Westwood Weekly Updates
11/17 - 11/ 21/14
Calendar Highlights
PARENT _ TEACHER CONFERENCE WEEK ~~ Dismissal at 11:20 T-F.
Monday-
11/17 - No students
Tuesday-
11/18 Leadership meeting cancelled
Wednesday-
11/19 Staff meeting has been cancelled
WEF Dining for Dollars-
Thursday-
11/20
Friday-
11/21
Due to Conferences, both our staff and leadership meetings have been cancelled
My Plan Forms - Important!!
The forms are confidential and need to be handed to parents only.
If a parent does not come in for a conference, PLEASE collect your letters, paper clip them, label your stack, and deliver them to the labeled collection box in the office.
Missing a form? We can print new forms off Synergy, so kindly add you students' name to our Google doc here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bjc7JBAKzXcE4idd2elBlvx7ERM1VPh68bztVvlMswE/edit?usp=sharing
Resources
Super Tips: Math Questions for Parents to use
Story Bots
Linda Foote signed up PUSD with the StoryBots Educator Network and has shared the following special offer....
Teachers now have free access to the entire universe of StoryBots learning tools and content, including Math Racer, Starring You Books, Starring You Videos, Learning Videos, ABC Videos, Activity Sheets, and much more.
Just go to storybots.com/educate-offer and enter your invite code: SEykOqXD. As soon as you register, you'll have immediate access to all StoryBots content to use in your class right away. This offer is free and good through the school year!
Wonderopolis - A Nonfiction Resource for You!
This web site has a wonder of the day posted in a nonfiction article. There is a comprehension quiz and a word back as tools for students to use. This is a highly recommended tool to check out!
Keyboarding Skills - Resources to develop fluency
The following resources are available to help build typing fluency. These programs just introduce the concept of keyboarding and are more of a game. Both games help the kids learn where the letters are on the keyboard.
At Kindergarten and 1st : ABCya - Typing Rocket Junior: http://www.abcya.com/typing_rocket_junior.htm and ABCya - Keyboarding Zoo: http://www.abcya.com/keyboarding_practice.htm.
2nd and 3rd : Students work on Dance Mat Typing: http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr. Per the site: They would love to find another program to use with 3rd grade students, but have not found one yet.
4th and 5th grade: TypingWeb: http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/. This is the site’s first year of using this site. It is web based and allows teachers to see the progress their students are making. accounts for each classroom can be made and students are enrolled into the program so that teachers can track their progress.
SSA Update: Juhi Israni and the Playground League -
Lessons for second grade classrooms begin the week 11/24. Please look for the google doc to sign up. Lessons will run in the afternoons from 1-2 for 6 weeks.
Playground League continues to meet at the picnic tables near the cabins at their lunch according to the schedule:
Monday - 4th and 5th grade Character Counts Leadership
Tuesday- Kindergarten and 3rd
Thursday- 1st and 4th
Friday - 2nd and 5th
All School Game of the Month- Turkey Catch - watch the Voki commercial by clicking hereLSS News You Can Use
My Connect - Thanksgiving Resources
LSS has received many positive comments regarding the MyConnect Cultural Literacy site that contains Thanksgiving resources for teachers. Please click the link below to access the site.
https://poway.instructure.com/courses/13724/pages/thanksgiving
ELA Coming Soon!
While the focus for our 2014-2015 school year is math, please note that the morning of January 18th will be a district wide professional development session around developing an awareness of the ELA common core standards. More to come....
Math Expressions and Units of Study
Completed units of study aligned to state standards and math expressions can be found in MyConnect under Elementary Math Central.
Click open this link (https://poway.instructure.com/courses/340/pages/units-of-study) to see what units are currently available on Elementary Math Central – MyConnect, and whether they were developed by District Instructional Leaders or by Sites. Units for Trimester 3 will be developed and posted in March.
Westwood Elementary
Email: mmosgrove@powayusd.com
Website: http://www.powayusd.com/pusdwwes/
Location: Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, CA, United States
Phone: 858-847-2026