QES Monday Memo
The week of 2/20/18
Duty Schedule
If you have 8:00 am morning duty, please continue to meet me on the playground. You may leave as soon as I am at my post.
A big shout out to...
- Everyone for being such good sports through Valentine's Day. It was intense, but you all made it look easy!
- Bianca for all the effort and mental gymnastics you are putting into managing complicated schedules.
- Jenn for observing students and giving feedback on how me might better serve them.
Events this week:
Holiday
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
PCO Meeting 5:15
Thursday:
Friday:
ALICE Drill 2:00 (I'll be meeting with Frank Carey on Tuesday to get input on how we should be doing our drills. Stay tuned.
Step Up to Writing books are in the office.
I also have the older primary binders if you need one.
Textbook orders due February 21st
Our current, 2017-2018, enrollment numbers in Aeries are as follows:
TK = 7
K = 47
1st =47
2nd = 38
3rd = 51
4th = 43
5th = 53
Thanks!
Eureka blog on pacing
In Summary:
Planning one topic at a time gives you the opportunity to consider what came before in the module, where you are now, and where you’re going as well as the main objective of a series of lessons. By discerning the plot of the topic, you are better able to find the ladder of learning in the lesson and hone the lesson to meet the needs of students and support them along their continuum of learning during the 60-minute block of time. This lesson preparation process can be lengthy in the beginning, but it gets faster the more you work through the process, know the content, and know your students.
You can also plan with colleagues, discerning the plot together and then each working through one lesson in the topic before you reconvene. The team experience supports everyone’s understanding, learning, and decision making.
Perhaps we can plan math lessons with colleagues in our next round of collaboration, once we feel we are in a good place with writing...
Please respond to our brief survey regarding awards assemblies.
Refer to this week's QES Weekly Newsletter for Awards Assembly survey results
Awards Slide Show
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kSBA48vHHsz896TsZtGUkbGGuAwsOR_dzUDjRxj3bxM/edit?usp=sharing