Maude Saunders Newsletter
Week of October 14, 2019
At Maude Saunders, we are...
One School
One Team
with One Mission:
EXCELLENCE A+
Goals:
- Have a positive mindset each day toward students, parents, & staff.
- Build team efficacy through collaboration.
- Create a school culture reflecting excellence in ourselves and our students.
- Build cognitive capacity in our students through high expectations.
Mission & Vision:
To be a place where all students succeed and achieve to their maximum potential with a curriculum that is a dynamic response to each student's needs.
Vision:
Maude Saunders Elementary School will create and sustain a school climate that encourages student success.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Our Educational Support Personnel are in the spotlight this week.
Thought for the Week
Watch the short video below to review the correct pronunciation of the sounds of the alphabet.
Teachers must precisely and correctly pronounce sounds of phonemes in order for students to hear and Manipulate phonemes in words. (Torgesen and Mathes, 1999)
Differentiated Accountability: We are proudly educating 543 future leaders.
INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS - Domains 2 & 3
Professional Development Updates
District SAC training @ Carlene H. Anderson Training ( C. Appel)
Thursday, Oct 17, 2019 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
ELL Training - Bea Pauls
MSE PD Room
Monday, October 21, 2019 (Schedule was sent out to teachers attending this training.)
YMHFA Training (Youth Mental Health First Aid) - Lara Edwards & Pam Stuckey
MSE PD Room
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Top 10 Achievement Boosters For Students ©2016 Eric Jensen
1. Better Stories
WHAT THIS MEANS: The “story” that students bring to school every day is a critical predictor of how they will actually do. Every student has a mental scenario about their chances for success and why they think that their expectations are correct. In Hattie’s research (2009),
this factor is the number one predictor of student achievement with a huge 1.44 effect
size. For many of your students to succeed, you will have to shift the student narrative
and provide a better story for them to buy into. Their story consists of their expectations
based on the past and based on what current situation is right now. You must get them
to “buy into” a different, more robust future or their odds of success are low (Wilson, 2011).
Strong teachers are reliably good in this area. They raise expectations through the roof and they provide the skills to set and manage goals. But that means you will also have to deal with failure, setbacks and discouragement. The growth mindset is a key puzzle piece because Dweck’s research (2006) showed that it is what you do after you fail, not succeed, that matters most. When you shift the student’s “story” to a more robust and optimistic one, student’s expectations of go up. It creates energy and momentum. The effect on student achievement is huge. It fuels energy to get through rough patches.
HOW TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN: Help students set higher goals than they would ordinarily. Ask students to turn their goals into a narrative that details their story of their future plans. The more real the story becomes, the higher the predictive power of the story. One Title 1 teacher posts up college pennants in his 5th grade classroom and lists underneath each one, the names of his own students that have attended that college. This helps make it VERY real. College is not for everybody, so have 5th graders partner up with a classmate to research and present job options to second graders (or 11th present to 10th graders). By the way, when you set high goals, you’ll also need to teach students how to deal with failure. Treat mistakes as a way to learn faster. Share success stories of students who have succeeded and let new students start to tell their predicted stories.
Math Tips from Mrs. Lathinghouse
Planning for Concept Development in Eureka Math
1) Begin by looking at the MAFS grade level standard(s), the Exit Ticket, and the Mid/End Module Assessment.
2) Ask yourself, “What will students need to understand after I teach this lesson?” and “Are there any questions/problems that could be combined/omitted for time’s sake?”
3) Use a timer to ensure that you have enough time to get through the CD and still have time for the Problem Set, Debrief, and Exit Ticket.
From the desk of our own Krisy Spence
Preparing materials well before the conference will make you feel more at ease when families show up at your classroom door. Review student data, assignments and assessments that you'll be sharing with parents, and make notes about what you'd like to ask parents about their children to support learning. If you'll be discussing any problems, make sure to have documentation, such as examples of misbehavior, missed assignments, or attendance records.
Important Information
- Tier 2 Forms (Tier 2 Focus Worksheet, Tier 2 Intervention Documentation) - Turn in to Mrs. Neale
- Tier 3 Forms (Tier 3 Intervention Documentation) - Turn in to Mrs. Neale
- Classwide Progress Monitoring Forms/ Longforms - Send electronically to Davidica or Anne and Mrs. Neale
- Report Cards: All report cards will go out on Thursday, October 17th.
- Review Proposed Standards: In a Just Read, Florida! presentation yesterday, they boiled the most significant proposed changes in the new standards to the items listed below. Please review the standards and submit feedback through this link: https://www.floridastandardsreview.org/
- Skyward: Anyone that has submitted TDE into Skyward must upload an attachment (agenda, email requesting you attend, etc.). If you did not do this, please go back and upload your attachment. NOTE: You do NOT have to submit TDE into Skyward for trainings we have on our campus. This was just clarified at my Principals' Meeting. So for our Data Chats, you do NOT have to upload an attachment.
- Comp Time: Please do NOT enter comp time for Faculty Meetings. Loveta will enter Faculty Meeting Comp Time into Skyward for all that attend. If you leave early, make sure you write the time you leave by your name. Also, please remember that comp time must be pre-approved. For parent meetings, please upload an attachment to indicate the time-frame in which the conference was held.
- Lesson Plans: Please make sure your lesson plans are on your desk and accessible each day. I may need to refer to them when doing a walk-through.
- FOCUS: Please keep your grades updated and make sure your grades are standards-based and you have the correct number of grades per the SPP.
- Parent Communication: How are the positive phone calls home progressing?
- Safety: Please keep all classroom doors locked.
- Attendance: Attendance should be completed by 8:30 a.m.
- Transportation Notes: Please make sure these are sent to the front office no later than 8:30 a.m. Also, make sure transportation notes are picked up from your box before dismissal.
- Passwords: Please do NOT give out your passwords to anyone.
Calendar Additions:
NOTE: Please let Mrs. Bonnie know if you have events that need to be added to the master calendar. Ms. Bonnie will begin this week entering what we have on the master calendar so far.