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3/2/20
LET'S CELEBRATE LAST WEEK
The Dunning Newspaper Club had a visit from Metro West Newspaper
A great Origami Presentation
A Productive Math Workshop PD
Successful Panda Paw Celebration
We survived the week after February break!
MARCH CHARACTER THEME
IMPORTANT PROCEDURE...
If your student does not have a note for a change in their dismissal, we need to stick with the child's regular dismissal plan. We cannot go on the word of the child.
This week alone, we had kids say one thing and their parents not agreeing with them causing chaos at dismissal time with multiple calls to the office.
Substitute teachers follow the plan that is on this link....https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eGMaBktDs5snqvnZl6Z5wzUGHaMpgp8G_1MQ_xWSYRs/edit?usp=sharing WE NEED ALL TEACHERS TO DO THIS AS WELL.
If you have any questions about your students' dismissal please reach out to the parent. Please inform the office if you had a conversation with the parent and it is different than what is on the document. I update this regularly and the highlighted children are recent changes. Please DO NOT CHANGE THE DOCUMENT except to un-highlight the updated changes, so that I know you know and we all know what is going on. :)
Thank you for your help with this!
Shannon
GRADE 4 & 5 STANDARDS MASTERY ASSESSMENT
This week (March 2nd through March 6th) 4th and 5th grade students will be assigned the Standards Mastery assessment.This will be assigned this weekend and will be available on Monday.
- Standards Mastery iReady Assessment March 2nd - March 6th, 2020 (focus on RI.4.2 and RI.4.9)
- Standards Mastery iReady Assessment March 2nd - March 6th, 2020 (focus on RI.5.2 and RI.5.9)
THURSDAY EARLY RELEASE PD
Lisa Baron, Ed.D., Project Director Center for Trauma Care in Schools Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention, will be at Dunning for our Thursday early release PD. She presented at the beginning of the year at Dunning.
Agenda Part 2: Practices for Students with Trauma-Related Needs
1. Review from Part 1:
- Why students lose control
- Review of a student with a trauma history and her patterns of reactivity
2. Come prepared to discuss a student you know, or strongly suspect, has been
impacted by trauma (break into small groups to discuss a student they know)
- You will learn how to map out a student’s patterns of reactivity to anticipate situations that will be problematic
- Using data to inform interventions: You will learn how and when to intervene
- Re-convene as a large group to discuss interventions
3. Creating physical and emotional safety in the classroom: It’s good for all students!
CO-PLANNING THIS WEEK
For co-planning on Wednesday March 3, grade levels can choose if they'd like to do literary or math co-planning. Please let Brett or Lauren know which you would like to do so they can attend.
DATA CHAT FOLLOW-UP SURVEY
The goal of data chats is to provide teachers with an opportunity to talk about their students in a deep and meaningful way with coaches and administrators. Through data chats we hope to brainstorm ways to support students with the expertise of the teachers and staff we have here at Dunning.
Our hope through this survey is to improve the process so that we can best support our students with the resources we have available. Please take a few moments to complete THIS BRIEF SURVEY and provide feedback for us as we seek to improve.
Your feedback matters.
BACKGROUND CHECK
If the last time you were CORIed was 3 years ago, then you are about to be CORIed again. You supervisor will be checking your ID and requesting your signature. Thank you for helping us keep FPS safe!
MCAS SCHEDULE
MCAS UPDATES
Updated MCAS English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science and Technology/Engineering practice tests are now posted. Additional materials, including updated answer keys and special forms, will be posted in the coming weeks as they become available.
A graphing practice tool is also now available as an additional resource for grade 10 students. Students can use this tool to graph one or two equations and/or inequalities with corresponding solution sets. The tool is posted at the MCAS Resource Center under Grade 10 Resources.
Updates to TestNav for 2020
Several updates to TestNav are being implemented for spring 2020 MCAS testing. Please see the attached “Updates to TestNav for 2020” and note the following in particular.
- Expandable Panels: The new “expandable panels” functionality allows students to expand the left or right side of the screen to make it easier to read passages and/or write responses. The functionality is available in some ELA items and some items for the next-generation Biology and Physics tests for grade 9.
- Calculators: Certain Mathematics and STE tests will have multiple calculators available for students on TestNav. While students can choose from multiple calculators, it is recommended that students use the calculator they typically use in the classroom.
- Zoom: Students will be able to zoom in to make everything on their screen larger.
- Highlight to Hear in Text-to-Speech: When students with the text-to-speech accommodation select text, a “Listen” button will appear alongside the highlighter options. Students can click this “Listen” button to hear the selected text.
Monday, 3/2:
- Staff Meeting, 8:15 - 9:00
Tuesday, 3/3:
- No School Professional Development
Wednesday, 3/4:
- Explorers Program Open House at Dunning, 6:00 – 7:30pm
Thursday, 3/5:
- Early Release, Professional Development
Friday, 3/6:
FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
As a Framingham Public Schools employee you have access to three online courses for FREE through our partnership with The Education Cooperative (TEC). The three courses are listed here:
Strategies to Enhance Instruction for English Language Learners in the Classroom (15 PDPs)
Engaging All Students with Differentiated Instruction (15 PDPs)
Connecting Behavioral Health and Social Emotional Learning to Success in School (15 PDPs)
To access these courses please click here. You will then create an account using your FRAMINGHAM email address.
CARE & SHARE
Please remind your students to bring in items for Care & Share. Our monthly food collection makes a huge difference in our community, while teaching our students the importance of giving. As an added incentive, the class that brings in the most each month will earn 15 minutes of extra recess!
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
- Thursday, March 26th at 2:30: Grade 2
- Wednesday, May 13th at 1:45: Grade 4
- Friday, June 12th at 9:30: Grade 5
STAFF BREAKFAST SCHEDULE
03/13/20: Grades 2 & 3 Colleen, Kathleen, Elaine, Lisa, Sara, Sally
03/27/20: PDD/BCBA - Jen, Nicole, Keri Ann, Kelsey, Michelle K., Scott
04/09/20: Thursday Breakfast - Grades K &1 Elena, Maura, Lori, Greg, Laura, Sarah, Jaymie, Raquel
05/08/20: Office Staff/Nurse - Donna, Shannon, Michele, Tara, Kathie, Claire, Suzanne
05/22/20: Specialists/Coaches/Sage - Kelly, Harry, Nick, Brett, Leigh, Beth
06/05/20: Staff Pot Luck
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE
Below you will find the schedule of professional development for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year.
- March 5th: Building-Based PD (Early Release Day)
- May 21st: Building-Based PD (Early Release day)