Jane Ball Happenings
Week of Dec 7- Dec. 11
Shout Outs
Huge shout outs to Mallorie Julian and her first successful Jane Ball Holiday Program. Job well done!
Special thanks to all the grade 1 and grade 2 teachers for helping with the program.
Thank you to Kara, Kayla, Lisa, Julie, Danielle, CeCe and our wonderful custodians, Beth and Jackie for helping with Friday Night Live! We had over 1/2 the school in attendance!!!!!
Thank you to Haley Mandernach for taking the families to MSI in Chicago on Saturday!
What's Happening next week!
Monday Dec. 7
Santa's Secret Shop
Personal PD Day
9:30-10:15 Grade 5 Data Talks
10:15-11 Grade 4 Data Talks
11-11:45 Grade 3 Data Talks
Tuesday Dec. 8
8:00 RTI Library
8:30 Grade 5 Mapping with Mary (ALL DAY)
1:00 504 Conference
6:00 pm Board Meeting
Wednesday Dec. 9
8:00 Team Meetings
8:30-3:00 Grade 4 Mapping with Mary (ALL DAY)
3:30 PTO meeting
Thursday Dec. 10
8:00 Safety Meeting
8:30-3:00 Grade 1 Mapping with Mary (ALL DAY)
1:10 Case Conference
Friday Dec. 11
8:00 Grades 3-5 Library STEM with Bea
Grades K-2 and specials Nonverbal cards with Regina Science Lab
6:00 Knights of Columbus Staff Christmas Party
Testing Updates
Benchmarks K DUE Dec. 18
Jan 4-14 Benchmark testing (tier 2 and tier 3 students ELEMENTARY)
Jan 11-Feb 26 WIDA Assessment
Jan. 19-29 Star 360 Testing (all grades)
5 Ways Literature Can Teach Global Lessons in Elementary Classes
Here are five concrete ways that teachers can use literature to get their kids excited about reading as they learn about the world.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/literature-teaches-global-lessons-elementary-becky-morales
How Student Centered Is Your Classroom?
Why Understanding These Four Types of Mistakes Can Help Us Learn
We can deepen our own and our students’ understanding of mistakes, which are not all created equal, and are not always desirable. After all, our ability to manage and learn from mistakes is not fixed. We can improve it.