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1/7/19
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Lisa McRae (6th)
Tess DeRoy (7th)
Amy Mulkerin (10th)
Nicole Druzbicki (14th)
Sara Brazell (15th)
Michele Klein (25th)
Hannah Fine (30th)
passport to learning
A Night of Reading, Math, Language, and Community
Thursday, January 10, 2019; 6:00-7:30
The evening includes:
- Math games
- Read Alouds (in English and various other languages)
- Book Bingo
- A Parent Information Session about learning at home
- Dinner (pizza, drinks, and dessert)
Please email Brett, Lauren, and/or Jaimie to let us know if you are interested in being a part of this event.
The link for families to RSVP can be found on the PTO Facebook page and fliers have gone home. Please encourage your students and families to RSVP! If you receive any paper RSVPs, please send them to the office or put in one of our mailboxes.
access testing
- All of our ELs will be tested. ELD teachers, please let teachers know when you will be taking their students for testing (for students on your caseload).
- We will be testing in many areas of the building. Please note the signage and be respectful in the halls. Please don’t go into the cafeteria if the doors are closed.
- We will need to borrow some chromebooks from classrooms for testing. We hope to minimize the disruption to your instruction when doing this. We will notify teachers if we are borrowing your chromebooks.
- If you are a classroom with 1-1 chrome books, please have your students take those for testing, that way we can minimize the use of borrowing from other places.
- Any and all students that have headphones should take their headphones with them. We only have 14 headphones with microphones that we use for speaking, and we will need to keep their use restricted to the speaking test.
- With reagrad to using the library for testing, Jaimie is working working on schedule. If we do end up needing it, it will be in the once or twice in the afternoon toward the end of January.
MCAS Practice Tests Updates
Blank CBT Response Boxes Now Updated
Blank CBT response boxes, which allow students to practice answering constructed-response questions using TestNav, have been updated. For ELA and STE, students can answer the constructed-response question and use the blue arrow at the top of the screen to submit a final answer. Educators can then view the student response and print the screen to review students’ work (this is the same functionality as in the practice tests).
Calculators are embedded in the Mathematics and STE response boxes for the grade levels where a calculator is required during MCAS testing.
planning ahead
WINTER ASSESSMENT WINDOW
Kindergarten:
Literacy Assessments: 12/10 - 1/25
iReady: 11/13 - 12/14
Grades 1-5
Literacy Assessments: 12/10 - 1/25
iReady: 1/7 - 1/18
Some of you have been asking about ceilings for BAS testing. Based on district direction for the rest of this year is "do not go beyond the end-of-year level for the next grade level".
For Example: In grade 1, you should not exceed level "M" (last level in Grade 2).
If you have any question, please ask Brett.
REPORT CARDS
This is a "Bank" of frequently used comments to write report card comments (or part of them) in Spanish or Portuguese.
Following is a screen shot highlighting the 'Term' field. When you go into your gradebook, you may need to manually change this to Term 1 - and then the grade columns will appear.
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 on the new playground!
- January: Canned Fruit
- February: Rice
- March: Crackers
- April: Spaghetti
- May: Juice Boxes
- June: Cans of Tuna Fish
DATES FOR THIS WEEK
Monday 1/7:
- Staff Meeting/Book Groups, 3:20 - 4:20
Tuesday 1/8:
- PBIS Tier 1 Meeting, 8:00 - 8:55 am (Amy's Office)
Wednesday 1/9:
- 2019 Annual Kindergarten Information Fair, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Thursday 1/10:
- PLC Meetings, All Grades
- Passport to Learning Night, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Friday 1/11:
- Staff Breakfast: Specialists/Gary/Michele Klein
- Panda Paw Cash- In, 2:30 pm
panda paw cash-in dates
COMMUNITY MEETING DATES
Thursday, 2/7 at 9:30, Kindergarten
Thursday, 3/28 at 1:45, Grade 2
Wednesday, 5/15 at 9:30, Grade 4
Thursday, 6/13 at 9:30, Grade 5
STAFF BREAKFASTS
01/25/19 - Principals/Office Staff/Tara
02/08/19 - Grade 2/Sharon/Lauren W. /Krystn (Valentine’s Day)
03/08/19 - Grade 4/Michelle M./Leigh(St. Patrick’s Day)
03/22/19 - Grade 1/ Suzanne/ Kevin/Jen O.
04/05/19 - Grade 3/ Claire/Brett/Deb P.
05/03/19 - Rooms 6, 7,16, & 18
05/17/19 - Grade 5 Cara/Tess
05/31/19 - Kindergarten/Hannah/Daphna
06/14/19 - Specialists/Gary/Michele Klein