What's Happening
Week of April 1st
SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK of April 1st
Monday, April 1st
8:00 SDI meeting with Jen
8:45 Classroom
10:45 Help with YR
12:30 Help with YR
1:30 Meet with ALT school
2:50 PLCs and PD
5:00 Prayer Service/VisitationTuesday, April 2nd
**Wear Autism shirts
8:00 Preschool Team meeting
9:30 CT meeting
10:00 Follow Up observation meeting
10:45 Help with YR
2:05 Help with YR
3:40 10 min stand up meeting
3:45 Preview New Math Options
5:30 PTO meeting
Wednesday, April 3rd
8:00 CARE team
8:45 Classroom
10:45 Help with YR
1:45 Lock Out Drill
2:30 Help with YR
2:45 Lexia Time-Trobaugh
7:00 PAC meeting
Thursday, April 4th
8:00 Sped team--everyone K-5
10:45 Help with YR
11:30-1:00 Walk Throughs
2:30 Help with YR
3:45 Kindness Club
5:15 Massage and Adjustment
Friday, April 5th
8:10 PBIS Tier 1 meeting
8:25 Walk and Talk
10:45 Help with YR
2:05 Help with YR
3:00 Fire Drill
3:40 Brief check in for Kdg registration
Bumblebee Breath
This strategy is for when your brain is buzzing inside. Thoughts are coming too quickly and you can't get them to slow down. It takes 1 minute.
Put your pointer finger on the flap of your ear (the part between your cheek and the hole in your ear).
Test pushing those flaps into your ear so that you block the hole going to your eardrum. Remove your fingers, opening the hole again. (You may notice that you can hear a buzzing sound when you block on the external noise).
Keep your earhole open as you take a deep breath in. Pause, and with your fingers push your earflaps down.
Hum as you breathe out gently from your mouth. Feel the vibration and the buzzing as it releases from your body. Continue for one minute.
Taken from "Just Breathe: Meditation, Mindfulness, Movement and More" by Mallika Chopra. This will be in our Media Center.
Check In/Check Out--Reminders
The goal of CICO is to give students frequent feedback on their behavior. After each subject area, the teacher and student, should have a brief discussion about their performance based on Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe. This should be a quick conversation.
If students are having trouble keeping track of their sheet the teacher can hang on to it. However, the teacher needs to remember that they need to have the conversation after each subject area.
Also, PLEASE remember to turn in the sheets at the end of the week so the data can be uploaded into the system. The team meets every 2 weeks and it is hard to make decisions on data that is not current.
Resources for Literacy Rounds-Must Dos FCRR.org
Click on Resources at the top.
Click on Student Center Activities on the left.
Click on the grade span for Student Center Activities that you need.
Click on the area that you need. This will take you to a number of activities that could be made to support Must Dos/May Dos.
Grades K-1, 2-3 have headings for Phonological Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension.
Grades 4-5 has headings for Advanced Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension.
Summer School Information and Next Steps
Who: Students currently in grades K-1-2 that are persistently at risk
Where: Liberty
When: June 4-June 28; 8:30-12:00
*Busses will depart summer school sites at 12:15 for students not participating in Beyond the Bell in the afternoon. Free lunch will be provided. Students will be bussed from Riverside to Liberty.
Please let me know how many permission forms that you might need and for which students. Forms are due back to the office by April 26th.
Timelines for Assessments
BLT met last week to determine our Assessment calendar. Please put these in your calendars.
**Rapid Assessments--please have completed by April 26th
**Apr. 29-May 3 aReading 3rd-5th grade will have first priority to complete. Schedule information will be coming from Niki as we get closer to testing.
**Apr 29-May 17 Teachers can start with the CBMr as it fits in your schedule based on students' needs.
**May 6-May 17 ISASP testing will occur. More information to come.
**K-2 CBMr/Early Reading-----follow your typical window
**K-2 aReading---info will be coming from Niki
If you have questions, please let BLT know and we can answer them at PLC time.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Apr. 2 5:30 PTO meeting
Apr. 4 3:45-4:45 Kindness Club
Apr. 12 Sioux City Public Schools Foundation "Are you smarter than a 4th grader?"
Apr. 15 Kindergarten Registration
Apr. 18-22 SPRING BREAK!
Riverside Roadrunners
Email: holcom@live.siouxcityschools.com
Location: 2303 Riverside Boulevard, Sioux City, IA, USA
Phone: 712-279-6811
Facebook: facebook.com/RiversideElementarySchool
Twitter: @riversidek5