanced curriculum:
Under the first “other” category you can see that we added advanced curriculum for language arts grades 1-4. These are spaced in where the curriculum can and should be adapted. We have many students who have chosen the remote learning option who also receive advanced curriculum in all grade levels so we will stick on a similar schedule, even with advanced students, this school year. This allows students to move back and forth between buildings and not have holes. Our hope is that these still have a lot of flexibility throughout the quarter so that you can be responsive to the students in your class. These are just place holders for now until we meet in August/Sept. as grade level Advanced Curriculum teams to talk more and plan together. We added the units with help from our Advanced Curriculum Coaches where our HA curriculum maps had them that made sense for the Units of Study, but we can always move them when we meet. Please do not hesitate to reach out to Chris Squier if you have any questions.
Opportunity - 101 Tech Training @ Eagle Elementary
Are you feeling like you would like a little "brush up" or would welcome the opportunity to expand your understanding and fluidity with Office 365, Newsela, or other tech tools? Here is an opportunity for all staff and teachers on Wednesday, July 29th from 1-3pm on to meet with Kyle and Carly
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Here is a list of items on the agenda:
- Canvas Expectations – tips and tricks for ease of use with Canvas
- BrainPop K-4
- Newsela 3-4
- Raz-kids K-2
- Office 365 tools
If you are planning to attend, please respond by completing the RSVP.
Grant Opportunity
Apply for a FORUM Foundation Educator Grant for the 2020–2021 school year.
- Awarded over $150,000 with 101 projects funded since 2014.
- Teachers are eligible to apply for unrestricted grants in amounts up to $2,500.
- Quick and easy online application!
- Learn more and apply at forumcu.com/foundation