Rountree Report
January 18, 2019
MLK Jr Idea
Enjoy your long weekend!
Links are below for items we discussed this week at staff meeting. Please have the Canvas discussion completed by the end of January. Please also be sure to indicate on the Google doc if you think an encouraging call from me would help to get a student to participate in Encore.
Upcoming Events
January 21
Martin Luther King Jr Day NO SCHOOL
January 22
David Harrison visits 1st grade 2:15-3
January 23
4th grade visits Community Blood Center 9-12
ELI Reading Buddies 10:30-11
January 24
100th Day Parade 1-1:30
January 25
Nothing yet
"The work is hard.
The work is stressful.
The work is emotional.
The work is exhausting.
But our kids are worth it."
Thomas Murry
Learning Support Updates
DESE ELA Updates
Newly Released 4th Grade Narrative Writing Set
DESE has added scored narrative student writing samples with annotations for grade 4. Teachers can use the narrative scoring guide included to score students’ writing.
The Passage-Based Writing Prompt Set, which includes the source, sample questions, and scoring guide, has also been released.
MAP Literacy Resources
What test taking strategies have your students been introduced to? Below are several strategies that will help students as they prepare for assessments.
The purpose of this document is to provide examples of high-quality, open-ended constructed response and selected response items to support classroom instruction and assessment aligned to the Missouri Learning Standards..
MAP Practice Forms
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