PATRIOT POST
August 19, 2019 Volume V. Issue II
Kudos to the BEST staff in the entire district! Thank you for making the first week great!
Check Out Starbooks Cafe Located In Our Media Center! Great work Mrs. Armelin!
Join the Humanities Committee! ! 1st Meeting on Tuesday at 2:45pm
Please join us Sunday, August 25th for our first twitter chat to discuss Chapters 1-3 (pages 1-40). Details will be emailed later this week.
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTERESTS:
Tuesday, August 20 - Literacy Prep, Humanities Committee Meeting at 2:45pm in the Principal's Conf. Room
Wednesday, August 21 - Math Prep
Thursday, August 22 - Evacuation Drill @8:15, SLC Site Visit @10:30
Sunday, August 25- The Power of a Positive Team Book Study Twitter Chat @7:30
Reading & Writing Units of Study Updates
Here is the Literacy outlook for the next few weeks:
Monday, August 19: 1st - 5th Grade UoS Launch
Thursday, August 29: KK - 5th Grade Small Group Plans Due by 4pm
Tuesday, September 3: KK - 5th Grade Small Group & Conferring OFFICIAL Launch
Humanities' Highlights & Hive Fives
Fun with UoS Phonics!
First Week Drills!
On Time OnDemands!
MATH UPDATES
Mini-lessons for Unit 1 should be mapped out on the Calendar for all grade levels, so our next task will be planning for small groups using our assessment data and beginning our Unit 2 planning process using the Standards Mastery Framework.
Number Talks should be ready to go in all grades! Let's get our students solving purposefully chosen problems mentally and explaining their thinking.
What's coming up for Math?
Wednesday, August 21st - Math Prep (iReady Data)
Monday, August 26th - Math Small Groups Begin
AVID Week one, Building Relational Capacity is Going DOWN IN HISTORY!
At Liberty Point Elementary, A World Class Education starts in Kindergarten! AVID Schoolwide was in full effect last week! Shout out to all of you for making building relationships in your class a top priority week 1! All of you guys ROCK!
Check out some of the Highlights below!!!
Mingle Bingo in Full Effect in Ms. Banks' Class
Ms. James' 2nd graders are ALL IN for Bingo k-2 style!
Ms. Jackson's class preparing for partner Drawing!
Kinder students debating who is better, Spider Man or Superman?
Mrs. Hewlett's class debating which is better, Recess outside or inside?
Ms. Daniel's class getting the ground rules solid for Philosophical chairs!
Mrs. Smith's Class actively engaged in Mingle Bingo!
Mrs. Ohene's class designing their Class Mission Statement!
Week 1 was a success, Let's keep the momentum going with week 2 AVID Strategies!
The AVID Binder Parties were LIT!
A special thanks to Ms. Elikwu, Ms. Jones, and our Patriot families that came out to support!
See the Highlights below!
AVID Strategy of the Month: Organization
-Happy Organizing!