Panther Updates
April 11th-15th
April 15th- EdCamp @ Sherwood
Teacher Appreciation Banquet
Marty Moore and Dr. Dawson visit Portland April 12th
Dr. Jungmann to visit Portland April 25th
Phyllis Wolfram to visit Portland May 5th
Week at a Glance
Holt @ External site visit per Dr. Jungmann request from 8am-11am
Tuesday 12th-
5th Grade Rocks the MAP CA1
Wednesday 13th-
5th Grade MAP CA2 & CA3
Holt at SLT (Principal's Meeting 9-1pm)
Thursday 14th-
5th Grade MAP CA 4 (Writing Prompt)
4th and 5th rehearsal 1:15am-2:00pm
All school performance @ 2:15 in the gym
Friday 15th-
No School Teacher Workday
Springfield Symphony Ensemble visits Portland April 29th @ 9:30am
Growth Plan Updates
After that date, I will schedule summative meetings with all those teachers that are on-cycle. At that meeting, we will close out growth plans and complete the evaluation process for the year.
Upcoming Field Trips
Springfield Cardinals
5th Grade, April 19th4th Grade, April 27th
3rd Grade, May 2nd
Dewey Short
4th Grade, April 22nd
Wilson's Creek Battlefield
4th Grade, April 29th
Frontier Theatre
5th Grade, May 4th
Channel 33 Weather Station
4th and 5th Grade, May 10th
Hot Spots for Students
Blended Learning has deployed over 200 hot spots to secondary IGNiTE sites and are now moving their focus to elementary sites . Last week, between 10Kajeet hot spots were delivered to Portland for student check out. HERE informational sheet and application that we will send home to families detailing this process and the Access for All Program.
Since we have a limited number to offer at this time, we need to determine who is most in need at this time. Please add names of students that you know would benefit from this program HERE. Once a list is complied, we will send the information home to those families.
4th and 5th Grade Music Performance- April 14th @ 6pm
End of Year Library Dates
Last Day to return ILL (inter Library Loans) 4/18
Last Checkout Portland 4/22
All materials due back to Portland Library 4/29
Please include the following in your newsletters home:
- Enroll for EXPLORE! sessions in June and July
- Kindergarten registration for 2016-2017 school year now open
- 4th and 5th Grade Music Program April 14th
- MAP Testing begins April 12th-April 28th @ Portland
- iReady Testing for K-2 begin April 6th
- iReady Testing 3-5 to begin May 2nd
Rick's Ruminations
Schlueter's Station
i-Ready End of Year Window (Reading and Math) - 3/21/2016 - 5/13/2016
Nurse Rachel's Notes
HEALTH, HUNGER, and HYGIENE
Ponder's Possibilities
Tips for Retelling a story or reading passage.
Attached is a retelling bookmark your students may like to refer to for Retelling a story.
ChromeBook Checkout
LEXIA Usage Goal Window of Fame
Upload Your Classroom Photos Please
The link to our Portland Photos is below.
https://drive.google.com/a/sps.org/folderview?id=0BxB3dii4jkE8OUk5dy1VR3RpbTg&usp=sharing